Vitality,

Thanks to you and Nick @Driftwood for hosting this chat, it was very informative!

I look forward to Nick reviewing the questions, that I and others posted for him, and hope he is able to answer as many as possible. I think there were a few, that require him to go away and have a deeper look at the GH5.

Thanks to Nick for the answers to the questions he was able to answer while in the chat. Some very good points raised - and looks like Panasonic have indeed listened to many of the complaints/ideas from end users from the GH4.

Excited for Mar/Apr now!

Is there an archive of the chat, or at least the answers to key questions, being kept somewhere?

Chat transcript here - http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/229259#Comment_229259

Hi @driftwood,

Can you please make a proper Gh 5 video ISO test shot from a tripod with all ISO settings properly exposed, standard profile with everything default, in 4K 100 Mb/sec (for having a reference to Gh4 and other cameras). If you can shot side by side with the GH4, even better.

Many thanks.

Nick, is there any 4k timelapse mode that outputs in 10 bit 4:2:2 (either intervalometer conversion or 4K VFR 2-30 fps)? Thanks.

Will you please make some GH5 VLog footage available for download so we can play with it, just like Luke Neumann did?

Hi @driftwood thank you for your time to answer questions.

My major (and only question) for the GH5 is whether DFD is affecting auto-focus in video mode as well?

I like to apply shallow depth-of-field using a gimbal and auto focus is very useful for this. The GH4 is pretty bad at keeping the object in focus and starts to focus-hunt a lot. The G85 however seems to improve this considerably and I was wondering if the GH5 does a similar job, or even a better job?

Thank you!

FYI:

G85 face tracking and settings to set AF speed:

G85 object tracking and AF:

Things Panasonic could implement:

• charging via USB
• crop marks/guides on screen while shooting video
• 4K with HEVC options - including All-I
• option to crop in 4K from the normal 2x crop up to 1:1 pixel 2.5x crop, this gives the user the flexibility to crop in if he needs without losing 4K pixels, like a digital zoom it might introduce a bit of noise but at least you keep the resolution

Hi Nick, someone mentioned in the G80 topic that it's possible to use long press on Fn buttons to trigger a feature. I assume it's the same with GH5, could you please confirm ? Txs !

Panasonic are really muddying the waters around the FW updates for the 12-35 and 35-100mm

One interview with Sean Robinson he says the 12-35mm / 35-100mm will get FW updates to Dual-IS2

And yet Matt Frazer says they will only get Dual-IS1

Hi guys, Im back after a busy flurry with work as well as GH5 stuff. I don't work for Panasonic let me remind you. I do the occasional ambassadorial stuff at present and of course they will get me in when new video products like GH5 come out! Also I can pass on firmware update requests etc...

@Eno I will do proper ISO test next week. There is one eat the end of the other video remember.

@dacloo

My major (and only question) for the GH5 is whether DFD is affecting auto-focus in video mode as well? IS it as good/better as GX80 etc...

@endotoxic

Nick, im more interested in the matrixes and the quantification ptterns used in this gh5 version h264. You talked about three algorithms reminicent of your work. How those compare to thw work done here, and how those afect this gh5 flavor of h264?

Lets just say Panasonic were very happy to announce All Intra 400Mbps to me personally at one of our meet ups! Codec TBA :-)

@theSUBVERSIVE Your excellent recommendations and points have been noted. 1. is impossible now. 2. crop marks will probably happen in a fw update as no doubt GH5 is in production at factories by now. 3. See endotoxic response above.

@lenuisible

Hi Nick, someone mentioned in the G80 topic that it's possible to use long press on Fn buttons to trigger a feature. I assume it's the same with GH5, could you please confirm ? Txs !

Hmm didn't check that one. Theres 22 functions inc. you can program the joystick Up,down,left,right and the wheels :-)

@thetrickster @AKED

FW updates for the 12-35 and 35-100mm, IBIS for other lenses

I know its been confusing. Im awaiting clarification from Japan as some say tomato others say tomatoes... I tried electronic stabilisation for video mode with some manuals attached and it seems pretty good.

@hedrox

Hi Nick, I would like to ask if the lut view for monitoring (when shooting in V-log) is present in camera or it will be a paid upgrade? Will it be possible to upgrade also our beloved Gh4s with this lut -upgrade? thank you!

I see four custom placeholders for picture profiles; I haven't seen VLog working on the GH5 yet; I am told it will be serial loaded/activated like the GH4 was but with the addition of the new LUT Display function Im hoping it will hold upto four different LUTs in these custom placeholders. You have vector and waveform scopes to help you expose correctly in addition to the good old Zebras and highlights functionality.