GH1 First impressions and footage

Pirata said:
Glad to see the Hellen Keller analogies are still going strong haha :)
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I think people like to ***** more than they like to actually try to solve problems and make things work. If shot within tight llimitations, the D90 can look as good as a RED to 80% of people. I know you and I have certainly got plenty of comments from pros and regular people alike with some of our D90 stuffs. With the GH1, I think this percentage will be more like 90% of people cant tell the difference between this and Red. I love film, and I love shooting it, but you can shoot anywhere with these DSLRs and people have no clue. THe GH1 is even smaller and provides absolutely amazing features and quality for the price. Is it a RED? No. Can it look pretty damn close? You bet :D
 
Devil's Advocate Card: Everything looks the same on the net. Put it on the big screen or a large LCD and you will certainly spot the difference. Guaranteed.

From a RED, D90, Gh-1, Ex-1, HPX170, etc etc user.

That said, it's all good enough now. Just have to choose your tool.
 
Also - I'm not sure if anyone talking about bitrate saw RED RAY running at 10mbps but I did and that would make anyone a believer that bitrate isn't everything. Granted, I know this is AVCHD...something totally different.
 
Pirata said:
Glad to see the Hellen Keller analogies are still going strong haha :)
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plasmasmp said:
I think people like to ***** more than they like to actually try to solve problems and make things work. If shot within tight llimitations, the D90 can look as good as a RED to 80% of people. I know you and I have certainly got plenty of comments from pros and regular people alike with some of our D90 stuffs. With the GH1, I think this percentage will be more like 90% of people cant tell the difference between this and Red. I love film, and I love shooting it, but you can shoot anywhere with these DSLRs and people have no clue. THe GH1 is even smaller and provides absolutely amazing features and quality for the price. Is it a RED? No. Can it look pretty damn close? You bet :D
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Dudes, Vengence on a Train looks awesome, you guys did a brilliant job, but you know who should solve the problems and make thing work, F-ING NIKON!!!

Saying that I have to be responsible for thier critical flaw is like saying that hydrogen ballons are perfectly fine, people should have just learned to jump from the Hindenberg little sooner! The Ford Pinto was a great car, drivers just needed to pay closer attention to what was coming up behind them! One of Lead paint's product feature is it's great taste, kids just need to learn how to spit it out and not swallow!
Had ANY OTHER product in a more mainstream market demonstrated such a critical flaw, the chances are really high that it would have been severly ridiculed and the company forced to recall. Fortunately the D90 never endangered any lives (potential for inducomg seizures aside) but let's hold these companies to higher standards and not just wet our selves every time we see "GREAT BOKEH"!!!!!:Drogar-Mad(DBG):

And seriously Vengance is badass, and you guys know it :Drogar-Happy(DBG):
 
Philip..!
Kholi..!
Hunter..!

Can someone please upload some RAW footage anywhere?

I don't mind if there are only flowers and trees or beautiful faces. :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
I just want to see the original Compression!
 
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wonderful stuff. did you push the contrast a lot in looks? my biggest, pretty much only actually, concern with this camera is that the latitude seems to be way less than for example the d90 or even my good old hv20. we shot a feature on the d90 recently and while it was obviously a pain with the jello and the lack of manual control it held up so nicely without any additional lighting in all situations we came across that it was worth it.

/matt
 
Nice shots Phil -- were they with the kit lens or your prime?

EDIT: sorry, just looked again at the clip which you credit as the "stock lens". Impressive.
 
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mattsand said:
wonderful stuff. did you push the contrast a lot in looks? my biggest, pretty much only actually, concern with this camera is that the latitude seems to be way less than for example the d90 or even my good old hv20. we shot a feature on the d90 recently and while it was obviously a pain with the jello and the lack of manual control it held up so nicely without any additional lighting in all situations we came across that it was worth it.

/matt
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Don't forget this was processed with Magic Bullet, this is not the raw latitude from the cam.
 
philip bloom said:
There is some raw footage somewhere on line...I saw a link..let me try finding it again.
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I am searching for RAW footage for last few days, but I haven't found yet...:embarasse

Why don't you upload some simple footage on Megaupload, as you said earlier.
 
Megaupload is REFUSING to upload anything...been trying for days...must be my connection here...the raw footage looks great, I just wanted to see how well it held up to grading...
 
RaviSun3D said:
Philip..!
Kholi..!
Hunter..!

Can someone please upload some RAW footage anywhere?

I don't mind if there are only flowers and trees or beautiful faces. :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
I just want to see the original Compression!
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Here are the original & unmodified files contributed by SonicStates.

http://gh1.dark-stone.com/sam/Countr...lotest1080.MTS
http://gh1.dark-stone.com/sam/Countr...llotest720.MTS
http://gh1.dark-stone.com/sam/KimbertheQueen1080.MTS
http://gh1.dark-stone.com/sam/TrainJello720.MTS
http://gh1.dark-stone.com/sam/TrainJelloTest1080.MTS
 
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