GH3 Panasonic GH3 Novice - Help Please

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Simon Shasha

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Hey guys,

I get my GH3 today. I was wondering if any GH3 veterans could help me out with a few questions:

What picture-profile/image settings should I use to get the max dynamic-range/flattest image possible?

And what SD cards do you guys recommend to use with the GH3? I have a bunch of 32GB and 16GB SanDisk 32GB SDHC Extreme 30MB/s (Class 10) SD cards - good enough?

Thanks in advance to any replies! :)
 
Simon Shasha said:
Hey guys,

I get my GH3 today. I was wondering if any GH3 veterans could help me out with a few questions:

What picture-profile/image settings should I use to get the max dynamic-range/flattest image possible?

And what SD cards do you guys recommend to use with the GH3? I have a bunch of 32GB and 16GB SanDisk 32GB SDHC Extreme 30MB/s (Class 10) SD cards - good enough?

Thanks in advance to any replies! :)
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I haven't found a definitive answer to your first question, but the cards you mentioned are the exact ones I have and they work great!
 
The flattest picture you can get is NATURAL at:

-5
-4
-1
-5

but many people also use natural at:

-4
-4
-1
-5

You can also use the Idynamic feature to lift the shadows which makes the appearence of even greater DR.
 
Thanks for the helpful replies! :)

Missed the delivery, I'll be picking it up it up late today - I'm curious about this "I.Dynamic" feature - I haven't heard it discussed much? Any examples on the web?
 
I like natural at -5 -5 0 -5 but I suggest you do some tests when you receive to see what works best for you! I also use the Sandisk extreme 30MB/s and 45MB/s cards and I've had no issues, but again, I suggest you stress them to ensure it works out
 
Thanks for the help!

Everyone seems to have sharpness all the way down? I know the GH3 can do beautiful 1080P, but is turning the sharpness so low going to take away from that? One of the reasons I jumped to the GH3 was because I was sick of Canon's BS "1080P"...
 
The GH3 has very high resolvable resolution but much of the sharpness you see with Lumix lenses is artaficially added in the cameras image processing and gives edges a fake/video like sharpness. By turning down the sharpness you actually get a more smooth/filmic, but still VERY sharp picture. For example, a manual Zeiss lens I tested was still less sharp at -3 sharpness than a Lumix lens at -5. This shows how much artificial sharpning you get from Lumix lenses...

It's better to get the sharpness, contrast and so on down while shooting and just grade your footage in post.
 
i am not sure if you have to turn it off (noise) all the way down.

Because if you have too much noise, then you loose more bandwidth in compression process.
I always have it in 0 to -4 and not -5…
 
Well I did a quick sharpness test today with my SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 HyperPrime. I noticed that with sharpness all the way down to -5 and -4, it looked like my Canon DLSR footage. But with sharpness set at 0, it looked like true 1080P. I'm really not a fan of turning the sharpness all the way down to be honest..
 
with those lenses , 0 is OK , especially wide open.

But for lenses like Pany 12-35 and 35-100 , -1 to -4 is preferable.
 
So, the sharpness sort of depends on your lens???

I have ...

Voigtlander 17mm f0.95
Panasonic 25mm f1.4
Nikon 50mm f1.4 w/adaptor
Olympus 75mm f1.8

Depending on which of these lenses I happen to be shooting with I'll need to adjust the sharpness???
 
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