One other thing I'll add is that most projects are web delivered. I'm not super interested in amassing huge amounts of data so even if there was a super stable ALL-I hack, if it was over 100mbs, I probably wouldn't be that interested.

@maddog15 glad that worked out for you! What is the bit rate of the mp4 files?

The "Oh my god the camera's been on MP4 mode for 3 hours" shoot. No CC or grading.

I shot this week a wedding with second operator in 70d and one gopro, my settings in several lighting conditions and my -2 saturation and -5 contrast are almost the same with gopro that chooses always automatically what to do :P

Dynamic range test with MP4 footage. Quite a bit of information there waiting to be pulled out/up. Even areas that seem close to crushed at first glance reveal a surprising amount of details when lifted in post. I'm very happy to see how much I was able to color correct, balance color and exposure for a silhouette shot. Though it may not look like it in the screen grab the sunset was really bright. Makes me wonder how much more information would be there had I set the contrast profile to -5 vs -2. Damn...oh well. Lens: 20mm f1.7 pancake.

@maddog15 That sunset shot with the man and woman looks great. Have you used GH3 for anything narrative/movie focused? I'm curious what people are achieving with GH3 for movie look.

@matt_gh2 and @griplimited Thanks to you both. For the most part I'm trying for a cinematic look with everything I do regardless of the project. The only limitation is often.... me. That said, talking heads and documentary work often dictate a different style. eg: A cinematic look for an interview would most likely be inappropriate or just flat out wrong. The attached vid, music composition and scenes, were initially for tests but will be part of a documentary I'm working on.

I'm doing a shoot at the ad agency i work for now and the crew I've chosen is using the Canon Mark II and III. Compared to the GH3's footage it's often close. Sometimes the GH3 looks better. Lots of variables in that analysis though.

As far as the GH3 goes I have to be honest. Even though I've personally invested in the M4/3 system, I'm still a bit in denial regarding its small but albeit powerful sensor! It's as if i still don't want to admit how technology is changing, getting better and I also need to change. Old thoughts and perceptions need to go out the window if I'm going to evolve, grow and move forward with the technology. That's hard to do sometimes. The real elephant in the room is money. If I, or anyone else, has a "professional problem" with the GH3 or other M4/3 systems I can just buy a....Red Epic. I don't have the money to buy a Red anything. So I guess it's inspiring and sometimes quite humbling see what folks on this forum are able to achieve with more "limited resources."

@maddog15 that's shot at 50p and interpreted as 25p in Premiere. Never used in-camera frame rate adjustment. Could it give it a shot ...

thanks Umii. Panny lenses are good but I have realized that they can lead to more color dullness. Also the manual balance towards magenta seems to do really good for skin tones

@AfricaGH2 I did the same thing when I first got my GH3. I shot in 72Mb/s All Intra assuming that higher bit rate is obviously better right? I mean my GH2 with Moon T5 is All Intra and it's footage is great. Work in Interframe 50Mb/s for a while. Through my research I've learned that it's the "visual equivolate" of 100Mb/s All Intra. I was really having buyers remorse for a while also. But I worked with the camera and got to know it. It's not a GH2 with a "3" on the body. I Found it's strengths and worked with those. Found it's weaknesses and work around them. Even if a camera was near perfect I think I could find SOMETHING about it that I'm just not happy with. That said the one valid issue with the GH3 is the damn EVF. Hands down the EVF absolutely sucks, pathetic, "what the hell where they thinking"...period. Some don't see the problem. I envy them because it's night and day when compared to the GH2's EVF in my opinion.

Check out the attached "in progress" wedding vid. shot 40% with MOV 50Mb/s and BY MISTAKE 60% MP4 28Mb/s. The ending reception scenes absolutely suck i know this. Two big overhead gymnasium spot lights and that's it. But the pre-wedding and wedding ceremony stuff i felt worked well.

@maddog15 All looks great to me. I'm sure client is happy as hell. Well done.

@flablo do you always adjust your balance toward magenta/red for skin? What profile and sub-settings are you using lately? I was in the all at -5 for a while bit since then I have been pulling contrast and saturation back up to -3 or -2. This seems to be a sweet spot for maintaining information while not sacrificing a flatter cinema look in post.

@flablo Oh Sorry.,... Example-- MOV 50Mb/s ....Color Profile: Standard.... Sub-settings: -3, -2, -3, -2