"If panasonic does this they have a good chance of capturing the dslr market."
I dont think M43 GHx have a good chance of capturing dslr market.
The only chance to do it is to "revolutionize" the whole market, like RED or Apple do, creating a new tool never seen before, adding few features not present into other dsrl is not enough...
Making a sensor with 20-25 stops of DR for example for stills should revolutionize photography creativity. 14-18 stops DR on a 4K video mode should revolutionize video creativity
lets dream :-)))
I think that for Panasonic to be taken seriously they need to out perform both the Canon Mk3 and also the Nikon D800 especially with the new 2k / 4k hack in development. If panasonic does this they have a good chance of capturing the dslr market.
Headphones jack will happen when they finally regard the GH as a video camera. I'm not so sure it will happen with GH3. Maybe GHX, higher end model :-)
Yes turn on/off automatic gain would be great.
@Vitaliy_Kiselev how much more dynamic range you think we will get if any ..To me, if we can get 11-12 stops and custom picture profiles with what the gh2 offers now that would be great .
1080p50/p60
We'll see this with 98% probability.
More dynamic range
Same here.
Headphones jack (will probably never happen)
Why not? Can happen.
Full manual audio levels
You mean AGC checkbox?
I do not have many wishes:
For example they can use remote shutter signal. It could be firmware only thing in this case.
And make small external cheap sync box .
How about the massively disruptive feature of genlock and timecode input?? GH3D (as it would certainly be nicknamed) would find an immediate place in minor and major 3D productions. A very small, but, very grateful group of film makers would rejoice and buy... well.... hundreds!!?? Crap.
Cool color options. Various and crazy audio FX for shutter actuations.
Well, a flat profile in itself wouldn't really be necessary. Only fully customizable profiles.. Or customizable enough. If Olympus can do it, it should not be a problem.
Anyway, if they use a similar firmware build as in the gh2 the gh3 will be the better camera before long.
Clean, fully working hdmi port would be good.
What I think we will get
AVCHD2.0, Weatherproof, Much faster AF, New screen/EVF and iso upto 25,600
What I want but probably wont get
All new flat profile, Peaking, Better colour, 1 stop more DR, Headphone socket and New firmware after a week so VK can hack it :)
@Vitaliy_Kiselev said "As for peaking, it still can be done properly. Looking at various pro monitors I highly doubt claims about how easy it is to implement."
Au contraire, you'd be amazed at how simple it really is. A long time ago (~2.5 years) I put together a write-up trying to lobby Olympus to put focus peaking on their cameras through the Olympus UK Photo Safari Group. In it's simple Gradient form (which is already very useful) it uses math that was invented by Sir Isaac Newton. Using a Sobel Operator instead gives results that are already better than the Gradient Filter and amazingly useful.
It's a very short document (10 pages, mostly examples).
Such peaking , as I understand, is done usually after deducting oversharpened image from original and doing some filtering :-)
SmallHD has good video comparing different approaches to focus peaking.
You just need to remember that fopr sharpening like approach to work good you need high resolution screen.
Personnaly I don't find that blue FP useful. I would rather have something like Canon XHA1 has - a button to enable massive sharpening on the LCD - that's much more visually helpful for focusing, especially in digital zoom (focus assistant) mode.
I have SD90, got it very cheap, and it also has blue focus peaking :-) Do not worry, I think GH3 will have something like it.
I have Panasonic SD600 camcorder which was on sale at $400 in the US before discontinued. It does have FP. So the question for Pana is not about developing a function from scratch but simply implementing what they already have even in their budget product range.
Interestingly, Focus Peaking, and a log like profile, would cost nothing implement. without 1080/60p I don't imagine many people upgrading from GH-2?
First, no one cares about small bunch of amateur filmmakers :-) They'll be fine with new casual users.
As for peaking, it still can be done properly. Looking at various pro monitors I highly doubt claims about how easy it is to implement.
No ordinary customer want log profiles really, as no one of them intend to grade it later.
Interestingly, Focus Peaking, and a log like profile, would cost nothing implement. without 1080/60p I don't imagine many people upgrading from GH-2? 720p/120 would be cool. DR is nice, but I wish someone would copy Alexa in the highlight roll-off. I'm not as concerned with shadow DR, since most likely you will crush the blacks any way. But to my eye, the highlight roll off with yellowish fringe to white, is the tell tale of a video camera. What gives a film look is the subdued highlight. TV manufacturers, like to pump the contrast and saturation up to prove to the masses they have high quality. Like have a huge 12" base speaker in your trunk. It's loud but is it quality sound?
clean 23.98 1080p hdmi
oled viewfinder
I think we will see it for around $1500 and the only important new features will be 60fps, weather sealed and better image processing.
How much is this cam going to cost? I am putting a certain expectation with it for reason to upgrade. The MkII to MkIII upgrade is a good example of not upgrading. It needs to be worth it.
1080p/60, 720p/120.... 10bit: 422 Better Lowlight. Better DR.
If its going to be weather-sealed, then Panny is looking at this cam beyond 'Consumer'. So, we can expect 'more' then. We have to also consider the new BM cam. People will look at how much more you get with that $3K. I don't think Panny can go too high with this cam if they don't unleash the features.
The news are unfortunatly not runing so high
Do not worry. Global shutter in GH2, and later GH3 was just favourite idea of Andrea (43rumors author).
He likes it :-) So, "global shutter definitely will be in GHx" and "glabal shutter unfortunately won't be present in GHx" will be constant quests on 43rumors in the years to come :-)
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