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GH5 GH5S Noise?
- Thread starter JChang
- Start date
nobbystylus
Well-known member
So - it seems that VFR modes are showing these buzzing horizontal lines at anything above 60FPS - in any picture profile in shadow areas. I'm not noticing it in UHD 50p or FHD 50P. They're extremely visible, even in daylight in dark areas using Cine D or Natural (and clearly even worse in V-Log).
What's causing this? VFR is extremely noisy with these stripes in shadows.
What's causing this? VFR is extremely noisy with these stripes in shadows.
nobbystylus
Well-known member
Basically its fine at 60, but above that (even 62 fps) it goes haywire with horitontal lines in shadow areas. Its like Fixed Pattern Noise or something.
nobbystylus
Well-known member
This is pretty dreadful the more I look into it. There is a facebook thread over here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pansonicgh5/permalink/1849240912042275/
At the moment I think VFR is incredibly noisy with these horizontal lines over 60fps on the GH5S so I'm not shooting with it. Here's hoping its a fixable issue.
At the moment I think VFR is incredibly noisy with these horizontal lines over 60fps on the GH5S so I'm not shooting with it. Here's hoping its a fixable issue.
Hey all, I was highly considering getting a GH5s instead of Bmpcc4k at higher cost but better peace of mind until I heard about this issue but I had previously heard that with the newest update it was all fixed. However I've also seen conflicting reports that the updates didn't do anything for some and from what I'm seeing here this is a very serious issue that shows itself in even regular shadows.
In an odd twist of fate the normally FPN ridden BM camera is clean as a whistle, even pumping up the gain in post shows a very even spread of noise with no oddities.
So what's the go here, fixed or not? Because if not then there goes my peace of mind, I might as well worry about the battery life on the pocket 4k instead and get a quality image.
In an odd twist of fate the normally FPN ridden BM camera is clean as a whistle, even pumping up the gain in post shows a very even spread of noise with no oddities.
So what's the go here, fixed or not? Because if not then there goes my peace of mind, I might as well worry about the battery life on the pocket 4k instead and get a quality image.
I haven't used the variable frame rates, just 23.976/29.970/59.940 so I can't say it was fixed nor that it was ever broken, but image has always been as clean as I could ask for leading me to suspect that people having problems are possibly not exposing correctly, or using one of the other photo styles that I am not. I always use either HLG or V-Log/L.
The updates have always been improvements to functionality, auto focus chiefly, but improvement is real; I have no problem believing Panasonic if they claim an improvement in VFR but again, no experience with it.
The updates have always been improvements to functionality, auto focus chiefly, but improvement is real; I have no problem believing Panasonic if they claim an improvement in VFR but again, no experience with it.
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
I guess people need to look at scopes/histo and not expose so they are scraping the bottom.
Hey all, I was highly considering getting a GH5s instead of Bmpcc4k at higher cost but better peace of mind until I heard about this issue but I had previously heard that with the newest update it was all fixed. However I've also seen conflicting reports that the updates didn't do anything for some and from what I'm seeing here this is a very serious issue that shows itself in even regular shadows.
In an odd twist of fate the normally FPN ridden BM camera is clean as a whistle, even pumping up the gain in post shows a very even spread of noise with no oddities.
So what's the go here, fixed or not? Because if not then there goes my peace of mind, I might as well worry about the battery life on the pocket 4k instead and get a quality image.
It's greatly improved on my camera 120fps is great in my testing with V-Log-L at ISO 2500 and ISO 5000.