OK, just upgraded (or so I thought) from a GH13 to a GH2 two weeks ago. Took the weekend to shoot a ton of footage using one of the driftwood hacks and the 14-140mm kit lens. On the surface the footage looks crisp and clean, but things started looking off when I started playing the clips individual via VLC player and WM Player.
There is far more jitter and jumpiness than from the GH13 and motion just looks off. I made sure I was shooting footage with correct shutter (am using a 24p hack), etc. I even went as far to try and transcode all my footage to AVi and Mov to see if one or the other imported or worked better in Vegas Pro. This is my first project with Vegas Pro 11, having recently upgraded from their Vegas Moviie Studio Premeire 11 and before that Vegas Pro 10... so I am not new to Vegas either.
My challenge is I am less than 20 days out from a family vacation that I promised to do a series of shorts films on and am getting nervous the I might have discovered an issue with the GH2 that will cause me grief later.
Of the maybe 2 hours of footage I have on a short weekend trip this past week, the only shots that are any good are static, which is not what you will normally get from a vacation video.
I'd like to know if on the surface anyone can steer me to possibly something simple I am doing wrong with the resources I have... if not I may not be left with much choice but to try and sell my GH2 along with a GF1 I have and try and get into another HDSLR, or worse yes I am considering a Sony VG20, or similar. Having come from standard video cameras in the past before the Gh1, I never really warmed to the DSLR form facter and while budget wise, I would almost need to sell the GH2, GF1 and my GH1 to afford it or comprable machine I might be better off, assuming Sony Cameras work with Sony software.
Any insight is appreciated.
I went back and looked at footage I shot with my GH13 prior to getting the GH2 and there is slighly more motion blur and noise than I remember or notice before, but it is useable where the Gh2 footage is barely watchable. I could get away with using the Gh13, but am already seeing the different in crispness and resolution between the two and hate to give up on the Gh2. Would a different hack be advisable. I can't remember the one specifically I used but it had what I thought was a fairly mild, 50-70mb/s speed which I had not error with any of the cards I used. Maybe I am still in the GH1 mindset, but I do not want to push it, especially if its the bit rate that is causing issues with Vegas and my computer.
The facts:
New install of Vegas Pro 11 on a newish PC running an INtel I7-2600k, 16GB Ram a pair of 560ti Video cards in SLi, Solid state HDD for the OS and programs. GH2 is running Driftwood hack, with 14-140 lense, F/50-125 used the entire time I shot. Auto Iso used mostly in 24H set on exposure mode in Menu as P.
There is far more jitter and jumpiness than from the GH13 and motion just looks off. I made sure I was shooting footage with correct shutter (am using a 24p hack), etc. I even went as far to try and transcode all my footage to AVi and Mov to see if one or the other imported or worked better in Vegas Pro. This is my first project with Vegas Pro 11, having recently upgraded from their Vegas Moviie Studio Premeire 11 and before that Vegas Pro 10... so I am not new to Vegas either.
My challenge is I am less than 20 days out from a family vacation that I promised to do a series of shorts films on and am getting nervous the I might have discovered an issue with the GH2 that will cause me grief later.
Of the maybe 2 hours of footage I have on a short weekend trip this past week, the only shots that are any good are static, which is not what you will normally get from a vacation video.
I'd like to know if on the surface anyone can steer me to possibly something simple I am doing wrong with the resources I have... if not I may not be left with much choice but to try and sell my GH2 along with a GF1 I have and try and get into another HDSLR, or worse yes I am considering a Sony VG20, or similar. Having come from standard video cameras in the past before the Gh1, I never really warmed to the DSLR form facter and while budget wise, I would almost need to sell the GH2, GF1 and my GH1 to afford it or comprable machine I might be better off, assuming Sony Cameras work with Sony software.
Any insight is appreciated.
I went back and looked at footage I shot with my GH13 prior to getting the GH2 and there is slighly more motion blur and noise than I remember or notice before, but it is useable where the Gh2 footage is barely watchable. I could get away with using the Gh13, but am already seeing the different in crispness and resolution between the two and hate to give up on the Gh2. Would a different hack be advisable. I can't remember the one specifically I used but it had what I thought was a fairly mild, 50-70mb/s speed which I had not error with any of the cards I used. Maybe I am still in the GH1 mindset, but I do not want to push it, especially if its the bit rate that is causing issues with Vegas and my computer.
The facts:
New install of Vegas Pro 11 on a newish PC running an INtel I7-2600k, 16GB Ram a pair of 560ti Video cards in SLi, Solid state HDD for the OS and programs. GH2 is running Driftwood hack, with 14-140 lense, F/50-125 used the entire time I shot. Auto Iso used mostly in 24H set on exposure mode in Menu as P.
