AF-100 Wishlist/Suggestion Discussion Thread
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Jarek Zabczynski
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I'm just tired of this CMOS rolling shutter nonsense. I'll take grainy lower res images over that stuff any day. Yeah, these DSLRs are super sharp and fool untrained eyes, but I still say my HVX produces better images that "feel" better. All I want is an HVX with interchangeable lenses.
Barry_Green
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That looks like a newer/improved version, because it has its own tripod mount. I know there were concerns about the first version because of worries about the strength of the mount and the stresses it'd put on the camera body, but this seems like a very simple no-budget solution -- mount the tripod directly to the mount. That way the only stress on the mount is the weight of the GH1 body, which is incredibly light, so ... great idea!
Has anyone heard whether Panasonic plans to offer the most common adapters as accessories? It wouldn't be unheard of for them to partner with a third-party like they did with the Firestore.
Yessssssss terribly awesome. Just gets better and better.
robertrogoz
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That would mean developing a whole new camera.Agreed. Perheps a p2 version 9-12 mos later.
Barry_Green
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It's been done before. HMC150 and HPX170 are basically the identical camera hardware, with different recording media.
evandroc
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just a little bit
just a little bit
I know it's a little bit off topic but, lets say I want to use my Letus and Nikon lenses on AF-100 to get 24x36 mm full frame DOF. would it worth all the trouble? Which "off the shelves " lens I could use as a relay lens between the camera and the Letus? I thought I could use the AF-100, the Letus and a KiPro recording ProRes and have a sub sub "Alexa system"... again, sorry for the off topic post...
just a little bit
I know it's a little bit off topic but, lets say I want to use my Letus and Nikon lenses on AF-100 to get 24x36 mm full frame DOF. would it worth all the trouble? Which "off the shelves " lens I could use as a relay lens between the camera and the Letus? I thought I could use the AF-100, the Letus and a KiPro recording ProRes and have a sub sub "Alexa system"... again, sorry for the off topic post...
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Mike Harvey
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But why would you *want* to? It seems a little redundant to stick a 35mm adapter in front of a camera that already accomplishes what a 35mm adapter does. This camera will take 35mm lenses clean, why go through the hassle of sticking a Letus in front of it? I guess I'm a little confused by your question.
Barry_Green
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It's already almost APS-C sized. The micro 4/3 chip isn't small, it's four times bigger than a 2/3" chip.
This from page one, just thought Id replay it.
And probably to the irk of many
Standard AB / V mount battery option. I see this as a highly improbable due to the majority of people wanting to use existing Pana 170/200/150 batteries, but for those that already use these...
I like the option of the I/O module that takes p2 and has AVC Intra. Heres my issue, I dont have spare endless hours to transcode a long gop codec to an I frame codec. Yeah its easy to do, and yeah its workable, I just dont have the time and if I did I know a million other ways Id prefer to spend it.
evandroc
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+1... agree, and even if they release a plugin for final cut to ingest the footage as ProRes as Canon did, it will be compression over compression... all this has been said over and over again, but I think , assuming Panasonic is listening, if there is something we should fight for on this thread is for a better codec...
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Bassman2003
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In defense of Panasonic and the codec, I think you need to take the fight to Apple as other NLEs can edit AVC natively and in real time.
evandroc
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Hi Bassman, I'm not an English native speaker, so forgive me...
no matter how good this long gop codec might look on a big screen at first (as Jan said), in post I'll have to cut, color correct, title, motion track in after effects, etc... and its always an issue for the extra frame codecs.
PS. I love my Panasonic cameras.
no matter how good this long gop codec might look on a big screen at first (as Jan said), in post I'll have to cut, color correct, title, motion track in after effects, etc... and its always an issue for the extra frame codecs.
PS. I love my Panasonic cameras.
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Mike Harvey
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And this is why I put forth the idea of an add on P2 module with AVC-Intra (as opposed to a separate P2 version of the camera). I personally love AVCHD/AVCCam and don't have any qualms transcoding it to Cineform for editing and any color correction... but that doesn't necessarily work for everyone else, and P2/AVC-Intra as an add on option could really sell this camera to a lot of people.
That said, AVCHD/AVCCam really does hold up well on a big screen, and realistically would probably work for 75% of the folks people out there who would actually buy this camera.
That said, AVCHD/AVCCam really does hold up well on a big screen, and realistically would probably work for 75% of the folks people out there who would actually buy this camera.
Bassman2003
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I hope for a Large LCD, great pre-amps & 24 bit PCM audio if the spec allows. At least PCM audio, no compression.
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