Any COOL GH1 footage?

bwwd said:
I didnt saw any filmic attempts yet but instead i was kinda disappointed that most of the footage looks like regular video with DOF ,maybe cause its mostly handheld and plants/animal tests.Still waiting for something nice...
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You might not realize this, but there's plenty of high quality 35mm film that "looks like regular video with DOF." We need to get over these biases. Digital video technology has progressed to the point where I have difficulty distinguishing film from video sometimes, except maybe that video looks a bit cleaner and sharper. Only a couple of years ago, the difference was easy to spot.

I'm saying that Philip's footage looks plenty "filmic" to me.
 
Most of the available footage has only used natural light and without much control. I'm sure this camera can look much more "filmic" with reflectors and silks and flags and gels. I plan on breaking out my lights when I get mine.
 
Isaac_Brody said:
Most of the available footage has only used natural light and without much control.
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Natural light does not inhibit something from looking like it was shot on film.

I also think that is part of my point, in the way that it handles situations where there is less control like the light blowing out a little. That is part of the look. I don't want to have to be in certain situations for it to sell the look that I like.
 
Jim Klatt said:
Natural light does not inhibit something from looking like it was shot on film.
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Obviously, however there are techniques that filmmakers use when shooting in natural light. Such as using reflectors to provide fill on an actors face, 12x12 silks, or staging action so sunlight acts as a rim light. The footage available right now isn't doing much to control natural light. And if you shoot film without control in bright sunlight it's very easy to bake the latitude and get video results. I think Phillip Bloom has gotten the most filmic results in natural light because he knows how to stage his action and compositions to take advantage of available light.
 
If anybody doesn't want to use the camera because it doesn't look "filmic" they don't have to buy it. That simple. Who cares who doesn't like the look? I am going to buy it, shoot with it and make money from it. Thats what matters to me. Kholi is already on his way to that. A music video will make your investment back! And it is a perfect camera for that. The footage will look as "filmic" as the capabilities of the cinematographer to make it look like so. Whoever is not capable of doing that should put his/her money somewhere else.


BTW: I just put both Phiip Bloom's videos, in Austin and on Joshua Tree, on a DVD and check it out on my TV and I just have to say Wow! I can't wait to get mine.
 
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No doubt, Isaac. I know Kholi was using ultracon filters to attempt to flatten the contrast. So there are no settings in the camera that would let you lessen the contrast to a level similar to the range he is reaching with the ultracon filter? I suppose that is a better question for Kholi.

The other thing that has me concerned is the 24p motion via pulldown. I will have to wait until there are more NTSC footage examples with movement from people etc, somewhere down the line when more people have the camera. All of the nature stuff is great, but it is more revealing to see people.
 
I would kill for the Gh1's ability to step a Nikon micro lense way down to get more DOF. I am dp on documentary and have been using the D90 for macro cutaways, but cannot step the lense down beyond 8 or so, which leaves a very thin focal plane for moving critters.
 
Jim Klatt said:
I would kill for the Gh1's ability to step a Nikon micro lense way down to get more DOF. I am dp on documentary and have been using the D90 for macro cutaways, but cannot step the lense down beyond 8 or so, which leaves a very thin focal plane for moving critters.
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How does the footage look? I would think the bigger challenge would be the skew on a D90 to follow those moving critters.
 
I am very happy with the footage. The skew is absent when I am able to use a heavier tripod. But when I am on the ground, I haven't really been able to move very much at all. It's not really in the budget to invest in a tiny tripod with a good head for macro work at this point.

The focus is a killer if the object is moving to or from the focal place. I am pretending it is part of the style to have objects go in and out of focus, lol. It actually looks pretty cool regardless. I will post some stuff up in the d90 section when I have time.
 
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