GH2: Royal Caribbean "Oasis of the Seas"

[dan.carter]

Royal Caribbean's massive "Oasis of the Seas" sailing the Western Caribbean. Ports of call: Fort Lauderdale, Labadee Haiti, Falmouth Jamaica, Cozumel Mexico.

Panasonic GH2
Lumix 14-45, 7-14 & 20mm lenses

[flinty]

Real Nice Dan it shows Pana lenses are not as bad as some say.Chris

[blazer003]

Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?

[Stevet]

Great shot man.... Looks great.

[dan.carter]

Real Nice Dan it shows Pana lenses are not as bad as some say.Chris

Thanks for the good words Chris. Since my preference is razor sharp video, I've yet to find a Lumix lens I didn't like.

[dan.carter]

Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?

Thank you for the positive response Blazer003. Always happy to hear a project is enjoyed.

The Oasis and Allure are RCs largest ships. Seven days is not enough to do or shoot all this ship has to offer.

Thanks for watching.

[dan.carter]

Great shot man.... Looks great.

Thank you for watching, and the good feedback.

[flinty]

Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?

Interesting thoughts like Dan i like sharp video but would you say whether or not there is a micro four thirds lens at all that gives any sort of filmic look,i admit i am no glass exprt but i can never understand the term sharp lens in HD video term,HD video has at most 1000 lines i believe and surely there is not a lens that cant take multi megapixal stills so what makes a lens that can take good stills take soft filmic video ,differnt coatings ? .

[Zephyrnoid]

Thanks for the good words Chris. Since my preference is razor sharp video, I've yet to find a Lumix lens I didn't like.

Very impressive. The commercial photographer in me says "Wow". I'll have to look into the GH2...right after NAB. Not sure why so many folks are worried about the sharpness? Soft filter is easy to add in post.

[Zephyrnoid]

Interesting thoughts like Dan i like sharp video but would you say whether or not there is a micro four thirds lens at all that gives any sort of filmic look,i admit i am no glass exprt but i can never understand the term sharp lens in HD video term,HD video has at most 1000 lines i believe and surely there is not a lens that cant take multi megapixal stills so what makes a lens that can take good stills take soft filmic video ,differnt coatings ? .

Short answer is it's about an edge effect or algorithm. Out the gate all single chip digital 'raw' files are rather soft or 'filmic' as some would say. The GH2 uses an algorithm for native sharpening which is really just an edge contrast trick that you would have to add in post on a RAW file to get it to look....sharper. This camera and whatever lenses it uses, is great for "Out of the Box" sharpness that allows you to do commercial work with the sharpening in post avoided. personally, I'd prefer a wider DR out the gate and let me do my sharpening later myself.