@Driftwood thank you, I'm glad I wasn't hallucinating. It jumped out at me as nice immediately in the editor. I just wasn't sure if I was seeing what I was seeing since apparently none of the settings mean anything, you know.

@otcx, that footage does look very high resolution, maybe the best detailed scenes with trees and branches I have seen with the GH2, and something I have been looking for. Seems to handle camera movement with this extreme detail better than Sedna. I did notice in the downloaded Vimeo clip for me there was some slight instability in the last few seconds of video, is that present in the original?

@jeffgibbsTC you think so? I thought it looked ok in the trees, but much better close up on objects.

@jeffgibbstc

maybe for any kind of motion in such a highly detailed shot use something a little softer?

What I experienced with Sedna might have been more during vertical than horizontal pans--and it was judder, not motion blur. I will give the news settings a work out soon and report back. By the way I am one of the few people that thinks that one can never have too much resolution and I never want a softer image for the big screen--I think the problem with a video look lies elsewhere.

@tonalt what looks like a "hoax" to you is actually its called beta testing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing#Beta_testing

its been done on every piece of hardware and software you ever used. were the tests dry or mundane? probably yes. did you notice the effects as an end user? probably not.

While your opinion is still valid, it doesn't make sense in the context of a forum about a firmware hacks unless of course you bought a GH2 as a result of an elaborate camera hoax by Panasonic.

@bkmcwd @Driftwood Are the cluster X settings ALL-I (intra) ?? I there anyone that is stable by now? Thanks!

@bkmcwd Spizz HBR test: Cooking with spizz: shot on 20mm1.7 at 50shutter F1.7 iso1000 AWB Smooth all-2; last two takes iso800. sorry for shakiness, handheld. Outside was too gloomy so I decided to make an indoor test. to my eyes spizz has beautiful HBR resolution and color rendition. Mom decided to cook some rice with veggies "bulgur Pilaf" so I took my chance and shot my test. I tried to keep the EV +2 as @shian's -2,+2 advice. I only had one time in cam playback issue with H 720p mode, but none with the HBR mode. have not tried 24p mode yet. Quick editing done in FCPX: lowered the mids by 10% on Exposure tap and raised the mids and highs up by 20% on saturation tap. Sandisk 45mbs 32GB card is used and had no probs so far. I hope this would help. thanks for great presets again, cj.

****NEWS**** Cluster 'Moon (ex VK)' Trial 1 out on page 1

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5806/cluster-x-series-settings/p1#Item_5

@driftwood Thanks for the settings! Tested out the 12gop one and it really shines, lovely in color grade and smashing colors out of the camera.

Got a question. I really liked the Gh2toGH3 setting in HBR, but can you recommend one of these cluster X series for HBR 25p (steady one)? Or what is your opinion on which is better?

Again thanks a lot for your effort.

@Zaven13 All modes are generally death chart tested and zoomed in/out. Some of these settings are on the cutting edge and require feedback from beta testers. Hence why they are trials. I can say that only small adjustments need to be made once I receive a failure report.

As I work thru the GOPs new things become apparent. Also I utilise Elecard Streameye, Stream Analysis and Buffer Analysis plus a helluva lot of reading - these take an age to measure results after each flash. Each of the settings above have had more than 200 firmware upgrades to complete.

This is why the release candidate of each setting won't be a Gold RC until all trials are complete.

I spend an age trying out each setting. Some of these have taken many days to complete. Some of the settings are attempting different things. But no man can complete all situations hence why I need guys like you. All will be revealed in a write up once we return satisfactory results from users. I am loathe to talk about anything until then. ;-)

Unfortunately there are very few people trying out new settings which is unfortunate as they have a lot of new ideas and look very good. The new Trial 4 DREWnet is coming along nicely at QP12.

.

@driftwood. Sorry, yes that refers to VK.