@Qadri the descriptions of the different cables say what application they are for.

In the photos they are now moulded connectors whereas my 3 yr old cable has connectors you could solder on (repairable).

My LN2MIC-ZMH4-MON has a 3.5mm for the camera input side and provides a headphone output too for monitoring. It is a Y cable. They made a special one for the GH2 with a 2.5mm instead of a 3.5mm at the camera. I opted for one with a 3.5mm @ the camera since that can be adapted to the GH2 and work on future cameras too.

From what I can see, the g6 DOES have the same or similar iso bug as the gh2, here's how I noticed. I found while in the manual movie mode, if I scroll from lower to higher iso's (left to right), it appears there's more noise in the image, compared to scrolling high to low (right to left), the noise is less apparent, especially noticed it at higher iso's. So if you want to set your camera iso at 1600 go past it to like 2500, then back it down to 1600. It's very obvious on my cam, however I could have a quirky copy. Can someone else verify this? Has anyone tried the little mini connection port on the side of the cam that reads "digital/audio/vid as a way to monitor audio or video? I didn't bother as I figured it was just for offloading pics from the cam.

@maranfilms - I will check it. Just tell me if you have to use higher iso before choosing lower, the proper one? Or it is enough to scroll only past it? I mean: go past the proper one, highlight higher and then - without really using higher iso - go back & choose lower iso.

I'm not sure what you mean Pete, Were you using a tablet or phone to monitor/control the cam? If not, there's no reason the evf/lcd should go blank or shut off, however if it's in some type of economy battery mode it may do that. Does anyone know if there's a way to make the cam not dim down after 30 seconds?

I had a horrible problem: my wireless mics played up during a live shoot so I had to take them out and thought the in-built mic will just have to do. When I played it back there was no sound!!

Very frustrating and the whole thing is useless now without sound. Got me very upset. I'm not sure what the problem is but it might be that the camera needs switching off and back on again if you disconnect an audio source. Or it could have been just a one off problem. I'm too angry to try it again as it gives me bad memories of a wasted valuable recording.

Having no headphone out is a real down side I think, especially if you have potential sound issues on camera (or with your own gear). How hard would it have been to have a headphone socket next to the mic input?

I am pretty sure it is because of Economy mode enabled. As far as I can remember LCD screen/EVF goes off after 1 minute by default.

I am off home for next few days, but will check it right upon coming back.

Really can record to 60p? I like know If can make slow motion.

@Manu4Vendetta I have shot my G6 in 1080-60p mp4 mode almost exclusively since I got my G6 the first week it was available here in the USA. I think it's one of the finest cams ever made, particularly because it was the only cam made that could do 1080-60p in ETC mode. The only other cam made that can do that now is the GX7.

Here's a sample of slowmotion from 60p slowed to 30p in ETC mode with the Panasonic 100-300mm F/4-5.6 IS

Cheers, Pete

@CFreak, those cats actually are riding on foils with the hulls completely out of the water on the complete downwind leg. By the time they finished the comeback from down 8 races to win, Oracle Team USA was foiling with the hulls out of the water up wind as well. They were going 35mph upwind and up to 53 mph on the reaches and down wind. Simply amazing machines to say the least.

As for frame rates vs. shutter speed, I've come to like shooting at 1/60th with 60p virtually all the time. When conformed to 30p for output it looks smooth and is not excessively blurry when slowed to 1/2 speed for slow motion.

I came from Canon DSLR's before I got the G6 and actually like the smoother image canons create some times to the ultra sharp one you get with filming at 1080-30p or 24p in AVCHD mode. ETC on with 1080-60p in mp4 mode at 1/60th of a second seems to have a film like grain to the image and enough sharpness to just really bring it. Obviously YMMV, but It's the mode that most suits my need with the least amount of work in post.

Cheers, Pete

@svart: I'm looking foreward to seeing your video. Almost seling my G6 to keep my hacked GH2 atm.

What do you think of VIVID picture style with -4 -2 -3 -3 and over exposing a little (like +1)? Seems so reduce noise a little over Standard picture style with same settings. Still not as noiseless as my GH2 :-/

EDIT: I'm getting closer to GH2 sharpness, too. Which is nice.

@thorgas, would be great if you can upload your test and comparision