GH3 G6 vs. GH3

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JasonMillard81

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Some cool footage is being posted between these two cameras...the DR of the G6 and high ISO low noise performance seems better on the G6 but the GH3 seems to have more resolution?

any thoughts on this.
 
The Gh3 should have a higher DR and noise performance over the G6. What comparisons are you looking at?

The only thing I have seen the G6 edge out the GH3 on is Moire, peaking and ETC in 60p mode. The GH3 has a bigger price tag but a lot of features the G6 doesn't. I would never go back to 28mb/s AVCHD 2.0.
The G6 has some great features for the price don't get me wrong.
 
RatLabProductions said:
The Gh3 should have a higher DR and noise performance over the G6. What comparisons are you looking at?

The only thing I have seen the G6 edge out the GH3 on is Moire, peaking and ETC in 60p mode. The GH3 has a bigger price tag but a lot of features the G6 doesn't. I would never go back to 28mb/s AVCHD 2.0.
The G6 has some great features for the price don't get me wrong.
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Yep GH3 should have more DR and also more useable DR.

GH3 also has less noise.

ETC mode is a nice feature, but not a big deal.
 
Actually the footage posted was between a hacked gh2 and the g6....not the gh3. The g6 cost 1/2 the gh3...and it has many features the gh3 lacks. In fact the g6 is being released with a feature set way above the released gh2, at a substantial discount. And it looks like they'll be a kit with the new 14-140 for the same price they sold the gh2 with 14-42. If you can't afford a $1300 body , then it looks like Panasonic has done us poorer folks a big favor. As far as build quality, I prefer the small light body of the g6 , which looks to be the real successor to the gh2. If a user is a journalist in the field then the gh3 is the obvious choice. If the g6 gets hacked , it will become the new bottomline standard ....at least until they get ML raw running on a rebel ...which is a possibility at least with 720! Everything else is speculation until it's released and put thru the early adopter grinder. But today it's on top of my list ....
 
kurth said:
The g6 cost 1/2 the gh3...and it has many features the gh3 lacks.
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The GH3 has more features the G6 lacks then the other way around. I have only come across a few features the G6 has better than the GH3 and that is peaking, and ETC in 60p. Am I missing something else here? The GH3 has many features the G6 doesn't.

Both great cameras but lets keep it in perspective.
 
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GH3 with 50mbps is beautiful.........

Truly amazing camera for the cost. Personally the $1300 price tag is peanuts compared to more expensive Canon Dslr's.
There has to be a standard and honestly I want Panasonic to move forward and not back.

GH3 has more resolution and a better codec. Once the Hack is released things will change even more.
 
JasonMillard81 said:
Can the gh3 record raw like canon and surpass the 5d raw craze that's on the horizon?
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I wouldn't hold my breath for unrealistic expectations. Unless your shooting a narrative movie you will find shooting raw a real pain in the ass for most things. You would be spending twice the camera price in drives and cards to get a good amount of raw from the Canon.
 
RatLab great response, so if I'm looking to do doc work etc raw is a joke? Looks like I should get a gh3. How will speedbooster impact video quality etc?
 
RAW isn't a joke it is just time consuming and resource intensive. I wouldn't personally ever shoot a doc RAW. The shooting ratio on docs are just way too high for that level of footage. In Narrative you can be much more selective in your shooting ratio.

I have no idea about the speed booster as the EOS-M4/3 version isn't out but I bet you can get an idea of how it effects image in the many speed booster threads in this forum. There are some drawbacks its just about how important that is to you specifically. Its easy to get caught up in pixel peeping things most audience wouldn't know or care about.

There are so many great option in camera out that will give you images only dreamed up 5-7 years ago. Get some good glass and get out there and create!
 
speedbooster will essentially turn each lens into 2 lenses, it will make them faster, sharper, wider. I have not tried one, but from what I gather, it's a no brainer. I will get the m4/3rds to fd, so I can use my canon glass.
 
RatLabProductions said:
The GH3 has more features the G6 lacks then the other way around. I have only come across a few features the G6 has better than the GH3 and that is peaking, and ETC in 60p. Am I missing something else here? The GH3 has many features the G6 doesn't.

Both great cameras but lets keep it in perspective.
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I fully agree with you...both cameras are great....and most people would gladly exchange the added feature set of the g6 for the codecs of the gh3. That said....the g6 cost 1/2 . And I'm personally interested in the g6 stopmotion feature as well as some of the new scene filters....and the sweep panorama function. If it just had audio monitoring....

...it's as if you get 3/4 of the camera, for 1/2 the price...

...and I think the g6 will bring down the gh3 price. At $999, the gh3 will be very popular. I'm betting we'll see that price within 6 months.
 
RatLabProductions said:
RAW isn't a joke it is just time consuming and resource intensive.
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The new Canon 5D Mk3 RAW hack requires roughly 256GB of storage per hour of RAW footage, so using the low-cost Transcend 128GB CompactFlash Ultimate 1000x UDMA cards at $350 each, it would cost $700 to store one hour of footage.

NOTE: Currently the 5D Mk3 RAW hack does NOT span, so your longest single recording time is 55 seconds. ( hopefully this will be fixed as this hack matures )
 
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maranfilms said:
speedbooster will essentially turn each lens into 2 lenses, it will make them faster, sharper, wider. I have not tried one, but from what I gather, it's a no brainer. I will get the m4/3rds to fd, so I can use my canon glass.
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....you...and another 10,000 people might find this interesting .....of course it's not the $200 chinese fd....which I also want, but it's a start ! And logic dictates that if they can make the m43 to eos, they can make more.

https://twitter.com/PhilipBloom/status/334735154964742146

...I guess we can be expecting a review from PB soon.

...oops , I was wrong...it's the m43 to leica version ....and passive
 
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Hmmm...RAW?
With a data rate like that - it seems to me you have to spend so much money on a system that can REALLY post-process that....then you've already spent so much money you can probably afford a RED or at least a BMC.
 
Hard to overstate how useful focus peaking is in real world shooting environments when you have one chance to get the shot and an angry client if you don't. I'm looking forward to trying the G6.
 
Cosimo Bullo said:
Hard to overstate how useful focus peaking is in real world shooting environments when you have one chance to get the shot and an angry client if you don't. I'm looking forward to trying the G6.
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Ya, hopefully they'll do a firmware update on the GH3 for it. Seems more likely now that the G6 has it. In the meantime, I can't wait to get my Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera!
 
mcbob said:
officially setting aside my shekels!
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Me too !!!

I do a bunch of my filming on a hand held stabilizer and also way up in the mountains. With the 12-35 it weights just over 1.5 lbs. It gives an equivalent focal length of 19-180 with a speed booster and the ETC. Add some extra batteries cards and filters and the whole package is still less than two pounds. Simply amazing image and feature set for something so small and light.

If the image quality holds up as it appears to in the samples so far, this is going to be a great cam.

Cheers,
Pete
 
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