GH1 firmware research volunteers required

havent patched my gh1 yet, though have been using the Panasonic Gold class 10 cards and have been amazed at the 22+ Mb/sec read speed when copying files off it to my pc. will have to do some write speed tests soon. got the 16GB one at j&r for $71 though its now going for a bit more. have seen the 8GB one for $30. just got a Transcend 8GB class 10 card and it reads at about the same rate as the Panasonic. cant wait to patch my cam for the higher bitrate.

on a side note, a little birdie told me that Animal Planet had planned to use the GH1 for the filming of one of their current series, though held back due to the codec issue. bet this improvement will make them reconsider for future shoots and perhaps lead to more professionals adapting this camera for serious work. some exciting times!
 
Folks,
I think we should allocate some of the funds we have already collected and buy Tester13 and the fellows who helped a couple of beers. They sure deserve it.
 
And the funs not over yet, plenty of features on the drawing board and plenty of testing to do.

Speaking of testing, awesome AVCHD aside, do we have any real insight into those m4 settings yet? Want to proceed with testing, but some perspective would help.
 
I've been playing with this thing hack all day. Wow. If I ever meet tester13 he's got my open tab at the drinking establishment of his choice in NYC.

On "mud":
http://www.vimeo.com/12477351
look around 0:53

Used "D" settings and shot interlaced 1080p24 AVCHD. Got some mud to surface at ISO800/1600. Just shows you how solid codec and hardware are no match for inept camera operator.
 
LOL! You guys are crazy!

A year ago we would've been like "Stop waving the damned thing around!" And now everyone's whipping it like crazy.

I love it. GH-1 rebrith!

GAWD I feel like I'm looking through a dirty window while you guys party inside. =[

Need GH-1 STAT.
 
A couple of thoughts...

At what point are we going to hear something from panasonic people?

Is this going to delay the release of the GH2, I'm betting the patched GH1 is much better than the current GH2 sitting on the R&D bench?
Makes me think they need to rethink the GH2 development program to make it a significant upgrade.
 
pretty stoked at the progression that has taken place recently. have mostly shot at 720 60p with my gh1 as i like to slow footage down at times. have had no issues with the 1080 24p being wrapped in 60i for extra resolution when i know i wont be slowing the footage down. now plan to up the bitrate thanks to tester13 and all the others that helped make this possible and will gladly donate to the effort.

not to get too greedy, though this has got me wondering if there is any chance for 1080 60p in the future for the GH1? surely this demands greater bitrate, though that doesnt seem to be as much of an obstacle any more. would be great if it was with the avc codec, too, as opposed to the mjpeg codec to keep file size a bit more manageable. perhaps this has been asked already.. just didnt come across it, though must admit i have been spending a lot of time on these forums lately :)
 
Ken Steadman said:
A couple of thoughts...

At what point are we going to hear something from panasonic people?

Is this going to delay the release of the GH2, I'm betting the patched GH1 is much better than the current GH2 sitting on the R&D bench?
Makes me think they need to rethink the GH2 development program to make it a significant upgrade.
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quoting myself from the GH2 thread:

in all actuality, this is good for panasonic. this improvement in the already amazing camera has only turned more people onto their camera(s). just look at how many people have been admiring this camera and saying that they plan to keep it now more than ever. if panasonic frowns at this, they are only hurting themselves. think about this: if you made a product that was pretty good and you sold so many, even had trouble keeping them in stock, then other companies came out with newer products to compete with yours, then the people who bought your product found a way to make the product better than all the newer ones coming out at no cost to you, which in turn helped sell more of the camera, you would probably be pretty happy, even as a profit driven corporation. they would be silly to see this as a bad thing, imo.
 
GrgurMG said:
And the funs not over yet, plenty of features on the drawing board and plenty of testing to do.

Speaking of testing, awesome AVCHD aside, do we have any real insight into those m4 settings yet? Want to proceed with testing, but some perspective would help.
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Not really.
800sh constants seem to be related to amplification or binning settings.
Large constants define sensor size readout parameters.
 
Is there any benefit to patched 1080P/24 native, bitrate-wise, versus 1080/60i? If not, if you're editing with CS5 it would seem like high-bitrate 1080/60i would offer best of both worlds: In-camera playback and 24P editing.
 
Ken Steadman said:
A couple of thoughts...
At what point are we going to hear something from panasonic people?
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I hope, soon :)
The sooner the better.
They clearly are watching for long time.
But decision to participate is not made yet.

Is this going to delay the release of the GH2, I'm betting the patched GH1 is much better than the current GH2 sitting on the R&D bench?
Makes me think they need to rethink the GH2 development program to make it a significant upgrade.
Click to expand...

GH2 must be better.
But I am quite scared that we still do not see new LSI.
Only option seems to take one from TM700.

To be really good we need GH2 to have:
New sensor with much improved speed.
New LSI with better AVCHD implementetion.
Really good, manually controlled audio.
 
Can you revert back to original firmware?

Can you revert back to original firmware?

I am very interested in updating my GF1 with the new changes. However, I want to make sure that you can revert back to the original firmware. Will it let you reload firmware with an older version number or do you just have to make new firmware that has nothing applied to it?

Thanks to everyone who has worked on this. I plan on shooting a ton of indoor video this weekend. I will shoot with it unpatched at first and then shoot patched later to compare the two.
 
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