GH2 information coming soon?

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What recent announcement? The 60D?

Remember that since the GH1 was introduced, Canon has announced and introduced the 7D, the 550D/t2i, and now the 60D. None of them has triggered a response. Which should just go to show, camera manufacturers don't announce new products "in response to" some other announcement. They work on these things for years, and introduce them when they're ready.

For example, Panasonic introduced 24p in an affordable camcorder in 2002. Sony didn't offer 24p in a comparable camcorder until... 2008, I think. Whenever the V7U came out.

Now, with that said... it's been 18 months since we first saw a GH1, so it's probably becoming about time for something new to be introduced. But the company has never said anything about there even being a GH2 planned, so it's all speculation. Seems like reasonable speculation though.
 
i'd turn off the internet, get on with shooting cool stuff and come back in a month or so to hopefully some good news =)
 
MR Fanny said:
i'd turn off the internet, get on with shooting cool stuff and come back in a month or so to hopefully some good news =)
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+1 best way to do it ;) you forget about it all and then the news hits you sooner WHAM "wow, this is amazing... but I'm glad that I didn't waste any time waiting for it and just kept shooting".
 
I wouldn't hold my breath for GH2... doesn't seem like it could offer anything that would beat the hacked GH1. If anything they will over a 24 mbit codec raised from the 17, and ad something goofy like touch screen... maybe native 24p... still.. that's not better than a hacked GH1
to me unless they did some substantial codec changes which I doubt they care about in these line of cameras.

It seems to me hang on to your hacked GH1s and look into the upcoming AF-100 and forget about the GH2 unless Panasonic comes out with some mind blowing thing I can't see what it could really offer for people in our weird segment of the market.
 
Blackout said:
I wouldn't hold my breath for GH2... doesn't seem like it could offer anything that would beat the hacked GH1. If anything they will over a 24 mbit codec raised from the 17, and ad something goofy like touch screen... maybe native 24p... still.. that's not better than a hacked GH1
to me unless they did some substantial codec changes which I doubt they care about in these line of cameras.

It seems to me hang on to your hacked GH1s and look into the upcoming AF-100 and forget about the GH2 unless Panasonic comes out with some mind blowing thing I can't see what it could really offer for people in our weird segment of the market.
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Global Electronic Shutter for stills and video would be nice. 1080p @ 60 FPS would be nice for slo-mo's as well.

I think you are right though. It will just be a G2 body with 1080p @ 24 FPS native and 24 mb/sec. However, I also think it will come with a new wide aperture zoom lens and that will make all of the difference.

If not then I will definitely be buying a GH1 off of ebay.
 
When properly coded, AVCHD @25mbps is quite clean.
Plus GH2 will probably bring the touch to focus+tracking from the G2, which is an amazing feature.
 
We are still hoping for hdmi out during recording. And I am also hoping for that rumored 12-75mm lens. Besides these two things I am happy with my GH13. :)
 
royfel said:
Here is the Canon news I think the first poster was talking about:
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/canon_launches_xf105xf100.do
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I think the OP was referring to the new $1100 (U.S. - body only) Canon 60D with the articulating screen like the GH1.

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http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras/eos_60d
 
If this thing had proper HDMI out I'd buy it off the bat. An Intensity Shuttle could be plugged into a USB 3.0 laptop and it would be a total killer. :kali:

I wouldn't even care if the codec sucked...
 
Right now we can see as one by one companies miss expectations.
We are in the times of maximum profits per body (and lens) to live at least next few months.
It'll be pity if GH2 will be another incarnation of A55. Perfect concept made to the marketing weapon with questionable usability for real tasks.
 
Vitaliy Kiselev said:
Right now we can see as one by one companies miss expectations.
We are in the times of maximum profits per body (and lens) to live at least next few months.
It'll be pity if GH2 will be another incarnation of A55. Perfect concept made to the marketing weapon with questionable usability for real tasks.
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This is what I worry about. Each company has a marketing team who try to maximize "cool" features that they can easily market and convey to the customer. Unfortunately, most of those features are "auto" stuff that filmmakers usually don't use. I suppose we aren't their true market but it would be nice that they cater to us. They also try to capitalize on things that people want now, instead of what they might want in the future. This leaves the companies one step behind their customer and generally competing with each other instead of researching and innovating.

I argue with the marketing team at my work all the time. Instead of telling the customer what we are going to do, they ask them. When we finally design something to their specs the customer has generally found something else that they like better and we are left one step behind again.
 
Svart said:
This is what I worry about. Each company has a marketing team who try to maximize "cool" features that they can easily market and convey to the customer. Unfortunately, most of those features are "auto" stuff that filmmakers usually don't use. I suppose we aren't their true market but it would be nice that they cater to us. They also try to capitalize on things that people want now, instead of what they might want in the future. This leaves the companies one step behind their customer and generally competing with each other instead of researching and innovating.

I argue with the marketing team at my work all the time. Instead of telling the customer what we are going to do, they ask them. When we finally design something to their specs the customer has generally found something else that they like better and we are left one step behind again.
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That's what the Panny pro-video division is for. :D Just a couple more months.
 
would be nice to see a larger lcd screen with greater resolution. 1080 60p would be nice as previously mentioned. weather sealing would be awesome. manual audio controls and zebra stripes.. plus greater sensitivity.. all wishful thinking of course, though have been more than happy with my GH1 and even happier with my GH13, so even if GH2 came out with all these features.. probably wouldnt jump on it immediately. really still stoked on having such a capable camera right now! still photos with it are awesome! video is beyond what I imagined possible.. and being able to use pretty much any lens.. GH1 is still hard to beat.

back in 2004, Panasonic made a prosumer cam called the PV-GS400 - a 3 chip SD cam with OIS, true 16x9 and a cine-gamma feature, plus zebra stripes, manual audio, and full manual video controls via a fly-by-wire ring. i used this camera up until getting my GH1 and there was always speculation about the camera that was going to come out and replace it. The GS500 came out, and dumped a lot of the awesome features of the 400. People whined and complained about it, while in the meantime, a lot of people shot a lot of amazing videos with the GS400. Up until late 2007, you could find the GS400 selling on ebay for nearly what it cost new ($1300 usd). Anyways... thats a lot of rambling.. so just enjoy what we have available, dont expect companies to always out-do their previous products and if GH2 or whatever comes out with nothing that is that much greater than the GH1, dont be too surprised.
 
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Yeah, I missed out on the GS400 but have a GS500 which has been barely used. I don't want to sell it now as it is useful as a straight DV deck. If Panasonic had just ported some of the video features from the 400 onto the GH1 it would have made shooting video so much easier - including the various manual audio level controls and remote zoom handle connection.
 
The GS400 was the poor man's DVX100 - the first consumer cam with manual everything! Only "problem" was 1/4" CCD sensor. I still have it, 5 years down the road, and it still works.

I'm hoping the GH2 would have manual audio control and hdmi out, and of course a better codec - if not, please Sony / Canon / Nikon / Olympus....
 
Just shot some vid yesterday evening on my trusty GS-400 with a $35 Fig Rig I found on Ebay. I too am waiting to see what the GH2 offers, as well as the Samsung NX-100.
 
GH2 will be unveiled at Photokina later this month, Sept. 28 th I believe.

Vive le 12-75mm 2.5-3.3 OIS
 
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