GH1 hacked examples + problems

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GH1 hacked firmware summer 2010 episode 1 and episode 2

I've just bought a no name CCTV C-mount 35mm 1.7 on Ebay for 30$, no vignetting but you have a "tilt shift effect" because of the lens' poor quality :)

This is the first episode of summer tests with the hack firmware. Shoot in Bordeaux, Hossegor (french atlantic west coast) and french countryside (Corrèze).



direct link : http://vimeo.com/13797794

GH1 hacked firmware summer 2010 episode 2 "Essaouira Express"

This is the second episode of summer tests with the hacked firmware on my Panasonic GH1.
Shoot in Essaouira, a very nice fishing port surrounding by fortification in the Atlantic west coast of Morocco, world heritage for the UNESCO ; the place where Jimmy Hendricks wrote "Castles made of sand" in 1967 (I met souiris, people of Essaouira, who have met him).
I went one week there with my girl friend, a friend of mine and his son in the middle of july 2010. Filming in the smalls old streets, in the medina and the souk was such a pleasure for me, especially with it's particular light at the end of the day.
Bad fully the summer in Essaouira is windy and I didn't have the material to record the sound well, that's why I decide to do a "music video style".



direct link : http://vimeo.com/13810462

Since I've hacked my GH1, two mains problems have appeared :
1- I can't edit anymore on Premiere CS5 (on a Mac Book Pro unibody end 2008 with 4 Go of RAM), there is too much bit rate for native editing, so I have to edit with FCP trough "Log and transfert" in Apple Pro Res
2- I can't shoot on 720P under 100 shutter speed because of awfull mud problems.... Wich is a problem when I want to have more light...

GH1 720P NO CC

C-mount no name C-mount CCTV 35mm 1.7 for the 1st part
C-mount lens Schneider-Kreuznach 25mm always @ 1:1.4 for the 2nd part

Hacked firmware from Tester13
"AVCHD STABLE POUR 720P
Selon jobless
Video bitrate adjustment - 38000000
Overall bitrate adjustment - 40000000
Limiting bitrate adjustment - 42000000"

SD card class 10 Lexar Professional 35 Go
 
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I like that lens. Actually I like it best when it does impart the tilt-shift effect! It doesn't seem to have it all the time, but when it does I don't think it hurts.

If you edit that down to only the best shots, and later add to that with only your best shots, (like less on the skates, for example) you would have a good chunk knocked out for a REALLY good quality reel. There are several creative shots that worked well and look great... You have some impressive stuff in there.

I still can't get over the fact that video suddenly got amazing. I'm assuming you consider this just some "family movies"... and yet there are a few shots in there that nobody could have done better.
 
MattinSTL said:
I like that lens. Actually I like it best when it does impart the tilt-shift effect! It doesn't seem to have it all the time, but when it does I don't think it hurts.

If you edit that down to only the best shots, and later add to that with only your best shots, (like less on the skates, for example) you would have a good chunk knocked out for a REALLY good quality reel. There are several creative shots that worked well and look great... You have some impressive stuff in there.

I still can't get over the fact that video suddenly got amazing. I'm assuming you consider this just some "family movies"... and yet there are a few shots in there that nobody could have done better.
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Thank you for your comment. I'm doing a demo reel actually mix of my professional work and family movies... In this episode one, my favorite shot is the one in slow motion with the rocks and the sea sand, the light was perfect, and I noticed it only when I watch the material at home :)
 
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