Tagged with driftwood - Personal View Talks

GH2 Skateboarding Impressions

Stiffla — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:51:12 +0000

As I often read, that some potential GH2 buyers are wondering whether the camera is a good choice to shoot skateboarding or other extreme sports or not, here is my first try to get some good shots with my GH2. I have to say, the handling was quite easy and I am really looking forward to shoot some more. Only shot in in MF mode.

I used one of driftwoods patches out of the Timebuster 1.3 for timelapse. Videoframerates are at ~30Mbit/s 720p, and to me it looks really nice in the original file. Maybe you like it and you can give me some critics. Cheers

Alive - GH2 Driftwood Dark Matter V3 outdoors test

JPB1138 — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:12:12 +0000

This is a short piece with two different color grades using the GH2 and the Driftwood Dark Matter Hack. Loving the detail and the gradability of the driftwood settings. Planning on shooting a short narrative in the same location.

THE LAST SHOT IS JUST A SHOT OF THE MOON with 300mm 2.8 and Tele extended. Detail is amazing... Lenses used:

Lumix/Leica 25mm 1.4 Tokina 11-16mm Canon 300mm L 2.8

Enjoy!

PS: download the 1080p version, still not as good as the raw footage but better than vimeo compression.

Driftwood Quantum X Settings, Series 2: Sedna A, B, C

driftwood — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:45:55 +0000

*** THIS IS A CONTINUATION THREAD FROM SERIES ONE CAN BE FOUND HERE

ALL PRESENT DRIFTWOOD SETTINGS LINKS ARE NOW INCLUDED BELOW ALONGSIDE THE SETTINGS - SEE LINKS. THANK YOU. ***

Driftwood Sedna 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Release 15th March 2012 ETA 01:00am

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras. Stats: 24p Intra, 1080i/HBR Intra, 720 GOP3/GOP6 all settings as Orion with Sedna Matrices:-

A = High Detail matrix Good for Wide full detail shots.

B = Good allround detail matrix Great all round wide / mid shots.

C = Softer detail matrix Softer skin tonal detail.

*You can rename the set.ini files to suit your A to J button placements - just change the letter using right-click rename in Windows/Mac PC)

There's not too massive a difference between them - just fine adjustments. Look great on STD Picture Profile.

Two packs;- one pack set on AQ1, the other Q20.

NOTE: These are balanced high Quantised matrix settings disabling the need for pushing AQ to 2, 3 or 4 or lower manual Q

TECH INFO: Who needs 150M to pull off good looking pictures? You don't. Good to Hi quality Type 10 sdcards only.

NOTES: It seems a lifetime in a week trying to achieve the best possible bitrate, Q, matrix etc... settings to date. Sedna is the work of around 50+ odd hours of continuous testing with 4 GH2s working around the clock with different lenses, ISO's, shutter speeds and stopping up and down... but even that's not enough testing.

Some of these settings have also been put through their paces by @onionbrain (incredible and extensive chart work, thank you Andrew) and @thepalalias and I am deeply grateful for their reports. Per @thepalalias has also been of great help in assisting in visual testing and also for his tireless work testing audio. Therefore, I have included his latest 'Pasadena Pulse Audio V2 Beta 2' audio settings within Sedna - which I know he (and his team) have spent an age developing and getting right. I can vouch that they sound superb - bringing the best audio and recording mic setups available to date to the GH2. Well done fellas. They are to be applauded.

But a week's testing by so few of us is never enough to cover every single conceivable problem. And for that we rely on you filmmakers, documentary makers, videographers, and all to report back your findings.

Personally, I have been rather selfish - trying to achieve the best settings for my up-and-coming film project with the gh2 - fundraiser will be up soon ;-) Predominant testing has therefore taken place at 24p level. Although extensive work has also gone to achieving closeish HBR & 720p settings for users of those settings. I believe more time on these will be spent in the future.

