GH2 improvements list

I shoot HDR with the Bracket settings. But say on a 7 exposure bracket, you have to trigger the shutter 7 times. My Uncles Nikon can shoot all brackets with a single click.
 
In camera 2.39 (1920x805) with safe zone marks.

1080p at 60 for slow mo.

PEAKING on the LCD and/or over HDMI, that would be GREAT via function key.

1/48 shutter speed

Are we at all able to read shutter, Iso, lens, f-stop, film setting from the AVCHD file like with a still? I believe it is stored in the file but yet to see an app display that info.

Like the ext Zoom, it would be nice to have a 10-15% crop for C-lenses with light vignetting. Even at a slight loss of sharpness. I don't see why scaling down a 16 megapixel or a 14 megapixel crop would not be possible.
 
I would like to see more advanced autofocus features, for example something like: define a set of zone to autofocus, then start filming and focus on each predefined zone when pressing a button (or acting with a remote) or even with a timer (at 0s focus on such zone, at 15s focus there,..) That should be easy to implement.

I say autofocus, but I believe the body is able to figure the absolute focus distance, so it could even register theses distances rather than autofocusing in the given area. It would be more like: focus at 0.50m at 10s, then at 1.25m at 30s.. (or any other unit that make sense for the lens)

Dreaming even more: choose the speed to focus from one distance to another.. Slow to (not so) fast.. you could choose.

Does that look reasonable? :)

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25H - 1920x1080 25p 24Mbps - in PAL countrys at least, it seems a crazy omission only to have 24H - I want to use highest quality with 25p so I can mix and match with other cameras..
 
Remote capture software for PC for video and still capture... this may also help with 3D Intervalometer synch and 3D video capture with a pair of GH2 connected to a PC via USB.
 
1080 60p (if possible)
720p fastest framerate possible is it crazy to believe 120fps could be done..... (then this would be a scarlet killer, even though it could already be).
intervalometer inbuilt, (Panasonic I'm not buying your propriety crap remote its not even wireless),
3rd party battery, I'm planning on making my own battery pack with 6 AA's, 1.2 volts each, = 7.2!..
Raw/Jpeg toggle button.

Now I will pray every night hopping we can make some magic happen here again, or that Panasonic can realize that every time they don't add features we know they can we loose faith in the "Panasonic" brand. Come on Panasonic do your best, the gh2 is great but we know it can be even better! also if you opensource parts of your firmware I'm sure your sales increase a lot.

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Also Vitaliy, whats the donation currently for? It would be nice to know where the money is going, eg I know we already have a GH2, Even if its just to pay you a salary for the work your doing. I'm sure people would be interested to know. Thank-you for your hard work on the GH1 (I donated).
 
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1080p60 or 720p120 is a dream... not a realistic goal.

3rd party battery... Panny will never allow it.

I donated, too. But I have no interest in knowing how the money is spent. Basically donate and forget it.
 
ianmere said:
Also Vitaliy, whats the donation currently for? It would be nice to know where the money is going, eg I know we already have a GH2, Even if its just to pay you a salary for the work your doing. I'm sure people would be interested to know. Thank-you for your hard work on the GH1 (I donated).
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Current donation money is going to software used during project.
We'll start donation to required hardware quite soon. As we'll need some hardware.
 
I only have one request: 1080p50/60 with B-frames and 40Mbit bitrate (if CPU permits it).

1080p60 would capture so much data in both temporal and space resolution that we could extract most other formats from it.
If not possible, just adjusting 1080p24 to 1080p25 with current 24Mbit bitrat would be good enough for us in PAL-istan ;)

Thanx to everyone participating in this!
 
Hi Vitaliy: Since most HDMI monitors don't have a headphone jack (I know there are exceptions, but very few), enabling full-time live audio out via the GH2's USB/AV connector would be very valuable for use with headphones & other audio gear.

I'd also welcome live audio out via the GH2's HDMI connector, too, but live audio out from its USB/AV connector would benefit the greatest number of users -- and at the least cost to users, too.

Cheers.
 
mateogrande said:
4:3 aspect ratio for video -- for use with 2x anamorphic lens -- and whatever appropriate aspect ratio between 4:3 and 16:9 that when used with 1.5x anamorphic lens achieves a 2.39:1 AR ultimately.
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Vitaly, you state in your first post that 1:1, 4:3 and 21:9 aspect ratios may be goals for the hack project. Can a 1.59:1 also be included as that would permit 1.5x anamorphics, such as the Isco lenses, to acheive a 2.39:1 AR after unsqueeze. (1.59 x 1.5 = 2.39.) Thank you.
 
How about support for 1.19:1 aspect ratio for use with much more standard and readily-available 2x anamorphics? My preference would be for standard cinema aspects: 1.77:1, 1.85:1, 2.39:1, and 1.19:1 for anamorphic. Perhaps higher framerates can be acheived in 2.39:1 mode?

Oh, another amazing option would be for varying sensor sizes for using other lenses. For example S16 and/or 16mm crop modes with 1080p or even 2k+ recording options. At the moment I am trying to find a way to get my 16mm zoom (angenieux 9.5-57 f1.6) to work with my GH2 using a 1.4x extender, but I'd rather just be able to set the camera in 16mm mode since a digital blow up in camera would likely provide better performance than an optical teleconverter as long as the recording resolution is the same.

The 16mm mode would be amazing since it would open up so many options for people looking to use relatively inexpensive, fast, lightweight cine glass. 5-10x T2.0 zooms in 16mm format can be had easily for around $1000 or less. You just cant get that in 35mm glass, anything that is fast with long range is incredibly expensive and heavy, and any 35mm cine glass that is inexpensive is very slow and still heavy.
 
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johnnym said:
I hope all possible aspect ratios and sensor sizes can be achieved by hacking the sensor crop.
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With 99.9% probability it'll never happen.
Most probably, aspect ratios could be changed only in encoder.
As for sensor - it won't happen without all documentation.
 
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