@Vitaliy I agree its not the end of the hack, on the contrary the start of something new.

@apefos It's just the beginning. Think how much the GH2 Has developed because of all the great peooke such as Vitaliy, Driftwood, CBrandin, Lpowell and so on as well as all the testers and contributors. Because of them they took a consumer camera and turned it into the beast that the GH2 is. And you say GH3 72mbit I Frame haha. Well that only half the bitrate of he latest 150mb GH2 settings such as Canis Majoris. Imagine the scope that we could have with the GH3. With a new hack it could crush the competition.

Yesterday compared the 5dmk3 to the gh2 shot for shot. I laughed at the 5d. Laughed more at the price my friend paid for it.

So much of the image is in the glass. But so much of post is in the codec and the frames.

I have high expectations of the Gh3 and will suppor vitaliy and others anyway I can to develop a gh3 hack.

@apefos

You had been away for too long? :-)

No it is not "end of the hack" :-)

You can check top message in topic for features and probabilities.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Theoretically: Could you port this feature to the GH2? Just like you did with the GH1 to the GF1? What are the odds of Panny updating their old cameras with peaking via firmware?

YEEESSSS!!!!

@RRRR I guess adding more pixels is easier and cheaper than making each pixels bigger. A bigger pixel pitch might take longer to refresh a sensor. Anyways this would be another topic for another day ;)

@RRRR It seems DR performance is more related to pixel pitch size than overall sensor size. I do want Panasonic to supersize pixel pitch!!!

I am not talking about video, because I am not that big fan of the bloom look, which mean super shallow DOF. It is more of an effect than true cinematography. But in photography it is different and even if DR and low light depends more on the technology use than pure sensor size, at equivalent technology they will be superior.

Another thing is that a revolutionary camera price point could be on its way with the full frame D600 in the $ 1500 range.

Biggest thing I do not understand is this sacramental, long running in circles and wanting full frame. Cheap full frame, any full frame (look at Pentax forums, it loooks like they get some infection).

I don't think that the gh3 will be able to price much higher than $ 900/1000 body because it will be more or less equaling (quality wise) camera like the Apsc Nikon D7000 if everything is good. The only reason that Panasonic would put it higher is that they really want to target the indie filmmakers market with the gh3 video capabilities. But I think it is a vocal but small community and I think they would prefer to touch a much bigger user base by pricing it competitively against competing camera like the D7000. Another thing is that a revolutionary camera price point could be on its way with the full frame D600 in the $ 1500 range.

I could see a new $1800 to $2000 (US) price tag for the GH3. It will have a better lens and obviously tons of new features. It's not that much of a bump up from the GH2's kit price of $1500 when it came out.

I expect a price bump -- but US $2100 for a kit (about $1700 for a body) is a bit excessive, and from the perspective of most pros -- laughable for a micro-four-thirds camera.

If these guys at his forum hack it and make it a powerful video camera -- I'll buy the damn thing at that price. But until then -- I have zero interest in a circa $1700 micro-four-thirds video enabled stills camera.

@MarkV he was talking about the kit, so likely GH3 + new 14-140 = 2100 USD or whatever...