The main objective of Sedna has been to look at ways of calming down the noise, knock down the overblown Reds whilst wrestling with the blues and without the colour space values of 4:2:2, 10bit et al, its near on impossible - we can only mess with the luminance and chrominance. Most of the testing has taken place in real world conditions - the others from my chart basics and the chart profile tests by Andrew @onionbrain. I think all of us testing so far have seen better performance than the stock matrix by Panasonic. Whether you prefer them to Orion or Dark Matter settings is up to you. After all, the human visual system means what's good for one is not the best for another. But now there's more choice.

But enough banter, soon it will be your chance to try out the new settings.

Nick

Driftwood 'Cluster' v1 With Orion (AVC Intra adapted) Matrix VBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Released 9th March 2012 1am

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras. Stats: Upto 72M 24p, Upto 36M HBR, Upto 36M 720p modes. (*All REC MODES include B frames)

INFO: Very simple Long GOP cluster of i/p/b frames principle, Low Bitrate, conservative settings for all round use with a nice matrix for Type 6 card users. After so many requests from non GOP1'ers to provide the Orion Matrix in a Long GOP configuration I settled on this one to hopefully satisfy the need. I like 12 GOP / 15 GOP for Long GOP - as far as editing goes and converters out there, the Ibbpbbpbbpbb (12 GOP PAL) and ibbpbbpbbpbbpbb (15 GOP NTSC) is the most universally supported GOP structure outside of Intra. A nice cluster of i/p and b frames and appropriately titled methinks. Hopefully, this will keep long duration seekers, type 6 card users, and HBR peeps happy (though I doubt I can please all of 'em).

Driftwood Quantum X (v4d Orion) 'Dark Matter' Matrix Pack + HBR FIX - CBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Released 18:30pm 06/03/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

INFO: This is the same as 4c below with HBR/1080i modes GOP Related attempted Fix for clipwrap etc.... HBR mode looks better when GOP Related is 1,0,0,0,1,0 That's the only change from 4c. I can't confirm thiss is a defo fix as of yet.

Driftwood Quantum X (v4c Orion) CBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Released 23:30pm 05/03/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Featuring the new 'Dark Matter' matrix set (three version variations) based on current Orion Matrix with hi/lo freq adjustments. Plus 720p on 9/6 GOP. AQ is NOT required. This is a constant Q (Q8) CBR setting which performs measurably better than with AQ4 on. All other settings as before.

INFO: Orion 4c with Dark Matter matrix pack. Three adjusted matrices to try out, all scaled from perceived HVS Great Quality (v1) to middle of these (v2) and perceived HVS Highest quality (v3). HVS = Human Visual System. This is sharper than the Orion matrix of yore which is still great but many of you wanted to pull out a few extra stops. Let's see if this helps YOU. Only other changes from Orion 4b are GOP Releated, 720p is 9/6 for NTSC/PAL.

Please let me know which matrix you like.

Driftwood Quantum X v5b and v5c 'β Pictoris' (baby Quantum X) VBR & CBR versions 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - Released 10:30am, 01/03/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

INFO: Two versions - 1) CBR constant Bitrate at 75M, 2) VBR Adaptive Bitrate 35-75M

There are actually four versions (two in each pack CBR/VBR versions) for you to try out of Pictoris, two different matrices - v5b is the new hybrid matrix, v5c is the Orion included matrix. with NEW Driftwood scaled Panasonic GH2 Matrix meets AVC-INTRA Matrix hybrid (somewhere in the middle of Orion matrix meets GH2 Stock matrix) inc;- Settings primed for 50/75M Standard Rec Modes plus additional 25M for Etc Mode 1080p24 on INTRA 50/75M Standard/75M Etc Mode 1080i50/60 INTRA 50M /75M Etc Mode 720p50/60 GOP6/9 40/75M Standard/75M Etc MJPEG Highest Quality 1920&720 Mjpeg modes. Good standard SD card recommended

Two Zip files below contain the settings: Download all packs and try them out:

v5b Hybrid Matrix - http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/ad/36129bda8ba3f8227e80d333835343.zip
v5c Orion Matrix - http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/fd/b85bb0076df6f8ac9631e14cbab6dd.zip

Driftwood Quantum X (v4b Orion) CBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Released 00:15am 28/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Link: http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/7e/c5a359e975b25b4a1af455dea3fce5.zip

