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Very Important correction

Audio level meters are present on screen during recording (from dpreview screenshots it looks that you need to use quick menu to see them).
Audio level can be adjusted!
 
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Interesting... It looks like there's a crop mode that gives you a "digital zoom" in "Full 1920x1080".
 
Yes.
It looks like Panasonic is again ahead of competition.
Small quircks still resent, but are almost all software related (except 460kp screen).
 
Just pre-ordered mine. :)
Street date is Oct. 29.

A bit disappointed that 1920x1080 FSH mode is only 17Mbps, but other than that everything looks pretty good.
 
Also you can see C1,C2 and C3 positions on mode wheel like on D7000.
Instead of one CUST (you need to use menu to select from C1-C3) on GH1.
 
MJPEG still in GH2? Or AVCHD only?

AVCHD
24H - 1920x1080 24p 24Mbps
24L - 1920x1080 24p 17Mbps

FSH - 1920x1080 60i 17Mbps (sensor output is 60p)
FH - 1920x1080 60i 13Mbps (sensor output is 60p)

SH - 1280x720 60p 17Mbps
H - 1280x720 60p 13Mbps

MJPEG all at 30fps

HD - 1280x720 30p
WVGA - 848×480
VGA - 640×480
QVGA - 320×240
 
On HDMI output, the Google translation is this..
GH2 can be output to a TV in real time while shooting video, HDMI output with. I can see on the big screen while shooting video, you can check progress while taking the focus and attention to detail and composition.
● HDMI output in the shooting, dropped frames and it looks regular TV picture, video recording is not affected.

Not sure what the translation really is for 'dropped frames', I presume it means it will display correctly via an NTSC framerate. DPreview don't mention this, so we'll have to wait for Panasonic Europe/US to confirm.
 
1080i is 20+mbs

1080i is 20+mbs

Only 13min in 2gb file, c/w 17min in 720p, I think it is higher than press release, 21mbs seems familiar? although it may mean the 1080/24!

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&zn=en&&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpanasonic.jp%2Fdc%2Fgh2%2Findex.html


AVCHD
24H - 1920x1080 24p 24Mbps
24L - 1920x1080 24p 17Mbps

FSH - 1920x1080 60i 17Mbps (sensor output is 60p)
FH - 1920x1080 60i 13Mbps (sensor output is 60p)

SH - 1280x720 60p 17Mbps
H - 1280x720 60p 13Mbps

MJPEG all at 30fps

HD - 1280x720 30p
WVGA - 848×480
VGA - 640×480
QVGA - 320×240
 
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All modes present.
MJPEG looks to be UNLIMITED.
This is why I want to see 4Mp 24Fps MJPEG :-) Even 40fps is ok :-)

The Japanese Panasonic site states that there is a 2GB file size limit on MJPEG recordings and the camera will stop when it hits that. To continue recording, you need to press the record button again.

"●「MotionJPEG」で動画撮影の際は、一度に記録できるファイルの最大サイズを2GBに制限しています。このため、一続きの動画は一定の時間で停止します。 カードに残り容量がある場合は、再度動画ボタンを押して動画記録を再開することができます。"
 
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