@Kihlian sony fs700 is gonna add its new firmware with 240 fps 1080p and 4k 24fps 25fps and 30fps support.

@christianhubbard 720p 120fps...would be nice as well. let's see how many people jump on board.

4:2:2

720p 120fps

peaking

@mrgroove

I totally overlooked your comment about you having been in close contact with Panasonic and gave them some ideas. What did you suggest? 4:2:2 as well? If so, what did they say?

Are you still in contact with Panasonic????

@Toben, @mrgroove said he did. So @mrgroove if we can get a petition going for 4:2:2, can you relay that info to the GH3 team that it's a must have?

@Tobsen, there gotta be an effective way of letting the GH3 team hear and know about the need for 4:2:2. That's something I was betting that they will/must have on the GH3.

@rajamalik Battery is not still the same. It increased by over 500 maH (don't remember the exact number off the top of my head).

But if it works as well with the ATC 15,000 maH add-on as the GH2 seems to be (still testing) then we could have a way around that. So far indications are that it should easily run for well over 5 hours - I have not had a chance to test it much yet.

But with the grip and 2 of the new batteries we should be looking at at least 3:30 to 4 hours or more.

As far as the higher bitrates: I think they are better for the hacks. Panasonic is doing better than their competitors at 50P and 60P (28 mbps Sony?) and these bitrates are stable. We cannot even get dependable spanning except on a very specific range of cards - so unless Panasonic was ready to release specially branded cards, raising the bitrates too far would have alienated a lot of users that could not get it to work with their cards.

And let us not forget how good SMBU v1 looked about a year ago at very similar GOP1 bitrates.

BUT, if VK can have similar success with the GH3 as the previous ones, higher bitrates for those willing to work at it should be possible again. I think that may be the way to go.

Honestly, I think there is much more reason to be outraged about the sensor change. Why did they stop using multi-aspect? It is very, very frustrating.

I am not happy. I was so excited about the release of the GH3 and now I started looking at Nikons! What happened? I mean I like so many of those new features and I think that the GH3 could be a real step up from the original stock GH2 (we cannot count the hacked versions). Driftwood and LPowell gave us a hint of what the cam could put out if hacked, but man....4:2:0? Probably we pumped our hopes and expectations way too high (thanks to all the rumors) and now we feel the fall. I don't know...just my thoughts....

Facebook petition? Maybe childish.

@rajamalik

Word .

@Manu4Vendetta

I'm confused by that girl - a mix between Marion Cotillard and Eva Green lol

@mlysbakken @Amadeus5D2

1. RGB (4:4:4) is super standard for video production.now a days 4:2:2 is very essential, especially when it comes to digital film making. we aren't craving for RGB. at least companies like panasonic should consider 4:2:2.

2. iFrames is only for 1080 24P no iframe recording possible using 50p and 60p option this is a bullshit. 72mbit iframe 24p is good but why its 72mbit while canon 5d mk3 already released a camera with 90mbit iframe on 24p modes??? cant it reach over 90mbit or panasonic purposefully leaving such to hackers to push it too high???

3. battery is still the same 1850mah with battery grip we can load 2 batteries which can only keep the camera running for 2 hours and 30 minutes is also the worst thing. sony hav 8000 mah batteries for its most cameras. there are third party batteries for sony which gives 12000 mah with proper battery indicator code support.why panasonic is so amateur??. still i am looking for better batteries for my gh2s (which could work without damaging my camera). panasonic seems to always look for hackers to promote their cameras free of charge. if they provide proper camera why we need a hack. gh1 hacked, gh2 hacked, gh3 sure will get nicely. look for 240mbit 24p 176mbit 60p and 50p all iframes soon from driftwood. Panasonic must learn.

@Manu4Vendetta

Yet another blurry GH3 clip. :/

when you compare US prices with European prices in the camera market it is usually 1:1 - because the cams are substantially cheaper in the US

true, but the advantage is that the product are usually more available in Europe, neither the GH2 nor the Voigtlander 25mm were out of stock for long here.