INFO: Settings include;- Quantum v9b style constant bitrate patch with full AVC-INTRA Matrix ; Requires firmware v1.1 and ptools 3.64d '200212 dated' (*Not compatible with 180212 dated ptools); CBR style 154M INTRA 108024p; CBR style HBR & 1080i INTRA 100M+ Max; CBR Style GOP12(PAL)/GOP15(NTSC) 720p 50/60 - 80+ Max; AVC Intra Matrix all round; GOP related Adjustments for B frames; EX Tele and 80% mode support. SD_Card=V good Class 10; SanDisk Extreme HD Video recommended

Driftwood Quantum X (v3b Rocket) RC VBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - RC Released 00:15am 28/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Link: http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/7e/c5a359e975b25b4a1af455dea3fce5.zip

Changes from v2 include;- Adjusted matrix. AVC-INTRA Matrix on I Frame coding with AVC Intra Scaled Matrix on lower field HBR/1080i P frames and 720 P/B frames. 24p Slightly improved quality to match highest i frames 6080808 limit. 1080i/HBR vastly improved. 720 modes now on GOP12/15 to match frame limit usage of 1080i/HBR (ie percentage increase to match higher frame limit for HBR mode which were capped in v2)

INFO: Settings include;- Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA on 1080p24 upto 154M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate 25p(50i PsF) upto 100M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate 30p (60i PsF) upto 100M+; Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA 1080i modes upto 100M+; Hi bitrate 720p modes on GOP 12/15 with B frames upto 50M safest; Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1920x1080 (720 compression mode); Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1280x720 (480 compression mode); EX Tele Mode support (will increase bitrate usage by around 20M); 80% on 1080p modes (will increase bitrate usage by around 25M)

Driftwood Quantum X AVCHD-I 100/50 (AVC Intra Matrix) Total Intra setting! More news soon...

Driftwood Quantum X 'SpanMyBitchUp' v2b - Released 10:15am 25/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 required). For GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Link: http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/67/8f1ad7ca0ce0baa06e363e950e9b11.zip

INFO: Updated version of SpanMyBitchUp.

Settings include;- Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA on 1080p24 - upto 100M. (* Only for GH2); Adaptive Hi Bitrate 25p(50i PsF) INTRA - upto 100M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate 30p (60i PsF) INTRA - upto 100M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA 1080i modes - upto 100M; 720p modes on GOP 6 with B frames - upto 98M; Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1920x1080 (720 compression mode); Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1280x720 (480 compression mode); EX Tele Mode support; 80% on 1080p modes; 24L, 720/1080i FH/H settings on Trick mode (encoder calcs bitrate)

Driftwood Quantum X (v2 Rocket) 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - Released 22/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 required). For GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Link: http://personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/f3/eaad614692159722f20918184ddd0c.zip

INFO: Adaptive bitrate settings. (See attached settings zip file below). Settings include;- Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA on 1080p24 - upto 154M. (* Only for GH2); Adaptive Hi Bitrate 25p(50i PsF) INTRA - upto 100M+; Adaptive Hi Bitrate 30p (60i PsF) INTRA - upto 120+; Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA 1080i modes - upto 120+; 720p modes on GOP 6 with B frames - upto 98M; Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1920x1080 (720 compression mode); Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1280x720 (480 compression mode); EX Tele Mode support; 80% on 1080p modes; AVC INTRA Matrix on I Frame coding with Flat 16 Matrix on P/B frames

These settings are dedicated to VK @Vitaliy_Kiselev (master in control) and Chris Brandin @cbrandin (thee font of information).

IF YOU LIKE THESE SETTINGS PLEASE PAYPAL DONATE (ABOVE) TO VITALIY FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK ON GIVING US THE HACK.

Q. Where do I get firmware v1.11 and ptools 3.64d?

A. All the neccessary links are available here at top of page 1: http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2317/ptool-v3.64d-topic/p1

Q. How do I load Quantum settings & firmware v1.11 into ptools 3.64d?

A. See below - its simple.

1. simply make a new folder on a pc call it 'Quantum'.

