GH4 My GH5 wishlist

IronFilm said:
ND filters is top of the list, no doubt about it!
Next is dual SD card slots.
Next is XLR integration, yet still in a total small form factor (not the current big huge add on, none of that).

Basically, the best bits of a C100 and GH4 combined together.
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I'm with you. Either a slightly larger, medium format-ish body that allows XLRs on the body or battery grip/XLR adapter would make me a happy camper.

NDs and dual slots would be the cherry on top.
 
Bern Caughey said:
What I really want is a GREAT replacement for the AF100. Needs all the bells & whistles of the original but with a properly placed pro caliber EVF, & broadcast compliant specs, which fits into an international travel sized rolling case with room leftover for lenses, accessories, & a GH body.
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:thumbsup:

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions/nyc
 
Jaime Valles said:
Native 10-bit 4:2:2 4K ProRes HQ in-camera recording.
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ProRes is too Mac-centric and QuickTime has too many issues. DNxHD in the MXF wrapper is the much better option.

Though I find both unlikely in a GH series, so my vote would be for 10 bit 4:2:2 in-camera recording H.265 in the MXF wrapper in a one-clip, one-file scenario. (Let's be done with folder structures already, they're aren't at all necessary using MXF OP1a and exFAT formatted cards and only limit our media handling options in post.)

(MP4 format would suffice as well.)
 
Jim Simon said:
ProRes is too Mac-centric and QuickTime has too many issues. DNxHD in the MXF wrapper is the much better option.

Though I find both unlikely in a GH series, so my vote would be for 10 bit 4:2:2 in-camera recording H.265 in the MXF wrapper in a one-clip, one-file scenario. (Let's be done with folder structures already, they're aren't at all necessary using MXF OP1a and exFAT formatted cards and only limit our media handling options in post.)

(MP4 format would suffice as well.)
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Sure, it doesn't have to be ProRes. I just want some form of 10-bit 4:2:2 recorded internally. I only mentioned ProRes because almost all the big cinema cameras and external recorders use ProRes.
 
Jim Simon said:
recording H.265 in the MXF wrapper in a one-clip, one-file scenario
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h.265 requires 4 times the processing power as h.264, so it's never going to happen without new hardware, and I would rather see additional processing power used for 4K 60p and less rolling-shutter in the finished image.

As for one-clip, one-file, they would have to give up on FAT32 card formatting which might cause a lot of compatibility problems with some systems.
 
TheDingo said:
h.265 requires 4 times the processing power as h.264, so it's never going to happen without new hardware.
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Well, we are talking about the GH5 here. That does presume new hardware. And Canon already has a model with H.265, so it's clearly doable.

As I shoot everything at the more professional looking 24 fps, and feel that 60% is the most aesthetic speed for slow motion and hence only need 40 fps max, 10 bit 4:2:2 HEVC in-camera would definitely get my vote over 60P at 4K.
 
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TheDingo said:
they would have to give up on FAT32 card formatting
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Camera makers should never have used it to begin with. It was very old and severely outdated at the time of the solid state revolution. exFAT is very definitely the way cameras should be formatting cards.
 
Bern Caughey said:
Producers & Editors love ProRes, so why fight it.
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Because it's just not as workable in Windows as is DNxHD in the MXF wrapper, which works equally well on both platforms. (Plus MXF is a simple container format, whereas QuickTime is a multi-media framework needing installation, updating and subject to bugs. It's time for QT to die already.)
 
Going down in pixel count would be a bold step for them to make. More likely is a step up in pixel count and some sort of a 4.5-5K type of a resolution.

I also doubt they'll go for the ND filters or XLR's, as this would bump into their camcorder lineup.

Reasonable performance targets - 5K, HEVC at ~ 100 Mbps (or double of NX1) to SDXC, 22 MPX BSI sensor with a dual readout/double frame rate for 14 or so stops, 60 FPS in 4K, HDMI 2.0a to an external recorder for 444, 422 internal, Log.

Introduction date April, 2016
 
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