Sync audio while filming with GH2???

Great information.. I have a Panasonic 160 and it supposedly starts new clips every 4 GB AND if SD1 is full, it supposedly starts up SD2. The question is are there likely to be micro gaps when these events occur and I suppose the only way to find out is to try it.

I very much like the wild run recommendation.

Seems to me this is easier than having to run 50/100 ft XLR cables to the camera and taping them down so people don't trip over them.

And, if you are moving around with a shoulder mount, then of course you cannot be dragging cables with you.
 
kwkeirstead said:
I have a Panasonic 160 and it supposedly starts new clips every 4 GB AND if SD1 is full, it supposedly starts up SD2. The question is are there likely to be micro gaps when these events occur and I suppose the only way to find out is to try it.
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- Pretty much all prosumer video cameras format SD and CF memory cards as FAT32 partitions
- FAT32 partitions have a 4 GB maximum file size ( Your video camera has to split the video into another file once the 4GB limit has been reached )
- To record larger video files, cameras write meta-data to the memory card, and this meta-data describes how all of these 4GB video segments fit together to make one long continuous video file
- Most current video editing software has a built-in import utility that will read all of the 4GB segments and the meta-data and automatically build one long video file on your computer's hard-drive

...I use Sony Vegas Pro, which has a memory card import utility called "Device Explorer" ( found under the "View" menu ) which enables me to import very long videos as one long video file. Adobe Premiere has the same type of utility. ( I can't remember what it's called )
 
TheDingo said:
I originally bought my GH2 with the 14-140mm lens, and ended up selling the lens one month later. I did not like the zoom action on the 14-140, it wasn't smooth enough for me, so I switched to the 14-45mm ( optically better than the 14-42mm ) and 45-200mm lens. I guess a lot will depend on what you like to shoot, how you like to shoot, and what you can afford. The two low cost zooms work well, but they are still very slow lenses. ( I use the 14-45mm in bright light when I want shoot hand-held with an image-stabilized lens. I don't use the 45-200 very often. )

I hope to switch to the 12-35mm f/2.8 and 35-100mm f/2.8 in the future. ( these will be expensive ) I like constant aperture zooms ( no exposure shifts when you zoom ), and the image-stabilization should help with hand-held work. These lenses should have been out when the GH2 first came out, and will make a big difference with what you can shoot in low-light and hand-held. They are also weather sealed, which will be one reason to upgrade to the GH3 when it comes out this Fall. ( it has to be weather proofed )
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So is the gh3 really coming out this fall???? say in August, September or October?
 
TheDingo... this is great. I also have Sony Vegas Pro. I had no clue about Device Explorer.

I printed out the entire manual but did not find anywhere details on how the various Video Event Fx plug ins work.

I found out how to use Brightness and Contrast by applying small incremental boosts and it does improve things. Same for Fill Light which I used for the 1st time this week on 14 videos I did where my exposure seemed right (singers in a room with floor to ceiling glass on 3 sides and bright sun outside) but the faces were a bit too dark. Fill Light really improved the quality of the output. Problem is there are 36 but who knows for instance what "Sony Light Rays" will do unless/until you try it.

There must be a manual somewhere on these plug-ins. I never found any local Help texts on any of these plug-ins
 
kwkeirstead said:
but did not find anywhere details on how the various Video Event Fx plug ins work
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You have to experiment with each one to get a good idea of what they do.

The three Vegas plug-ins that I use with EVERY video are:

LEVELS ( this is by far the most useful Vegas plug-in: You can properly control brightness, contrast, shadows, highlights, etc... )
HSL Adjust ( only to adjust color saturation )
Color Balance ( to quickly get rid of any color balance issues )

Master these three plug-ins and your videos will start to look significantly better.
 
cuervo.taylor said:
The dingo do you think the gh2 is good for run-n-gun docs?
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If I was working as a one-man-crew, I would probably want to shoot with an ENG style of camera, just to make my life easier. DSLR video has a beautiful look to it, but it's a lot more work when it comes to zoom lenses and audio.

Last night I shot a female singer in a piano-bar with my HMC-150 ( ENG style ) camera because I knew that I was going to be stuck shooting from one location, and that having a quick and flexible zoom lens would allow me to track the singer as she moved around the bar. ( Right now there really isn't a fast DSLR zoom lens with a 10x zoom range ) The deeper DOF from the small 1/3 inch sensor also made focusing easier, where with a larger sensor would have made any focusing mistakes stand out.
 
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