2. Depending on which camera you own do the following;-

GH2 Users: Copy Panasonics official GH2 firmware v1.11 (GH2__V11.bin) into that folder. (You can download this firmware from Panasonics offical site at http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/dl/gh2.html)

GF2 Users: Copy Panasonics official GF2 firmware v1.11 (GF2__V11.bin) into that folder. (You can download this firmware from Panasonics offical site at http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/dl/gf2.html)

3. Download latest ptools v3.64d 200212 from the 'ptools 3.64d' thread link (https://www.personal-view.com/faqs/gh2-hack/ptool-software) and copy that into the folder too.

4. Download the Quantum patches (white looking documents found at the bottom of this section) and unzip them to the Quantum folder.

5. NOW run ptools, then load the firmware v1.11 (GH2__V11.bin for GH2 users or GF2__V11.bin for GF2 users) when it asks, now you'll see Rocket and Orion settings highlighted in Green (hover mouse over B and G buttons) click on either, whichever you wanna try.

6. One youve selected your fav' Quantum patch then click on SAVE FIRMWARE button and save the patched firmware to your sdcard naming it higher than the original GH2__V11.bin (GF2__V11.bin for GF2) firmware (makes sense yeah!) for example 'GH2__V12.bin' (GF2__V12.bin for GF2) when asked.

7. Load the new firmware from the sdcard to your camera by inserting sdcard, switch on camera, press the green-marked triangular ► 'Play' button once, Answer yes, to update your firmware. Note: Make sure youve got a fully charged battery before doing this update.

8. Done! Film away! *Please note you WILL NOT see any cosmetic changes in the menu system of the camera - but rest assured, the Quantum settings are all loaded & working hidden, under the bonnet of the camera ;-)

HOW TO PUT IT BACK TO STOCK SETTINGS AGAIN? You can always go back to stock settings by simply UNCHECKING all the boxes in ptools (or by clicking any unused red button, A to J)and saving the edited firmware back to your sdcard and reupdating. Easy.

All basic and beginners questions about the hack can be found here http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/

Cine-mini : Winery Taster | Orion v4b

pchristoph — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:10 +0000

A 'taste' of an upcoming short I'm making for a fruit winery. It'll be a tastey documentary short indeed. I should probably have shot this clip at 60p, but time was short after the interview and I forgot, so it's 24p and not as smooth as I'd like it to be. Edit/cc in fcpx. The winemaker asked me "when the film will hit the theaters"... he's pretty happy with the quality. This was shot using Vitaliy's latest ptool firmware and Driftwoods Orion v4b with a Tamron 17-50mm on a Kessler pocket dolly. Lowel pro light rig. Music composed to give a feeling like your in a great and ancient hall. Probably a bit over the top but I like it. Final short will be in a couple months from now. Cheers all. Thanks to Vitaliy and Driftwood - continuously.

Tonalizer Pro from Iridus

rsquires — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:34:51 +0000

http://irudis.com/

Not affiliated in any way but I just had to post regarding this astounding plugin for FCPX and Motion 5. It also works with FCP 7 and Express and Motion 4.

One of the tell tale signs of most DSLR footage and especially the GH2 is the lack of latitude. Shadows tend to go dark and hi-lights are usually blown out. Obviously you can shoot around this but, on a sunny day some times you don't have much choice. What Tonalizer Pro does is allow you to salvage hi-lights and boost shadows to get a more film like look. It really is amazing what it can do. Take a look at some frame grabs from some footage I shot with one of Driftwoods hacks last year. The hi-light recovery is worth the price alone in my opinion. But it really has about everything you need to truly get the most out of footage. Of course pulling detail from shadow will expose grain and noise but there are handy check boxes to allow for noise reduction and aliasing. Still the GH2 hack is getting very good at reducing noise in the shadows so I'm more confident in lifting them now.

