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I looked at this section "USER REVIEWS AND OPINIONS" and notice that posting has really fallen off in the last couple of months... are people disappointed in the GH3, or are they switching to other cameras they regard as better (for about the same budget)? Just trying to make sure I don't miss something everyone else realizes as I choose my camera.

I love my GH3! I'd say go for it! You won't be disappointed!

I think allot of people might be in camera-limbo right now. Waiting to see how the BlackMagic Pocket turns out. That and the 2.5k BMCC are the only options I would consider as "better". But... they do lack the amazing 60fps the GH3 has... as do nearly all "real" video cameras. Hell, I would still chose the GH3 over a FS700, since the FS700 still records it's over-cranked footage to garbage internal codecs you can't grade worth a damn. I love the idea of 240fps footage... but really, 60fps will do for my slow-motion needs right now. Especially since it's so much more gradable (and has less banding) than most other cameras' garbage compression on it's over-cranked footage.

The GH3 and Blackmagic cams are very complimentary to each other. Similar sensor-sizes and similar lensing options. The same lens set will work for all your cam-bodies here. For under $5k... you can get RAW, prores, and what might be the best-compressed H.264 8-bit footage available... for when you don't need raw or high-bit rates. Great combo here. Get the GH3 now... and see if you really need something like the BMCC later. The GH3 will ALWAYS make a great over-cranking camera or B-cam for extra coverage. The GH3's color science and DR look allot close to the Blackmagic than the GH2 or Canon cams.

I've been wanting to do a review or something of the GH3... but I'm just waiting to do a worthwhile project first. No sense in uploading my boring test shots right now.

I've huge problems with my GH3. It's sent in for repairs, fully covered, but here's the problems I've had. 2 are smaller problems, 1 large problem. The hot shoe came off from the XLR box I keep on top. This happened in 2 weeks. I had the box on my GH2 for two years and the hot shoe is fine. The screen was close to coming off, just totally loose. The big problem is that my camera bricked. I shot a short film over 4 days and had 2 days of promo shoots for work. Had my camera locked up over the weekend. Tried to fire up the camera, and got nothing. Other than that I love the camera. It looks fantastic and is a breeze to use. The short I shot was black and white and looks great!

That's a very cute video, joss. I'm slowly coming around to a decision on a camera for my film project, and I think I'm setting on the GH3. However, I have only been on personal-view for a few months, so I have no way to compare what people think of the GH3 with other cameras and models. I looked at this section "USER REVIEWS AND OPINIONS" and notice that posting has really fallen off in the last couple of months... are people disappointed in the GH3, or are they switching to other cameras they regard as better (for about the same budget)? Just trying to make sure I don't miss something everyone else realizes as I choose my camera. I don't want to be the last one to find out :) Thank you everybody, especially to Vitaliy for the amazing site and wonderful information and community here!

@anthonybert - thanks! I've added the settings to the original post below.

Well that was fun! Used the GH3 and SLR Magic 25mm 0.95 lens at a carnival on Saturday. Try focusing on a moving float and people when it is that shallow... Steep learning curve! 50MB/s 1920x1080 50FPS MOV recording format. ISO 200. 1/100 Shutter speed. Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Graded with Magic Bullet Looks. Here is the video - impressed with the quality of the recording on the GH3:

Ive been shooting with the GH3 for quite a while now but never really did anything to actually sit down and grade my video till now. I shot using a friends settings and it came out pretty well. In this video Twixtor which i never really understood until after speaking with some DP's how to get that crisp look with 60p. It came out pretty satisfactory considering i dropped the speeds down to 5%. Was a very long 20hour export (aka i need a Vid card that works with cs6)

enjoy the super slow modes 1st one is a little iffy though.

@ stanlymanly2, loved it.

I've wanted to join the ILC club for a while and after doing a fair bit of research I've settled on the GH3 and various lenses - SLR Magic 12mm 1.6, SLR Magic 25mm 0.95, and Panasonic 12-35 2.8. Rode VideoMic Pro for the audio. Initial impressions are very impressive, though I'll know more with some filming to do over the next couple of weeks. Took some photos over the weekend to test out the 0.95 lens - http://colourfulchurch.org.uk/2013/06/people-and-a-panasonic-gh3/ I'll give some more feedback once I have used the GH3 for filming :)

@ theconformist thanks man, and I did have a variable ND filter. And our generator died on us on a few days of shooting. You can see behind the scenes photos at TrinityFXmg.com.

@AonAnderson Great job, good luck in the contest! An ND filter and some extra lights would have saved a few shots though.

I’m definitely more confident now using the GH3 for slow motion and b-camera shots alongside the BMCC. You need to take some extra care with the GH3 to ensure you set the look in camera more accurately, since you have a lot less flexibility in post. But once you’ve achieved the right look in camera, the GH3 holds its own as a solid slow motion/backup camera for the BMCC.

It seems to have less moire and rolling shutter issues than the BMCC, but is not as clean in low light and has much less dynamic range, especially when compared to BMCC in raw. It’s not the type of DSLR you’ll use to replace the BMCC in low light situations – as the BMCC is actually quite good in low light, and in my opinion pretty under rated.

The cameras are not nearly close enough of a match to use them in a multi camera environment, unless it’s documentary based and you’re going for that look. But for slow motion, really tight spots and other tricky scenarios, the GH3 holds up exceptionally well and is definitely a camera that compliments the BMCC very nicely.

Via: http://www.noamkroll.com/blackmagic-cinema-camera-vs-lumix-gh3/

@AonAnderson So far the first 45 seconds looks great! I'll let you know in 6 months when my internet decides to download the rest, how I like the whole thing :)

Worst about the GH3: The crap factor.