The Panasonic G1HD | GH-1 Video Mode : A Real Video Mode

Kholi just wanted to say thanks for blogging this process out, its much appreciated from those of us who are planning shoots in June and beyond where this camera potentially could be used.

from the Matrix - 'I got to tell you, I'm fairly excited to see what you're capable of, if Morpheus is right and all... I'm not supposed to talk about this, but if you are... a very exciting time. We got a lot to do. We got to get to it....'
 
octopi_films said:
Kholi, forgive me for my ignorance, but can you tell use what the 2x crop of the GH1 does? What happens to the FOV or DOF when using Nikon lenses for example?
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The crop factor simply crops the image, so you can easily do a test yourself to simulate the effect. If you have a Nikon APS-C DSLR, the crop factor is 1.5x, which is not too different from MFT's 2.0x. Canon's APS-C DSLRs have a crop factor of 1.6x. Take a picture, then crop it slightly on all sides. The crop factor really only affects the perspective; the change in FOV and DOF are merely side effects.
 
KHOLI!!!!!!1111111ONEONEONE

i'm playing catch-up, reading your posts. sounds very promising.

if you want to do some night-time tests under the blue light where I shot "Model/Photographer", let me know.... it's the rooftop patio of my office. I can try to get an actor or two to drop by to be on camera as well. let me know.
 
Zak Forsman said:
KHOLI!!!!!!1111111ONEONEONE

i'm playing catch-up, reading your posts. sounds very promising.

if you want to do some night-time tests under the blue light where I shot "Model/Photographer", let me know.... it's the rooftop patio of my office. I can try to get an actor or two to drop by to be on camera as well. let me know.
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Bet on it. Let me get my Contax Adapter in (supposed to be this week) so we can compare the kit lens versus a 1.4 etc out there. But you're DEFINITELY on.
 
Imaginate said:
Kholi just wanted to say thanks for blogging this process out, its much appreciated from those of us who are planning shoots in June and beyond where this camera potentially could be used.

from the Matrix - 'I got to tell you, I'm fairly excited to see what you're capable of, if Morpheus is right and all... I'm not supposed to talk about this, but if you are... a very exciting time. We got a lot to do. We got to get to it....'
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No problem, it's fun! And about to get much more so. Meeting with the Stunt Coordinator tomorrow. >=D


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Can someone help me out with Cinema Tools? I can't get this damned thing to pull down properly! Still interlaced!
 
from hunter-

24p FCP workflow:

1. In FCP, Log and Transfer
(AVCHD-> ProRes 422)

2. In the Clip window in FCP:
Highlight all clips and go to Export-> Using Compressor

3. In Compressor:

Pick Format as Prores 422 HQ

Go to Video-> Frame rate-> Custom, Enter 23.976

Turn on frame controls-> Deinterlace settings-> Reverse Telecine

Set your output folder and click submit (this renders pretty fast and Compressor automatically finds the pulldown cadence and removes it)

4.Now import the new folder with new clips into FCP and you have 1080/24p

Thats the best I can think of for now anyways!

is there another way?
 
I don't know Kholi. Your comments about the codec being fairly easy to break is flashing me back to my first experience with HDV and the Z1. I wonder if the G1HD/GH1 (which is it?) ends up taking it's place next to the 5D MKII as a cool toy that is useful in a few situations but that's about it?

No external monitoring during shooting means not really useful on jib or dolly. Easily breakable 17MBps AVCHD codec isn't really exciting. Slow lenses available now with a 2x crop with Nikon or other 35mm lenses are great for telephoto shots but for wide angle with a large aperture, doesn't sound like a lot of affordable glass is available. Audio at this point is an unknown but I don't think it will be very impressive.

Seems like a cool toy that some will used by broke filmmakers because they cannot afford RED/EX1/HPX type cameras with an adapter. I am sure that there will be some impressive stuff shot with it but operationally, it sounds like nothing more than a step in the right direction, just like the 5D MKII was. But it doesn't sound so far as if either are a complete tool.

Dan
 
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Re jib work - AF might help keep your subject in focus but framing will be impractical from that little screen (esp for pro work). This cam seems to be a must have anyway, but it'll be interesting to see if an "unlocked" version follows. But that'd have to kill their video cam sales.
 
no idea how codec is going to stand up but just shot my first footage and it's a lovely camera to use and from the stuff that is coming in it is looking very nice indeed.
 
You can still use the an external monitor for framing and focusing but from the sound of things it's not longer useful once you hit record....that's not incredibly harsh, just disappointing.
 
squig said:
I couldn't get it to open in imovie 8
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With SDHC card mounted on your desktop (out of the camera) open iMovie and choose the camera import button. For me, with the card copy posted the other day, it brought up the import window automatically. It will want to turn it into half resolution ProRes, though.
 
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squig said:
I couldn't get it to open in imovie 8
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In imovie '09 there is native support

I simple placed Barry's sample footage onto an SD card and connected it to my mac, imovie gave the option to import the footage @1080 or 960(something like that).

I'm not sure how if its that same in imovie '08 though.
 
Also, if anyone has Roxio Toast already, as I understand it (eg: someone on a forum said this once) you can use it to seperate out MPEG4 video from and AVCHD file without re-encoding. It will re-encode the audio to AAC, but just pull the H.264 out as is. Theoreticlaly the resulting MP4 file should be easily editable by FCP or iMoive. I don't have toast or an AVCHD camera so I haven't tried this for sure.

I found a video on youtube of someone who seems to say you can do this (Though he's doing a conversion in the example.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-dYpe35r24

And from their site, is a tutorial that confirms at least some support for AVCHD (though doesn't confirm the conversion-without-re-encoding feature)
http://img.roxio.com/enu/flash/toast10/toast10-convert.html
 
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kholi have a close look at the source clip in fcp and compare it to the 24p/reverse telecine file and see if there is any new artifacts in the dark area's
 
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