Have a look at the images as they tell the story better than I can. I haven't been this impressed with a plugin for a long time. If you try Tonalizer Lite, I got a 35% discount which made it a more reasonable price. It is expensive but 35% off ain't bad.

all the best

rich

Driftwood Quantum X Settings, Series 1: v3b Rocket - v4b Orion - v5 β Pictoris

driftwood — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:46:34 +0000

Driftwood Quantum X v5b and v5c 'β Pictoris' (baby Quantum X) VBR & CBR versions 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - Released 10:30am, 01/03/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

INFO: Two versions - 1) CBR constant Bitrate at 75M, 2) VBR Adaptive Bitrate 35-75M

UPDATE: Updated the Orion pack as I'd left Q off. All good now (thanks to @oleg2k). Earlier msg: Ignore plain titled v5 versions (they were accidently left with deblocking on from a prior test). For the correct versions read below.

There are actually four versions for you to try out of Pictoris, two different matrices - v5b is the new hybrid matrix, v5c is the Orion included matrix. with NEW Driftwood scaled Panasonic GH2 Matrix meets AVC-INTRA Matrix hybrid (somewhere in the middle of Orion matrix meets GH2 Stock matrix) inc;- Settings primed for 50/75M Standard Rec Modes plus additional 25M for Etc Mode 1080p24 on INTRA 50/75M Standard/75M Etc Mode 1080i50/60 INTRA 50M /75M Etc Mode 720p50/60 GOP6/9 40/75M Standard/75M Etc MJPEG Highest Quality 1920&720 Mjpeg modes. Good standard SD card recommended

2 Zip files below: Download the CBR version for constant bitrate, choose VBR for variable bitrate for even more space saving on sdcard.

*** MINOR UPDATE ***Released 00:15am 28/02/2012

ROCKET and ORION users please update to 3b and 4b respectively. A slight change in the weighting of the 720p GOP structure - this time it looks correct for the proper weight on B frames under GOP Related 720p50/60 opt1/2 settings.

Download the zip file "MINOR UPDATE - Driftwood Quantum X (v3B Rocket RC) (V4B Orion) Updated - 0016am 28022012 - setb setg.zip" below and extract and overwrite the old versions of Rocket & Orion. Thanks.

Driftwood Quantum X (v4 Orion) CBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d- Released 16:30pm 25/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

Driftwood Quantum X (v3 Rocket) RC VBR 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - RC Released 16:30pm 25/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 & ptools 3.64d '200212' required). Settings for GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

(Note: Please ignore the earlier zip file released v3 version, download ONLY the RC version)

Driftwood Quantum X AVCHD-I 100/50 (AVC Intra Matrix) Total Intra setting! More news soon...

Driftwood Quantum X 'SpanMyBitchUp' v2b - Released 10:15am 25/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 required). For GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

INFO: Updated version of SpanMyBitchUp. (See attached settings zip file below). Settings include;- Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA on 1080p24 - upto 100M. (* Only for GH2); Adaptive Hi Bitrate 25p(50i PsF) INTRA - upto 100M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate 30p (60i PsF) INTRA - upto 100M; Adaptive Hi Bitrate INTRA 1080i modes - upto 100M; 720p modes on GOP 6 with B frames - upto 98M; Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1920x1080 (720 compression mode); Highest Quality tested MJPEG on 1280x720 (480 compression mode); EX Tele Mode support; 80% on 1080p modes; 24L, 720/1080i FH/H settings on Trick mode (encoder calcs bitrate)

Driftwood Quantum X (v2 Rocket) 'Settings' for ptools 3.64d - Released 22/02/2012

(Panasonic firmware v1.11 required). For GH2 & GF2 Lumix cameras.

These settings are dedicated to VK @Vitaliy_Kiselev (master in control) and Chris Brandin @cbrandin (thee font of information).

IF YOU LIKE THESE SETTINGS PLEASE PAYPAL DONATE (ABOVE) TO VITALIY FOR HIS TIRELESS WORK ON GIVING US THE HACK.

Q. Where do I get firmware v1.11 and ptools 3.64d?

A. All the neccessary links are available here at top of page 1: http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2317/ptool-v3.64d-topic/p1

Q. How do I load Quantum settings & firmware v1.11 into ptools 3.64d?

A. See below - its simple.

1. simply make a new folder on a pc call it 'Quantum'.

2. Depending on which camera you own do the following;-

3. Download latest ptools v3.64d 200212 from the 'ptools 3.64d' thread link (https://www.personal-view.com/faqs/gh2-hack/ptool-software) and copy that into the folder too.

