GH3 Looking Good, Stop Worrying - Watch This New GH3 Video Review!

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larrys

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I have been following all the conversations about the GH3 and so curious to see so much very early, and often unfounded, harsh criticisms of a camera that is not even released yet. So. I was delighted (especially because I have all ready ordered the GH3) to see this very fair, clear, balanced review of the GH3.

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iIJTfu9Kpqk

Very exciting new camera and I can't wait to get my hands on it.
 
interested to know just how they improved DR...

i've never touched a gh2 but heard about it's rather forced contrasty image, so i imagine there's no way to customize the profile's contrast, etc...

any word of this being the same case with the gh3?
 
Darren,

You might try to borrow a GH2 for a few days, try it out and form your own opinion. I came from Canon, I have a strong background in film photography (studio, events, documentary, and then spent 13 years working for the air force as a civilian staff photographer). I converted to micro four thirds mainly to reduce size, bulk, and weight.

I personally don't see any "forced contrasty" nature in the images and video on the GH2. One of my reasons for going with the GH2s over the Canons was the increased detail and sharpness in the image. There are some complaints about it being too sharp with Lumix and Olympus lenses but I use diffusion filters if I need the image softer (just like I often did in the portrait studio).

Contrast is one of the parameters that is configurable in the various "profiles", although the degree of change is somewhat "subtle".

Give it a shot and see for yourself whether or not you like it and can live with it.

The motion picture industry is going for more sharpness, more detail, and digital projection in most theaters now looks much smoother than film projection. They are even moving away from 24fps as a standard. "The Hobbit" is being shot at 48p, and producers are already looking at 60p for future productions.

I'm already saving up for the GH3, but I'll be keeping my 2 GH2s. I just applied lpowell's Flowmotion 2.02 patch to the older one and I like what it does for motion of stuff like trees blowing in the wind. I need to film an action sequence to see what it does with that, but I am very pleased with what I see from both video and stills.
 
being a completely different sensor, it's hard to know what's been done until more techies get a hold of them to poke around inside and see for sure...
 
imdjay said:
interested to know just how they improved DR...

i've never touched a gh2 but heard about it's rather forced contrasty image, so i imagine there's no way to customize the profile's contrast, etc...

any word of this being the same case with the gh3?
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I just posted an original gh2 clip here if you want to download and check it out for yourself.
 
He was making me nervous shaking it around all the time... Really informative and well thought out review though. Thanks for sharing.
 
Helpful, but I sort of wished we saw a bit more GH3 footage and less of him just talking about it while holding it. I kept thinking, "Wow, that looks sharp!" and forgetting that it was the FS100...
 
From the short video clip I did see, the motion seems way to video like. Very distracting to me for narratives
 
reem12 said:
From the short video clip I did see, the motion seems way to video like. Very distracting to me for narratives
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could be the settings used and not the camera itself. I want to see what some of the more talented people out there can do and we see what the camera is capable of.
 
Also consider that it was shot on a pale, dead winter day. I don't think it reflects poorly on the camera or it's narrative potential.

Kindest regards -
 
reem12 said:
From the short video clip I did see, the motion seems way to video like. Very distracting to me for narratives
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The whole thing was probably shot in 30P or 60P, or in the PAL equivalents (on both cameras). You're more accustomed to watching videos in 24P.
 
The most impressive aspect of this Demo was the amazing memorization of the script ! This Dude's a natural ;)
I too was a more than disappointed to be leg through this shaggy dog story that was shot on an FS100.
Anyway, once I get the camera for a week, all the hubris will be cleared away. That is, if Panasonic fix the obvious shortcomings upon release.
4:2:0 color and no focus peaking is a no go for me.
Release the Camera Panasonic- Do it!
 
reem12 said:
From the short video clip I did see, the motion seems way to video like. Very distracting to me for narratives
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Jim Simon said:
Then you're gonna HATE The Hobbit.
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He's also gonna HATE most everything that comes after as well. "The Hobbit" is being shot at 48p and other producers are looking seriously at shooting their next feature at 60p. The goal is to achieve as much "smoothing out" as possible along with improved detail resolution.

The "beloved Holy Grail" of 24fps has been the cause of headaches on the part of some movie goers from the flicker effect. Some can see it and some can't. Digital projection in most theatres is also smoothing out the "flicker" effect. The motion picture industry is "bailing out" of distribution film prints.

Too expensive compared to the cost of shipping a hard drive with the feature on it.

Things are changing.
 
Bruce Foreman said:
He's also gonna HATE most everything that comes after as well. "The Hobbit" is being shot at 48p and other producers are looking seriously at shooting their next feature at 60p. The goal is to achieve as much "smoothing out" as possible along with improved detail resolution.
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GREAT!!! I can just forget I ever liked movies --- and now experience "entertainment" that looks exactly
like the 6 o'clock news!
 
vidguy22 said:
GREAT!!! I can just forget I ever liked movies --- and now experience "entertainment" that looks exactly like the 6 o'clock news!
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Considering you haven't really seen a narrative piece at a higher framerate, I wonder how you can make that declaration?

And besides, I thought "content was king"?
 
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