GH5 Big Firmware Updates Coming November 19, 2019

Hey, for what it's worth, Olympus must have heard all the rumblings and released this statement today:

"For Imaging, however, we currently have no plans to sell the business. The task is therefore to stabilize and strengthen its market position. To achieve that, we are actively running marketing activities, and have already established a clear and exciting product roadmap for the coming months and years.

We are actively pursuing future technology developments that will enhance photography and video for creators. Furthermore, Imaging is and will continue to be an important technology and innovation driver for our other businesses."
--------------------------

They did not however announce if when any new cameras would be coming, or if they would feature new sensors.


https://www.43rumors.com/official-o...duct-roadmap-for-the-coming-months-and-years/
 
Yeah, you have to wonder if this is just to help keep the stock price up. Hey, I hope that they stay in the biz, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
 
Samsung said the same thing three years ago, even though rumors had it shutting down its photo division.

Half a year later, they announced it themselves.
 
Ron Evans said:
Interesting article on this topic https://www.epiphan.com/blog/8k-cameras-live-event-production/
Click to expand...

I don't know. Yes, it has it uses, but in the end, your view is from a fixed location. You can't go that crazy or the end video will just be boring. Also, to get the main show you need to be wide angle. That FOV looks a bit strange on closeups. I used a 4k wide shot for a concert and it was great to be able to also have a medium wide out of the same footage. But I think anything closer to act as a main closeup camera as well would have been stagnant.
 
But you can pan and zoom as well. That is what I do now with UHD source from my GH5 and GH5S. I know you do dance so you could pan across a dance line in perfect time to the music since you can adjust speed of pan etc to match. I challenge you to do that in real time manually. Yes you do need other cameras for real close ups or from side angle but they too could be fixed UHD for instance. That is my ultimate goal, 3 fixed cameras, center 8K two angles UHD framed in closer either side of stage. Then I can sit down and manage remotely. It does take a different approach in editing for sure. You need to imagine what you are going to do as there is no camera feed that you can switch to with what you want. I time my cut points on the timeline as to where I want things to happen. For me the GH5 is full stage and the GH5S is framed in closer and at the moment I do track stage action but framing is fixed. My wife now does closeups with the AX100. So in editing I have a choice when I time a cut from 3 sources two of which can be zoomed in 2:1 and panned. The edit can look like a lot more than three cameras.
 
I just think camera movement from an operator looks better. I have been panning smoothly for 15+ years! :) The static setup works you you but I have the opinion that if used too heavily then end product will be sort of stale. Plus editing takes a lot longer if you need to be a camera op for three cameras after the fact. Plus, unmanned cameras - what about exposure? Maybe if you can monitor and adjust at the show via wifi...
 
Ron Evans said:
I time my cut points on the timeline as to where I want things to happen.
Click to expand...

I may be interpreting this too literally but I can't stand it when the cuts go from camera angle to camera angle to give equal time. There is no purpose to it, and it shows that way. There should be some compelling aspect to the next angle and each subsequent angle, or else it just becomes a rolling traffic cam. Good reasons for switching are such as showing a different side of the face, or background, or other features or details are valid reasons for cutting away but not just rolling along from camera to camera. I'm not saying you should just freeze on one angle.

Overdoing the pan and zoom within the frame is something to be careful about too. Once the audience recognizes they are being tricked into seeing another camera view that is not actual, they will be turned off by the spoof. The punch-in or pan should be limited and for a purpose, to highlight something unique, to replay etc. Three cameras could be enough, that you can have an appealing multicam look, specifically because of thoughtful use of cuts and purposeful punch-ins and pans.
 
Yes my editing cuts are for a reason not to timing. Entrances of actors full stage, closeup for conversations etc. I too hate what looks like a machine cutting every few seconds. Yes I of course use three cameras for a reason. Full stage, from the left and from the right. With cropping I can then frame as needed and the slow pan to follow action on the stage. I rarely zoom a lot, by using UHD to crop into HD I only have 2:1 anyway so those long zooms are just not there and have to switch to another camera. That is the reason for the GH5 full stage and the GH5S at a more medium framing. Between them I have the ability to get more like a 6 or 8:1 zoom range from the back of the hall. Not to zoom but to frame shot. My wife with the AX100 can get close to a full head shot from the same distance so I have a lot of choice in editing. Yes it is longer to edit but I still have come to prefer now.

Yes Tim I control both cameras with WiFi app even the one on the tripod I use as it is a lot easier to manage with my tablet than possibility of jerking the camera. Using Bezier curves with layouter in EDIUS the pans or zooms are very smooth. The Panasonic app is very good and can control most controls on camera even zoom control if a power zoom is on the camera like the Olympus I have,just wish Panasonic had a better power zoom lens. I have only used to reframe shot as the zoom is not very smooth so not really usable while recording.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top