GH2 Comprehensive and clear instructions on how to hack a GH2

Sam Mallery said:
You're all welcome! I'm glad people are getting some use out of it.



For me, I notice the hack by how my camera behaves. I used the 66m cbrandin hack for a while, and the video files were much larger than they had been before. I could burn through an 8GB SD card much faster than I had before. Also, the behavior of the camera was a bit unruly. Sometimes clips wouldn't playback inside the camera unless I turned it off and on again. My footage looked fantastic, but I'm not a true pixel peeper. I think the footage from a stock GH2 looks fantastic too. But I believe the folks who say the hack improves shadow detail and things like that. One of the main reasons I chose a GH2 over a Canon or a Nikon was the possibility of a hack (the other main reason I chose it was the amazingly helpful forum here at DVXuser). I find the hack intriguing, adn I was dying to do it. I'm glad I did.

I also shot a spec commercial with the 44m cbrandin hack. That one performed really solidly. My GH2 behaved like it does with the stock firmware, and my cards didn't fill up as quickly as they did with the 66m hack, but they filled up faster than they did with the stock firmware. As usual, the footage looked amazing.

I recently loaded one of Driftwoods latest 176m patches, but I haven't shot with it yet, so I don't have an informed opinion. I'm sure I'll notice how quickly my cards fill up once I shoot a project. It's kind of lame, but how fast my cards fill up is the main yardstick by how I can tell if the hack is doing its thing.
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Thanks for the reply!

I noticed that if you click 'Advanced Summary' after right clicking a video file and checking out its properties, you can see the bitrate. I noticed mine jumped up to 66m from the stock 22-23.
 
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