4. Download the Quantum patches (white looking documents found at the bottom of this section) and unzip them to the Quantum folder.

All basic and beginners questions about the hack can be found here http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/

Music Video shot with hacked GH2 and Lomo Anamorphic Lenses.

simonstar66 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:55:29 +0000

Quantum v7. / 720 60p. / Lomo Anamorphic square front 35mm & 50mm / Converted in 5DtoRGB / Edited in Final Cut Pro / Graded with Davinci Resolve

Big thanks to Vitaliy and Driftwood!!

Enjoy. I'd be happy to hear comments or answer questions.

My cinematography showreel (a lot of GH2 stuff in there).

Gabel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:33:30 +0000

I hope I don't get warned for blatant self-advertising, but I just wanted to share my shoowreel here, there's some GH2 stuff in there (some of it hacked, one shot in the HBR mode). Here's a breakdown: First shot, done with HBR mode and Lomo OCT-19 primes 0:26 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AI primes

0:37 HBR with Lomos

0:48 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

0:56 HBR with Lomos

01:02 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

01:03 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

01:11 HBR with Lomos

01:18 Stock AVCHD with Nikon AIs

01:37 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

01:40 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

01:42 HBR with Lomos

01:55 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

02:04 HBR with Lomos

02:14 HBR with Lomos

(sorry for the double spacing, but otherwise it would all just fall behind each other)

This really shows what an amazing camera the GH2 is! Even unhacked it looks amazing (I think what I got with HBR looks the best to me, but that has more to with my work).

There's also some anamorphic stuff in there, done with my generic anamorphic on an AF100 with a Nikon AI 35mm (third shot, you'll recognize the rest)

And if you like, feel free to check in my site or like me on Facebook!

Beauty Queen + Bee Keeper | Driftwood's Quantum 'baby' 25

pchristoph — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:32:32 +0000

BIG BIG Thank you to both Vitaliy + Driftwood for your amazing work. I never once worried about any camera issues - and focused only my attention on making a great film all day. SanDisk 30mb/s Extreme cards.

This is Driftwood's Quantum 'baby' 25/50. Everything shot at 24L so I would not run out of room. Slow motion shots @ 720 on SH. Neat Video used to clean scenes up a bit. Edit and Color in FCPX 10.0.3

Assorted SuperTakumar lenses from Pentax, Samyang 85mm, Panny 20mm, Olympus 9-18mm, H1 Zooms for audio. Steadicam Merlin. Kessler Pocket Dolly. Manfrotto Monopods '561'

Docustyle shooters - you can shoot with confidence with this patch!

Enjoy - and leave comment if you like. ; )

King kenoah live in roseville ca

kenoah — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:23:21 +0000

im still using aqua motion 2 by Driftwood.

Marlon Hoffman video

inthemovie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:09:12 +0000

I have been testing some patches. The newest ones from Driftwood i like the best this one is the best Driftwood's hack v7. Quantum v7 it is just incredible... This was shot 24P with Leica DG Summilux 25MM 1.4 Wow I love this lens

This was shot with Leica DG Summilux 25MM 1.4 ETC Video Mode 24P at 640 ISO.

GH2 INTRA Demo: It's Collaboration Time!

driftwood — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:23:44 +0000

Guys, its time for me to ask a favour. I want YOU for 10 seconds.

I would like to put together a demo of the GH2 in INTRA mode to show off various settings for a Driftwood (Vimeo & downloadable) Spectacular to show its capabilities. I would like as many different scenes, lenses, EX Tele, iDynamic, etc...

The subject matter can be anything so long as it is only ONE scene location and lasts a maximum of 10 seconds. I want a collage of great variety to put together from around the world. Can be landscapes, wildlife, water, trees (groan!), people, whateverthef@ck you want (within reason!)
You may have already filmed something spectacular which this would be good for.

But it has to be filmed in ANY of the INTRA settings posted by me or adapted by yourselves.

So those interested private message (PM) me with a link to your mts & graded file (pro res HQ minimum) - the location, the lens, the extra settings, etc... etc...

