HMC150 and GH2 - anyone else have this combo?

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noam

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I've been shooting with my HMC150 since it was first released, and have always loved the camera. About a month ago though I bought a GH2 to use on more artistic projects (specifically an upcoming feature). I had anticipated I would be still primarily be using the HMC150 for corporate and commercial projects... But now, a month after I purchased the GH2, I haven't shot anything on my HMC. I love the HMC, and it has served me well - but I feel like I am now looking for excuses to shoot with it over the GH2... The most common excuse being that my client might feel more comfortable seeing a bigger camera on the shoot.

I'm just curious as to if anyone else owns both of these cameras and really uses both of them... I recognize the obvious advantages of the HMC over the GH2, and I know everyones needs are different... But again, I'd love to hear other peoples experiences with both cameras
 
there's a whole bunch of us in the af-100 forum who are playing with the idea of this camera combo.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?235902-Af100-hmc150-gh2/page3
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?235902-Af100-hmc150-gh2

I have a 150. I will either sell it and go af100 or keep it and add gh2. Or gh2 plus af100.
It really is about money. the gh2 is $700(1499 minus kit lens $750) the af is 4799. so it's
a $4k difference. I would get a couple of lens for each.

I would think the 150 would be like a work hub. Audio a big deal through it. GH2 like a close up cam for dof and high quality.
And to use everywhere wieght and size is an issue.

The question for me is if the two outputs can look good together.
You use gh2 almost exclusively, I think because the image quality is better.

We're trying to get tests- like my thoughts below:
I would like to see the kind of shots that would be used in a cinematic type film, using each camera's strength. A master shot of a scene(150), a closeup of someone's face in low light(gh2), change focus/dof to a second character across the table(gh2), back to a wider shot(150).

I would be looking to see how well the ungraded shots meld together. Then maybe, after grading, see how well they go together and what you had to do to get them to look seamless. What had to be lost, if any? Dynamic range, midtones, softness/sharpness.
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Most of my work is weddings. I like to use the 150 as my main camera simply because there are so many flashes going off that the rolling shutter effects of CMOS cams like the GH1 are just too annoying. But if I'm doing stuff where there aren't flashes going off at all times, then I prefer to use my GH1 for detail shots and the like. Aside from rolling shutter, the GH1 footage almost always looks better than what I'm getting from the 150.

Great video of Mexico by the way.
 
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