Canon's recent announcement. Will it hurt GH1?

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Nitsuj

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So they announced a firmware to be released on June 2nd for full manual control. Where does this leave the GH1 you think?
 
A great first step by Canon, just hoping Hudson figures out how to get 24P from a firmware hack or scares Canon into releasing a 24P firmware update. I don't think this hurts the GH1, but if Canon releases 24P then yes that would definitely hurt the GH1 sales. I hope it gets Panasonic's engineers to improve the GH1 in a firmware update.

You listening Panasonic? Native 24P and better AVCHD implementation otherwise you'll see plenty of potential customers head over to the Canon camp. :)
 
Okay so I had decided the GH1 was for me due to the manual controls and from what I understand the gel look is not as intense as the other DSLR's. Now that the MKII is getting manual this just leaves me to make a decision here. The MKII is twice as much as the GH1. So is that price difference still justified even after full manual control has been added? What would prompt somebody to turn away from the GH1 after this announcement? Has anybody decided to do that? And why? Me for one I am heavily sided to the GH1 do to it's price, weight, size, control, and it's potential to have a counter firmware update.
 
After more thought... nah... I'm still sticking with the GH1. I believe they are going to pull out a firmware update that is going to make it even better and it's other pros just keep my interest more.
 
Hehe... nah... I've been pretty solid on my decision. I am just curious what others think. I admit I had to think there for about 3 minutes... but once I visualize something it is real hard to turn me around. I'm stubborn like that.
 
Oddly, after canon's announcement, I find that one of the biggest features attracting me to the GH1 other than the 24p is the flip out screen. It seems to offer much more shooting flexibility than the 5D.
 
GH-1 remains to be a great yet-to-be released camera. Just wait til it hits the states.

But there's options at least!

And now, I've participated a little too much over the past week in Forum discussion. I'm disappearing for a bit, at least until I finish cutting these tests.

Later.
 
caseyhayward said:
Oddly, after canon's announcement, I find that one of the biggest features attracting me to the GH1 other than the 24p is the flip out screen. It seems to offer much more shooting flexibility than the 5D.
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I like to shoot from the hip and look down at the lcd.
 
I think I'm going to have to cancel my GH1 preorder for now. Too much to process. I need to wait until the dust settles before I make a decision. Ugh.
 
Canon 5D has you all on one front, the most important. Lenses. Canon wins my vote because you can use there lenses. There lenses are par non, only 25,000-3,000 Leica/Zeiss prime lenses have outpreformed the awesome canon glass.
 
Isaac_Brody said:
A great first step by Canon, just hoping Hudson figures out how to get 24P from a firmware hack or scares Canon into releasing a 24P firmware update. I don't think this hurts the GH1, but if Canon releases 24P then yes that would definitely hurt the GH1 sales. I hope it gets Panasonic's engineers to improve the GH1 in a firmware update.

You listening Panasonic? Native 24P and better AVCHD implementation otherwise you'll see plenty of potential customers head over to the Canon camp. :)
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I agree, if Panasonic would firmware a slight codec improvement or make the option to do 24fps in Mjpeg like the 720 does, this would make good for a camera that is on the right track in so many ways.


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All this plunges me in a great dilema. I have a shooting coming on in August and I don't know what to decide now. Canon with manual control, great image, but 30p or GH1 with manual control, artifacts-compressed image, but 24p...
What is holding me from ordering Canon right now is the F****ing 30p that would have to process to 24p...
Happiness is never complete!!!
 
I dont have either of these cameras but from what I've seen the D90 has too much jello and no 24p. How can you not go with the GH1 unless you already own a D90?
 
Polanski said:
All this plunges me in a great dilema. I have a shooting coming on in August and I don't know what to decide now. Canon with manual control, great image, but 30p or GH1 with manual control, artifacts-compressed image, but 24p...
What is holding me from ordering Canon right now is the F****ing 30p that would have to process to 24p...
Happiness is never complete!!!
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See but the thing is the GH1 hasn't been released into the states yet. There is still a possibility for firmware updates that will make it even better. I really think the GH1 is going to be the more bang for the buck kind of camera. I for one am not excited about the gel I have seen in the MkII. Other things can be handled (24p) but if a gel pops in on you there isn't a whole lot you can do with that.
 
Doesn't the Canon only record for like 5 minutes, though? That camera is dead as far as filming, IMO. GH1 is the first step towards what DSLRs will be in the future. At this point using the MK over the GH1 would only make sense if you currently own an MK -- and even then the sense is marginal.

And as for the 30p vs 24p -- I thought the consensus was that no one was liking the GH1 outside of 30p. I don't know why anyone cares about 24p anymore anyway. "Filmic look" is quickly becoming a retarded answer. DOF has nothing to do with "filmic look", it seems like it's all in this 24p crap. I say on the low budget side go with what gives you the best and clearest image overall. Obviously in a lot of these cameras, 25/24p is not providing the best picture.
 
Chamber005 said:
Doesn't the Canon only record for like 5 minutes, though? That camera is dead as far as filming, IMO. GH1 is the first step towards what DSLRs will be in the future. At this point using the MK over the GH1 would only make sense if you currently own an MK -- and even then the sense is marginal.

And as for the 30p vs 24p -- I thought the consensus was that no one was liking the GH1 outside of 30p. I don't know why anyone cares about 24p anymore anyway. "Filmic look" is quickly becoming a retarded answer. DOF has nothing to do with "filmic look", it seems like it's all in this 24p crap. I say on the low budget side go with what gives you the best and clearest image overall. Obviously in a lot of these cameras, 25/24p is not providing the best picture.
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Exactamundo!
 
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