GH2 Canon 5D Mark III 1080p is more like 720p compared to the GH2 !
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You'd have to ask the editors at dpreview. I suspect they meant all of the above.
stoneinapond
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Just pointing it out. I posted an article from his site last week and that was the impression that I got from others on this forum.
Bassman2003
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That does not diminish the truth about the 5DMKIII having lower resolution. We all see that this was a choice from Canon to protect their cinema line of cameras.
spamrakuen
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Bad news for us. Panasonic may follow the same path with the GH3. If the GH2 is already more sharp than the MkIII there is no need (or at least no hurry) to improve it in the next model.
Bassman2003
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I would say it is not bad news as why do you need to improve upon what is already top notch? Putting their energy into better encoding, color accuracy, HDMI output and color/look adjustments is what the camera really needs.
It already resolves about a 1000 lines of resolution. What more do you want?
Dave ©
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[in reference to GH3]
If the 5DIII "is vulnerable since it is not a huge step up from the 5D Mark II," wouldn't the GH3 be just as vulnerable if it isn't a huge step up from the GH2?
If the 5DIII "is vulnerable since it is not a huge step up from the 5D Mark II," wouldn't the GH3 be just as vulnerable if it isn't a huge step up from the GH2?
Bassman2003
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If the GH3 incorporates what is in that list, then it is for sure a huge step up. Find a person who owns the GH2 that says the resolution needs to be improved... More like everything but the resolution!
I thought it was more like 800-850?
spamrakuen
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Yes, you're right. There are other things more needed, but I want the full sensor image resized to exactly 1080p lines.
But as I already said, if Canon does not improve their MkII, means that they don't want to hurt their videocamera sales, so Panasonic might follow this path.
Why to improve video if it already has one of the bests (the best with price/value ratio?) video on a photo camera?
Remember that GH1 video was very muddy, and GH2 only has one mode for 24mb/sec! If I want to shot at 25fps I can't go above 17mb/sec!
Thanks to Vitaly, we can release the true potential of the camera, but the way Panasonic is working means that they may follow Canon's path, if they aren't already doing that...
1080 60p at 28mb/sec (AVCHD 2.0) for the GH3? That's not a big step forward. Even a hacked GH2 would be more interesting.
Let's wait and see...
EDIT: I have a GH1(3), and I'm very happy with its resolution
gonzo_entertainment
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But Canon did improve the MK2, total paradigm shift, no, fairly significant upgrade, yes. Adding 720P 60 FPS and HD from the HDMI out alone are a fairly significant upgrade and that doesn't even account for the reduced moire and aliasing.
Yes, you're right. There are other things more needed, but I want the full sensor image resized to exactly 1080p lines.
But as I already said, if Canon does not improve their MkII, means that they don't want to hurt their videocamera sales, so Panasonic might follow this path.
Panasonic Consumer and Broadcast are two completely different divisions. If anything, I'd be inclined to think that Broadcast relies more on Consumer for the M4/3 sensor tech, which was not developed under broadcast.
There are a lot of areas to improve on in the stills department, which the camera is primarily a tool for taking still pictures. It currently does not out perform similar m4/3 options that were just released.
I don't see anything that looks like the path that you're suggesting happening. If they were doing that they would've done it with the GH2 up front.
A new sensor with greater DR would boost the sales to people who still use the camera to shoot photos. That's what's most important, not 1080/60P.
You never know what will happen with this camera, everything is speculation until someone from the company says otherwise. For all we know, the camera could feature video professional ports or similar. XLR, HD-SDI. Can anyone tell me for a that it won't happen for a fact?
Anyone?
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It is slightly more than that but still just shy of 1000. There are only a couple of Panasonic camcorders that get more than the GH2. Resolution doesn't need to be increased anymore because most displays don't go any higher than about 1000 lines of true resolution.
What we need is more dynamic range. I would be all for a 9 megapixel GH2.