GH2: Royal Caribbean "Oasis of the Seas"

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dan.carter

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Royal Caribbean's massive "Oasis of the Seas" sailing the Western Caribbean. Ports of call: Fort Lauderdale, Labadee Haiti, Falmouth Jamaica, Cozumel Mexico.

Panasonic GH2
Lumix 14-45, 7-14 & 20mm lenses

 
Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?
 
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blazer003 said:
Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?
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Thank you for the positive response Blazer003. Always happy to hear a project is enjoyed.

The Oasis and Allure are RCs largest ships. Seven days is not enough to do or shoot all this ship has to offer.

Thanks for watching.
 
blazer003 said:
Very nice video. Some very nice framing and cinematography. Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look. They are too sharp in some situations, and unfortunately, artificially so. You can see that in the shots at dinner.

But for shots like most of these with lots of lines and interior shots and where you're not going for a narrative "feature film" look, the lenses look superb, crisp, and in the right hands (as they obviously were in this vid) can make beautiful imagery in and of themselves.

P.S. And that ship is amazing. Been on a few cruises and no ship has compared to that one. Is that the newest RC ship that's the biggest cruise ship ever?
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Interesting thoughts like Dan i like sharp video but would you say whether or not there is a micro four thirds lens at all that gives any sort of filmic look,i admit i am no glass exprt but i can never understand the term sharp lens in HD video term,HD video has at most 1000 lines i believe and surely there is not a lens that cant take multi megapixal stills so what makes a lens that can take good stills take soft filmic video ,differnt coatings ? .
 
dan.carter said:
Thanks for the good words Chris. Since my preference is razor sharp video, I've yet to find a Lumix lens I didn't like.
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Very impressive. The commercial photographer in me says "Wow". I'll have to look into the GH2...right after NAB. Not sure why so many folks are worried about the sharpness? Soft filter is easy to add in post.
 
flinty said:
Interesting thoughts like Dan i like sharp video but would you say whether or not there is a micro four thirds lens at all that gives any sort of filmic look,i admit i am no glass exprt but i can never understand the term sharp lens in HD video term,HD video has at most 1000 lines i believe and surely there is not a lens that cant take multi megapixal stills so what makes a lens that can take good stills take soft filmic video ,differnt coatings ? .
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Short answer is it's about an edge effect or algorithm. Out the gate all single chip digital 'raw' files are rather soft or 'filmic' as some would say. The GH2 uses an algorithm for native sharpening which is really just an edge contrast trick that you would have to add in post on a RAW file to get it to look....sharper. This camera and whatever lenses it uses, is great for "Out of the Box" sharpness that allows you to do commercial work with the sharpening in post avoided. personally, I'd prefer a wider DR out the gate and let me do my sharpening later myself.
 
If it has not been mentioned before, I might as well plug this in now. The smaller than full frame sensors are delivering a sharper image than their full frame cousins to an extent because they are using the 'core' of the image circle in many cases, particularly in the case of long focal lengths. That's one big plus though they usually offer less Bokeh in exchange.
 
Well shot and nicely put together. But even with the GH2, I find the HD video quality marginal, not that well resolved and the aliasing was very noticeable. Still not particularly impressed by DSLR video quality in general compared to something like a Sony EX series or Canon's XF series. Nice for shallow dof and soft backgrounds though and great for the bucks.
 
. But even with the GH2, I find the HD video quality marginal,
considering some of the films shown on here and other sites thats one big laugh.
 
Cool! Those buildings you pass in Ft Lauderdale is where I vacation! I go out on the balcony and watch all the passing ships. The Oasis of the Seas is one of my favorites because it's the biggest! A floating city, for sure.
 
Responding to flinty: The Panasonic lenses give very good results for stuff like this. They have a very nice HD video look. The thing they tend to not do so well is the "filmic" look.
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Nonsense. In the right hands the Panasonic lenses can do much more. Too much sharpness? Look at many of today's films SHOT on REAL FILM, mind you: sharp as nails. That "Panasonic lens too much video sharpness mentality" floating around is total nonsense. There is so much horrible footage on Vimeo with non Panasonic lenses that it is becoming unbearable. Out of focus, soft as ice cream, badly exposed footage. Yikes. Dan Carter's video here looks absolutely beautiful.
 
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flinty said:
. But even with the GH2, I find the HD video quality marginal,
considering some of the films shown on here and other sites thats one big laugh.
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Not to say the GH2 isn't a spectacular bargain for the money, especially hacked. I'll probably wind up buying one myself. I like the camera and the format.
The quality of the above video is very good for composition, exposure and grading. I would not call it sharp, or particularly high resolution for HD when viewed on a large screen. But that could be Vimeo.
 
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John Caballero said:
Nonsense. In the right hands the Panasonic lenses can do much more. Too much sharpness? Look at many of today's films SHOT on REAL FILM, mind you: sharp as nails. That "Panasonic lens too much video sharpness mentality" floating around is total nonsense. There is so much horrible footage on Vimeo with non Panasonic lenses that it is becoming unbearable. Out of focus, soft as ice cream, badly exposed footage. Yikes. Dan Carter's video here looks absolutely beautiful.
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Thank you for the encouraging words John. Always good to hear from another "too Sharp" video fan.
 
John Caballero said:
Nonsense. In the right hands the Panasonic lenses can do much more. Too much sharpness? Look at many of today's films SHOT on REAL FILM, mind you: sharp as nails. That "Panasonic lens too much video sharpness mentality" floating around is total nonsense. There is so much horrible footage on Vimeo with non Panasonic lenses that it is becoming unbearable. Out of focus, soft as ice cream, badly exposed footage. Yikes. Dan Carter's video here looks absolutely beautiful.
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If you are referring to[. But even with the GH2, I find the HD video quality marginal]i was quoting someone else i agree with you 100% i could be writing your words.
 
Ryan Patrick O'Hara said:
Cool! Those buildings you pass in Ft Lauderdale is where I vacation! I go out on the balcony and watch all the passing ships. The Oasis of the Seas is one of my favorites because it's the biggest! A floating city, for sure.
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Ryan,

I had high hopes of shooting Oasis early morning return to port from your vacation spot, but the ship beat me by 15 minutes. I'll get it next time.
 
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