GH4 GH4 in the Bahamas

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Ryan Lightbourn

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Something I shot very briefly before dashing to the airport for a flight back to Orlando:


I'm shooting a 3 min. short next weekend with much more extensive tests.

This camera is revolutionary to say the least. You just need to think of the in-camera tuning as your Adobe Camera Raw. Only you can't screw it up, because to some extent, there's no going back.
 
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I like the look you got from the cam...thanks for sharing.

How do you find using the G2? I haven't seen a lot of flawlessly smooth shots from these types of stabilisers, but your work looks nice here.
 
Really good! What about the Defy 2? do you like it? Will it you still use it or do you think the movi 5 would be a better option?

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Thanks guys.

The G2 is not very stable from what I'm seeing, all of my shots with it use warp stabilizer. I've seen the best results with a Blackmagic Pocket & the 14mm 2.5. I've mostly learned how to avoid unwanted micro jitters from my own body, but even then, the balancing is so critical and can be thrown off from moving around with normal use. It was really bad on the windy beach. For the web it's ok, but for a feature film to be watched in full screen, not so much.

A Redrock Microremote and Glidecam 4000HD is a safer option than the G2, but I can't speak on the M5...I'd love to test one out. The G2 IMO is more useful for specialized applications where a Glidecam can't go. I don't think I'd use one as my main stabilizer on a gig...sometimes the footage looks great in the monitor, but butchered once you check out your files in post.

EDIT: Since the BMPCC flies better on the G2 than the GH4, I'm really interested to see how well it works with the A7S
 
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Looking good! What were your in-camera profile settings? To my eyes it looks like the contrast could be dialled down too low and sucking a bit of life/vibrancy out of the footage. Only my opinion of course and perhaps this was the look you were going for. Either way some sweet shots in there.
 
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AlexOlson said:
Looking good! What were your in-camera profile settings? To my eyes it looks like the contrast could be dialled down too low and sucking a bit of life/vibrancy out of the footage. Only my opinion of course and perhaps this was the look you were going for. Either way some sweet shts in there.
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He mentions it in the comments:

"I used natural with contrast @-5, saturation @-2, sharpness @-5.
I adjusted the highlights/shadows curves based on what I saw in the LCD. That's the tricky part...if your scene is very contrasty, you want to counteract that. And vice versa if the scene has a naturally washed out look. It's all about pre-grading in camera with this one, as the codec isn't as forgiving as raw."
 
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That's just my inexperience with Panasonic cameras...should I have used Cine D?

I thought I'd seen a thread here where users preferred natural, but maybe I recalled incorrectly.
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Natural was the 'flattest' profile for the GH3 so that's what most everyone used. For the GH4, supposedly, Cine D is the one to use for grading purposes.
 
Ryan Lightbourn said:
That's just my inexperience with Panasonic cameras...should I have used Cine D?

I thought I'd seen a thread here where users preferred natural, but maybe I recalled incorrectly.
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I don't care what profile you used - looks pretty damn good to me. Personally, I'm not all that convinced about Cine D just yet.
 
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