gh1 noob

[pixalight]

Total noob here so please have mercy.Not sure if Ive even posted in the right spot :huh: so I just bought a gh1 because I cant wait for the eventual release of the gh2.So Im getting myself educated on this stuff and come to find out that the newer cameras cant be hackedI got mine from a woman on ebay and her invoice says it was sold in mid september 2010.Is there anyway to know if the hack will work ?How do I find the build date?Also I got the 14-140 lense because I figured it would be a good all purpose lense but its high f value and slow focusing may not get me the results I want .I gather I need something with low mm and f value.Any recommendations would be helpful.also any other generall advice you think a noob might need would be welcome
Thanks for all replys

 

[Lynchenstein]

Looks like you may have jumped the gun - GH2 preorders are expected to ship in 14 days or so. I have a bone stock GH1 with 14-140 lens and I haven't noticed that it is slow to focus. It may hunt from time to time, but it's far better than any other m4/3 lens in this regard. I love my 20mm pancake lens, and it IS slower to focus and has a noisy focus motor, but it's still the best wide & fast AF lens for the GH1.

There are quite a few great posts on getting up and running with your GH1; take a look or search through the various forums and I'm sure you'll find most of the answers you seek.

 

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

Total noob here so please have mercy.Not sure if Ive even posted in the right spot :huh: so I just bought a gh1 because I cant wait for the eventual release of the gh2.So Im getting myself educated on this stuff and come to find out that the newer cameras cant be hackedI got mine from a woman on ebay and her invoice says it was sold in mid september 2010.Is there anyway to know if the hack will work ?How do I find the build date?Also I got the 14-140 lense because I figured it would be a good all purpose lense but its high f value and slow focusing may not get me the results I want .I gather I need something with low mm and f value.Any recommendations would be helpful.also any other generall advice you think a noob might need would be welcome
Thanks for all replys

I have an unhacked GH-1, that could be hacked as I bought it nearly a year ago... I have the 14-140mm and other than the slow speed, I've had no real issue with it. The only issue I've had with the AF is in 'movie mode' where the AF-Single doesn't 'stick', but slowly 'hunts' if the framing is changed relative to the original focus object. That requires a change to 'manual focus'. I've recently used the AF-Continuous option for a situation where the object of interest was moving, but I've not looked at the footage in detail to see how 'fast' the tracking on focus was.

I may upgrade to the GH-2 and then hack my GH-1, but I don't know if I'll have the money, unless there's a 'body only' option for the GH-2.