GH2 new to gh2

[scottwilson]

Just got the gh2 and love it so far but have a question. This will prob be a no brainer for most but i am so new to this type of video. Sometimes(outside when sunny mainly on grass and trees) i am getting colored specks kind of like chroma noise that only goes away when i dull the sharpness through focus. Is this normally due to being underexposed? I am still learning how the iso, f, and shutter work together so its clearly operator error. oh yeah, using the 14-42 shot in 24h.

 

[aljudy]

It takes a fairly long time to learn this camera. I have had it for a couple of weeks after learning the GH13, which I am still learning. There are so many options, that it simply requires lots of experimentation to get the look you want in each lighting condition that you shoot. About your question: did you shoot manual? What was the film mode? and on and on... Al

 

[scottwilson]

I mainly have used both cinema and vibrant mostly in manual. I played around with the sat, sharp, contrast and nr. Mostly had them all at negative 2 but then I changed the nr to zero and then pos 2. I kept the iso low generally between 160 and 200 and the most was 400.

I am still confused as to what the shutter speed should be according to the aperture. The relationship between the two confuse me more than anything.

you are right about it taking a long time to really get to where you want to be with this camera.

 

[tommyp]

I mainly have used both cinema and vibrant mostly in manual. I played around with the sat, sharp, contrast and nr. Mostly had them all at negative 2 but then I changed the nr to zero and then pos 2. I kept the iso low generally between 160 and 200 and the most was 400.

I am still confused as to what the shutter speed should be according to the aperture. The relationship between the two confuse me more than anything.

you are right about it taking a long time to really get to where you want to be with this camera.

Not following the aperture problems? Shutter speed is usually set at twice the frame rate. The aperture setting will just allow you to get the proper exposure for your lighting situation. You can use an variable ND filter to allow you to tweak the aperture so you can keep it wide open for shallower DOF if you want.