GrahamH
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It's hard to understand the point of posting something like that on Youtube - we're seeing Youtube compression artifacts, not the GH2.
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It's hard to understand the point of posting something like that on Youtube - we're seeing Youtube compression artifacts, not the GH2.
Katten.bjornen
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The Leica Macro 45 mm f:2.8 OSI i a grate one its work perfect in extended mode f:2.8 and the OSI make it to perfect lens in a wide filed of use.
but
The 100 - 300 in 300 mm full stop open is soft and that gives the autofocus problem. Don´t count at that as a general use.
"I had heard that this camera can't take very good shots of moving water, but I tried filming at 60fps, 60i mode and it works well. I set the camera at 1/60 shutter speed, I like it better than a camcorder which automatically adjusts. The AE and filming modes are great, I wish all camcorders can be this good in future"
Dazza, that's great! RobertKLM was trying to talk to this Tokyo blogger who has the GH2 http://muujp.cocolog-nifty.com/tokyoshashi/2010/11/gh2hdmi-125b.html.
I am interested in the following questions:
Perhaps some of them are already answered in above article about HDMI, but Japanese-to-English translation seems to be quite a challenge for Google Translate.
kainekainekaine
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Must have been the youtube compression if hes that positive about the 60i footage. Cheers.
Cory Braun
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If anyone has any specific requests to Japanese users, I can ask them, any one got any hosting space, I assume some full out of camera movies would be nice to analyze.
There's a crazy Panasonic vs Sony war going on in most of GH2 threads at the moment
If you could ask if there is any FPN and/or Banding, I'd appreciate it.
Uwe Lansing
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Some night shots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLwYwHhirI
ex tele = awesome?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eewbp5YQqQ
45mm OIS macro = 234mm OIS 2.8 macro, hello. cant wait to give that a try.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eewbp5YQqQ
45mm OIS macro = 234mm OIS 2.8 macro, hello. cant wait to give that a try.
Peter J. DeCrescenzo
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Maybe, if you can read its Japanese-only on-screen menus. But if not it'll be a challenge to operate the camera.
The Japanese docs are available:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?227554-Japanese-GH2-user-manual-(in-Japanese)
Peter J. DeCrescenzo
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Fun!
roei z
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roei z
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some interesting low light tests..
hope he'll put them for download somewhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iSJApipmq4
and some happy wine shots
http://vimeo.com/16422926
hope he'll put them for download somewhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iSJApipmq4
and some happy wine shots
http://vimeo.com/16422926
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Uwe Lansing
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Thank goodness - so far I´ve seen no lowlight streaks (fpn)...
I agree re. that flowing water video on Youtube. All I could see was rectangles everywhere. It's a textbook example of why the quality of a codec should not be judged on Youtube.
FYI, the writer on the TKYSSTD site responded re. the teleconversion feature, and as Vitaliy wrote, he too confirmed that it will work with 24H. He wrote that it seems to work in all recording modes.
I agree that the teleconversion feature is going to be fantastic, not just for telephoto, but for macro as well. Here's an insect close-up using this feature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eewbp5YQqQ
FYI, the writer on the TKYSSTD site responded re. the teleconversion feature, and as Vitaliy wrote, he too confirmed that it will work with 24H. He wrote that it seems to work in all recording modes.
I agree that the teleconversion feature is going to be fantastic, not just for telephoto, but for macro as well. Here's an insect close-up using this feature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eewbp5YQqQ
I very much agree with Vitaliy about this point when using the extra tele-conversion feature. Most of the 100-300mm zooms get quite a lot softer after about 200mm and their wide open performance is often not so hot - they are usually well below a moderate prime in performance at the long end. From what I have seen of early test images and user reviews on the Panasonic 100-300mm it is quite good for this type of zoom, but still defintely quite a bit softer at the long end. With stills photography you can get a sharpish looking image from the long end of something like the 100-300mm zoom with a bit of careful processing and as long as the image is not too big i.e. it is downsized. But if you view it at 100% on the screen (with a still image) it will definetely look soft. This is probably a good rule of thumb for picking suitable lenses for using with the teleconverter feature - if with a still image the sharpness looks good at 100% view on the screen it is probably okay, but if it looks a bit soft at 100% it will probably look a bit soft when using the extra tele conversion feature on the video. There are plenty of lenses that can provide sharpness at 100% on 4/3, but any lens that is a bit below par or doesn't perform well at a particular setting will be noticeably soft. Of course this is the complete opposite of what normally happens with lenses on these large sensored video capable cameras where the downsizing means that the sharpness of the lens is not so much of an issue because most of the resolution is being lost in the downsizing process.
One of my interests in the extra tele conversion feature is the possibility of using it for macro video as I do a lot of macro photography stills. The extra tele-conversion feature will increase the 1:1 max magnification of most macro lens to 2.6:1 in 1080 and a serious 3.9:1 in 720. Also it will enable you to get near macro performance from an ordinary lens with a reasonable close focus. The extra depth of field will be a big advantage. However, the downside is that with this effective size of sensor is that the diffraction limited range of the lens performance will start much earlier i.e. at a wider aperture. Because this is a 100% portion of the sensor, with no down-sizing, diffraction could soften the video image. This would also be a problem with other lenses as the small size of the sensor means that diffraction effects could start before f5.6 - so ideally the lenses and apertures used need to be wider than when using the full sensor. This is normally why lenses for smaller sensors have wider apertures, because they do not perform well at small apertures due to diffraction. Of course this is only relevant if the extra tele conversion feature is being used. It would also mean that the diffraction effects would kick in earlier using 720 than it would using 1080. So it is worth bearing this in mind if you are used to a particular lens when using the full size of the sensor as the effective focal length and the depth of field are not the only properties effected when using a smaller portion of the sensor.
is there, or will there be a vertical grip / AA battery pack for the GH2? (similar to the canon offerings for all their cams)
im interested in something that i can take out into the bush for a couple of weeks where i will not be able to recharge any batteries and will be filming extensively and i cannot afford to buy a whole bunch of proprieties.
im interested in something that i can take out into the bush for a couple of weeks where i will not be able to recharge any batteries and will be filming extensively and i cannot afford to buy a whole bunch of proprieties.