GH2 2X crop factor?

[Heartfelt]

Can someone please explain this for me?
Rob

 

[awelgraven]

This provides a pretty good way of looking at it: http://www.abelcine.com/fov/

Edit: Try comparing the 5DmkII sensor (full frame) to the AF100 sensor (micro 4/3rds, just like the GH2)

 

[Heartfelt]

So with a 4/3's, you can't back out, so to speak. It is automatically zoomed in so far. Does that, with dummy terms, describe it?

 

[awelgraven]

It's not really a zooming thing. You just have to think differently about your lenses. The 5D has gotten people to used to full frame videography, which is not really the norm. When I had a 5DmkII, my 28mm prime functioned as my wide angle lens.

You have to change your perspective with a m4/3rds system. Now, my Panasonic 14-42 serves my wide.