Any titling will be put on by my editor following the details & specs you supply us. Therefore,everyone will get a credit on the footage so no problems :-)

And take great care getting perfect exposure for the subject required!

Cutoff date: 10th November 2011. All those willing to take part say 'Aye' below this thread heading.

Thanks,
Nick Driftwood

UPDATE: Here is the final ungraded showreel, the graded showreel will be up here on 17th December.

Ungraded:

Graded:

driftwood smooth as f*ck @ XS CLub, ENCORE Hotel Las Vegas

derliebeloni — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:20:19 +0000

i spent some days in vegas during helloween and SEMA show.
here`s part 1 - the XS club.

filmed with gh2 and driftwoods "smooth as f*ck" set.
only used nokton 25/0.95
edit in FCP. no post processing at all. everything is out-of-cam.

enjoy.

Teaser Music Video shot on a hacked GH2 - " Sons - KJZDKJSS "

RBertoni — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:57:37 +0000

Gear:

Hacked Panasonic GH2 (Driftwood 176 GOP1 patch)
1000w Arri Juniors,
Novoflex MFT-NIK adapter (new version)
Sigma 10-20mm f/4.0-5.6
Nikkor DX 35mm f/1.8
Nikkor af-d 50mm f/1.4
Nikkor af-s 70-200 VR
LCW ND Fader
Custom Gini-Cavision carbon rig
Transcend 16gb sdhc cards
Smoke Machine

Sons - KJZDKJSS
Full music video and short film coming in 2012...

Production: NoVa, November 2011
Shot and directed by Riccardo Bertoni
Edited by Riccardo Bertoni & Marko Zigon

Official Website: sons.si
Official Facebook Page: facebook.com/pages/Sons/16800503029

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"A Good Day Christmas Story" (driftwood Intra broadcast)

Greek_m43 — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:21:59 +0000

A Christmas Story done in 30 seconds for a Good Day Sacramento promo. Done with @Driftwood SeAQuake 1080/24p. Shot with 14-42mm at 14mm (first time I used the lens) on a fig rig. It will be broadcasting from now until Christmas.

This Is Our Market

pchristoph — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:37:46 +0000

Hi friends.
This community is fantastic and with much respect and gratitude for all testers I am very happy to share a short docu-film I made using the GH2vk and the GOP3 100mbps Driftwood patch (which is now ancient LOL!) - I am currently using Driftwood's newest GOP1 AQuamotion V2
It was done over this past summer and really shows the incredible improvements to quality all made possible by Vitaliy with the hacked firmware.
GH2vk
Super Takumars : 135 2.5, 50 1.4
Tamron 17-50 2.8 (steadicam)
Manfrotto Monopod 561bhdv-1

I recorded the music at my studio using various instruments and using Logic 9 software

Is there a solution for longer file lengths than 4 minutes with Driftwood settings?

Jon2323 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:43:58 +0000

Hi Guys,

I've been testing the: *** NEW **** Driftwood INTRA Patch: 'AQuarius' 1080p24 AQ3 with 720p50 AQ3. Posted Nov 3. (This is the only GH2 hack I've used, as I've just bought the camera)

I've been having problems with files longer than 4 minutes. The camera just shuts off at about 3:58, and Final Cut wont recognise the file, although shorter files on the same card are recognised sometimes. I'm also getting the '!' logo over the file picture in playback mode (see image attached)

Is this problem solved by using the UHS-1 Sandisk cards?

Thanks
Jon

Sandisk 8GB - Class 10 - 30MB/s
Final Cut Pro 7.0.3

Worlds First GOP1 Wedding

PerryWilson — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:52:19 +0000

So today I shot a wedding for my very good friend and old boss at the motorcycle shop, Manfred. A great little ceremony with good friend, amazing family and great people. GOP1 (QuantMeBaby) is stunning, EVERY FRAME IS A PICTURE!!! I am finally IN LOVE WITH A CAMERA... here are a few stills to hold you over until I post the video in a few days. But tomorrow I have to finish my film festival submission, early shoot day better get to bed... GOP1 ALL THE WAY!!!!