I recently had the fortune to climb Mount Whitney while filming a documentary. This was my first chance to really put the GH4 through its paces. I put this short together with a quick test of FilmConvert.
Filming Specs:
Lenses: Sigma 18-35 w/ M43 Speedbooster
Lumix 100-300
Tiffen Vari-ND
4K 23.98
CineD -2, -4, -5, -1, 0 (Night shots were CineV -4, -4, -2, -2, 0)
Highlight -3 Shadow 0
i.Dynamic and i.Resolution Off
Master Pedestal Level 0
Luminance 0-255
Edited in FCP X using FilmConvert (Set at CineV rather then CineD)
A few notes from the production:
• Camera performed flawlessly in below freezing temperatures. Only small issue was that the touchscreen had a bit of trouble accepting input when colder.
• LCD screen is mostly useless in sunlight without a hood.
• Batteries last up to 4 hours of shooting (Compared to about 45 minutes on my old 7D).
• Went through 8 Transcend 128GB cards, all worked perfectly.
• Camera crashed once while finishing up a time-lapse, had to remove the battery, but did not lose any media.
• A 2013 6-Core Mac Pro will play back the 4k footage from the GH4 perfectly including most effects. However, once film convert is applied, footage needs to be rendered to play smoothly.
Filming Specs:
Lenses: Sigma 18-35 w/ M43 Speedbooster
Lumix 100-300
Tiffen Vari-ND
4K 23.98
CineD -2, -4, -5, -1, 0 (Night shots were CineV -4, -4, -2, -2, 0)
Highlight -3 Shadow 0
i.Dynamic and i.Resolution Off
Master Pedestal Level 0
Luminance 0-255
Edited in FCP X using FilmConvert (Set at CineV rather then CineD)
A few notes from the production:
• Camera performed flawlessly in below freezing temperatures. Only small issue was that the touchscreen had a bit of trouble accepting input when colder.
• LCD screen is mostly useless in sunlight without a hood.
• Batteries last up to 4 hours of shooting (Compared to about 45 minutes on my old 7D).
• Went through 8 Transcend 128GB cards, all worked perfectly.
• Camera crashed once while finishing up a time-lapse, had to remove the battery, but did not lose any media.
• A 2013 6-Core Mac Pro will play back the 4k footage from the GH4 perfectly including most effects. However, once film convert is applied, footage needs to be rendered to play smoothly.
