Is the GH1 flinchy or is it me?

[RandyQ]

Remember man... going from SD DVX to full hd 1920 HD, and the camera is so tiny, you see every little jerk. You need some form of stable shooting.

Actually I experienced the same thing - a wierd jerk in the video. Only difference form the OP was that my Gh1 was mounted on a Manfrotto 503 tripod, and that I was using the 14-140 lens. The footage did a quick jerk vertically twice, while I was doing a slow pan to the right, with the lens at max tele.

I DO suspect that it was the stabilizer - maybe it was looking for something to stabilize? That happened to be my first shoot with the GH1 - has never happened again. But nowadays i keep the stabilizer off when mounted on a tripod.

 

[pierods]

Actually I use a lot this:
http://www.bushhawk.com

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

Anybody tried this thing?

http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-X-GRIP...6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1281847303&sr=1-6

Looks pretty slick for the price -- closer to the feel of a real video camera, I'd say (although I like the normal camera's handstrap, as well.)

For such a low price I wouldn't think too much over it.

Get it.

 

[swyzlstyx]

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[Ian-T]

But nowadays I keep the stabilizer off when mounted on a tripod.

BTW this has always been the general rule of thumb.

 

[RandyQ]

BTW this has always been the general rule of thumb.

I guess coming from a PD170, you get kinda spoiled. With the PD170 you just keep the stabilizer on all the time. On early VX2000s you have to switch it off - so I guess this is the same. Hope a firmware update will fix it someday.

 

[pomoville]

For the record, I picked up the Optex X-grip from Amazon, and it works pretty nicely, especially for the cost. It's small enough that I don't feel awkward bringing it to the park and so forth.

Also got a hand-strap, which is a good cheap buy -- not sure if it does much for stability, but certainly brings the comfort level up.