GH4 Panasonic GH4 Hands-On Field Test by The Camera Store TV

Hey Jordan - thanks again for taking the time to answer questions. Being that you are based out of Canada and work with/for a prominent Canadian based camera retailer, did Panasonic give you a firmer date on when you would expect to have the first shipment of GH4's in store?

I am going on a trip at the end of April and would love to have this camera for the trip.

Thanks
 
Thank you for the test Jordan, it was really good!
I see you re excited about the AF in stills mode...how about AF in video mode? Have you tried it?
 
TCSJordan said:
1: This is a really odd issue with the YouTube compression. The first minute of the video is a 4K master shot, with the coverage being a series of crops, something Chris mentions. The footage looks fine on the original export, viewed on a 1080P monitor. The resolution is much lower on the Youtube intro, with serious compression issues. This leads me to:

2: The footage was uploaded as a 4K UHD file, which is what the footage was shot at, not a 4K cinematic 1:85 file. YouTube does not recognize UHD as a 4K format yet, though I expect this to change with the BlackMagic Production Camera and forthcoming GH4. I expect this is the reason for a few shots looking a bit shabby to downright awful in the 1440 resolution upload. I'm hoping the video will start to look better as YouTube's 4K algorithms change.
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Jordan, I think you'd agree then that the youtube footage was less than impressive at 1440p. Can you please upload the 4k render to vimeo so we can see what the GH4 is capable of?
 
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