Here is a sample video of the kind of events that I shoot. They are all in extremely poorly lit climbing gyms that are more like caves. I was pleased with the content of the video. However, I think the GH2 has some shortcomings that I would like to remedy with a GH3 + 35-100m F2.8, + GoPro III.
The first issue occurs at 2:01 into the video(Use the link below to jump straight to it). I need to shoot wide angle and 60p with a 1/120th shutter(because of the fluorescent lighting). The only lens that I have that shoots wide with a fast enough aperture is the 14mm F2.5. However, you can see in the video that it shot with ISO 6400 @ F2.5 and the noise is just too much.
In addition my only option with the GH2 is to shoot at 720p @ 60 FPS for these slow motion shots. With the GH3 I hope to be able to shoot clean ISO 6400 in video with 1080p @ 60 FPS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M_RmkGfZ-Mo#t=121s
The second issue is that I sometimes need to go really wide in low light. M4/3s simply does not offer many AF m4/3s ultra wide and fast lens. The best option is the 12mmm F2.0 but that is $800 and it really isn’t ultra wide at an equivalent of 24mm in 35mm terms.
Therefore, I am going to get a GoPro III with its F2.8 lens and mount it directly to the hot shoe of the GH3. Its low light capabilities are not great but its ability to go ultra wide with a reasonably fast lens and shoot at 120 FPS should work perfectly for close up slow motion shots like the one in the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M_RmkGfZ-Mo#t=27s
Finally I need a fast telephoto zoom lens with IS for the times when I shoot sport climbing in larger gyms. I shot the video below with the 45mm F1.8 and the 2.6x and 3.9x ETC modes. The video is simply too shaky for those focal lengths.
So that will be quite an expensive kit. However, I will have everything covered from about 10mm F2.8 through 25mm F1.4 and on to 35-100mm F2.8. That is a very powerful kit when you consider how light it is and the fact that both the GH3 and the GoPro III can do wireless semi-live view to a smart phone. That will make monitoring and streaming very affective.
The moiré and aliasing in the video for the GH3 probably won’t affect me because there are not a lot of fine patterns in the climbing gyms. I can see how it could be a problem for others though.
The first issue occurs at 2:01 into the video(Use the link below to jump straight to it). I need to shoot wide angle and 60p with a 1/120th shutter(because of the fluorescent lighting). The only lens that I have that shoots wide with a fast enough aperture is the 14mm F2.5. However, you can see in the video that it shot with ISO 6400 @ F2.5 and the noise is just too much.
In addition my only option with the GH2 is to shoot at 720p @ 60 FPS for these slow motion shots. With the GH3 I hope to be able to shoot clean ISO 6400 in video with 1080p @ 60 FPS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M_RmkGfZ-Mo#t=121s
The second issue is that I sometimes need to go really wide in low light. M4/3s simply does not offer many AF m4/3s ultra wide and fast lens. The best option is the 12mmm F2.0 but that is $800 and it really isn’t ultra wide at an equivalent of 24mm in 35mm terms.
Therefore, I am going to get a GoPro III with its F2.8 lens and mount it directly to the hot shoe of the GH3. Its low light capabilities are not great but its ability to go ultra wide with a reasonably fast lens and shoot at 120 FPS should work perfectly for close up slow motion shots like the one in the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M_RmkGfZ-Mo#t=27s
Finally I need a fast telephoto zoom lens with IS for the times when I shoot sport climbing in larger gyms. I shot the video below with the 45mm F1.8 and the 2.6x and 3.9x ETC modes. The video is simply too shaky for those focal lengths.
So that will be quite an expensive kit. However, I will have everything covered from about 10mm F2.8 through 25mm F1.4 and on to 35-100mm F2.8. That is a very powerful kit when you consider how light it is and the fact that both the GH3 and the GoPro III can do wireless semi-live view to a smart phone. That will make monitoring and streaming very affective.
The moiré and aliasing in the video for the GH3 probably won’t affect me because there are not a lot of fine patterns in the climbing gyms. I can see how it could be a problem for others though.