GH2 GH2 Slow motion capabilities?

S

swellman33

Member
Hey guys, I am in the middle of my first shoot with the GH2, and I honestly love the footage I have so far. The camera is really amazing, especially with my dad's late-70's canan 50mm 1.4 FD lens.

To my main point. I remember reading somewhere that the GH2 had a setting where you could slow or speed up the recording by 20%, basically giving you the ability to slow or speed up your footage in camera to 80 or 120 % of normal. I was wondering if anyone has tried this, and what your thoughts are on how effective it is (loss of quality... etc).

Another quick question, are the default shutter settings of the Cinema mode 24f recording mode 1/50?

Any info would be great, thanks.



Chris. R
Swyft Productions
 
+1
would also be glad for thoughts on 80% slow-mo pros and cons and how to make the best of it.
thanks !
 
For slow-mo I just shoot in 720/50p (I am in PAL land) and slow down in Premier Pro. Great results.

When you say default speed , so you mean should you select? The answer is yes.

Hope that helps

Martin
 
I know about shooting at 50p and slowing it down by changing it to 24/25. But I thought I read somewhere about a specific feature that allowed the camera itself to alter the speed of the footage it records. I'll try to find the link and post it here. Maybe that will help it makes more sense
 

Used 80% and 720p

720 in first shot falls apart with heavy motion. Twixtor somewhat hides this, but if the scene involves high amounts of motion, you are better off using the 80% mode and re timing from there. I think the penguin shots are 1080 30%.

In any case, test it out for yourself in a situation where you can really push the codec.
 
So if you use the 200% setting while in 24p, then bring in premiere, and slow it down, would this help with smoother motion? When I shoot at that speed in cam, then watch it back, it's super fAST. Maybe would be defeating the purpose, idk
 
you are better off using the 80% mode and re timing from there
Click to expand...

what is the process of re-timing. would it be shooting 80%, then drop into a 24p timeline. or would you still have to adjust the clips speed on top of that. Sorry, im not at my editing machine, or I would try it out.
 
The smoothest slow down on the GH2 without twixor ect would be 720p@60fps slowed by 40% to 720p@24fps. The 80% slowmo is only in 1080p mode and captures at 24fps. So that does not really help.

You can use 80% slowmo in 1080p@24fps to get 1080@30fps though (24fps speed up by 125% to get 30fps).
 
so when you shoot 720 60p, then drop it on a 24p timeline, does it slow it automatically, or do you still have to slow it by 40% too?
 
maranfilms said:
so when you shoot 720 60p, then drop it on a 24p timeline, does it slow it automatically, or do you still have to slow it by 40% too?
Click to expand...

You need to slow it by 40%. Without that it will be played at normal speed but retimed to 24fps.
 
Any good examples of GH1/2 with Twixtor?
Also, does the GH2 work better than the GH1 for slow-motion (with the addition of Twixtor?)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top