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

Okay, I have to things for Kholi that might be worth testing.

1. Compare MJPEG footage to AVCHD footage. How well does MJPEG hold up?
2. Will it even record MJPEG at 60p?

I want to know because I have no means of editing AVCHD footage.
 
Barry_Green said:
After playing with it at NAB, I made two decisions:
1) I will get one of these
2) I will do a book and maybe a DVD on this.

This thing is going to be huge. I'm very encouraged by Kholi's experimentation.
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It's going to be very huge. I have a lot of thoughts that Id like to share but not until I actually give up some well composed visual images. But Barry's definitely right, if not understating the impact the GH-1 is going to have on this niche once it hits stateside.

D90 and MKii were just scratching the surface, and honestly the Gh-1 is still JUST the beginning of the end.
 
Norbert said:
Okay, I have to things for Kholi that might be worth testing.

1. How does MJPEG hold up to AVCHD from this thing?
2. Will it even record MJPEG at 60p?

I want to know because I have no means of editing AVCHD footage.
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The specs state that it does record 720/60p in MJPEG codec.
 
Norbert said:
Okay, I have to things for Kholi that might be worth testing.

1. How does MJPEG hold up to AVCHD from this thing?
2. Will it even record MJPEG at 60p?

I want to know because I have no means of editing AVCHD footage.
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2. Does record MJPEG 60P (looks like it)
1. No contest. The blocky compression of MJPEG is very unpleasant to me. Your mileage may vary.
 
Picked up a 4GB Sandisk Extreme III 30mb/s card today.

A blank card's time limit seems to be 31minutes and So-and-So Seconds.

So every 4Gb you get 30 minutes of 1080/24p 17mbps AVC-HD it looks like. Not bad for 50 bucks.

I don't know just yet if there's a recording time limit, I'll have to let it run for a while to see. Coming soon.
 
Camera's rolling right now, testing the time limit with the LCD active. Just going to let it roll on out until it stops.
 
Kholi said:
I was actually SUPPOSED to be IN Japan at the time of the camera's release on a RED gig shooting a Japanese Pop Star (Yuna Ito) but a series of unfortunate events grounded me in the US.
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Haha...she was a friend's classmate here in Hawaii. Beautiful girl btw.


I'm glad you're testing recording times. My question to you was going to be if it had a limit like the 5d mk2 does.

Tempted to sell my 35mm adapter..........
 
Humanoid Typhoon said:
Haha...she was a friend's classmate here in Hawaii. Beautiful girl btw.


I'm glad you're testing recording times. My question to you was going to be if it had a limit like the 5d mk2 does.

Tempted to sell my 35mm adapter..........
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I wish I had been there. Everyone's bragging about the fun time they had NOT WORKING lol. And of course all the females.

6 minute Mark Surpassed and STILL rolling. waving the camera around, no signs of image degradation so far but I'll have to look at it on a larger screen. Thank goodness for Fast forward
 
7 minute Mark Surpassed. Camera AND the LCD is cool to touch. Switching Shutter and Aperture while recording is a breeze, did I mention that?
 
Kholi said:
Picked up a 4GB Sandisk Extreme III 30mb/s card today. ... Not bad for 50 bucks. ...
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Many thanks, Kholi. We owe you many beverages of your choosing some day!

I recently purchased a Kingston 8GB SDHC Class 6 memory card from Amazon.com to use when we test Hunter's GH1 soon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OF6V7M

I won't know for sure until we try it if this card is appropriate for use with the GH1, especially its full-HD 1080p24 AVCHD recording mode. So at this point this is just an FYI, not a recommendation.

- Peter
www.peterdv.com
 
It's safe to say that the GH-1 surpasses the D90 and MKii on recording time limits.

No overheating, LCD to my face, back of my hands, I look insane rubbing the camera all over myself trying to find signs of overheating but it's not happening.

11minutes surpassed. 25 left on the counter at the bottom of the screen.
 
Peter J. DeCrescenzo said:
Many thanks, Kholi. We owe you many beverages of your choosing some day!

I recently purchased a Kingston 8GB SDHC Class 6 memory card from Amazon.com to use when we test Hunter's GH1 soon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OF6V7M

I won't know for sure until we try it if this card is appropriate for use with the GH1, especially its full-HD 1080p24 AVCHD recording mode. So at this point this is just an FYI, not a recommendation.

- Peter
www.peterdv.com
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Ginger Ale, Lemonade, Orange Juice and Donuts.

This card I bought seems to be doing the trick. I want to try some other ones out as well. Between the Kingston and the Sandisk I think we can safely say we've at least got cards that'll work even when 24mb/s drops.


12 Minutes and 15 Seconds rolling.

Note, by now the D90's battery would be halfway gone or worse. I've been on a fully charged battery since I woke up and just now lost one bar. Sick
 
By the way Kholi, if you ever get another chance to work with Yuna, she is is mighty fine (like I'm sure you know already)....and I'm loving the recording time
 
stockfuel said:
just to let you know.... the 5DII records upto 4gb per video, not a set time limit.
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Oh okay. I thought it had a time limit on it. So I should have bought an 8GB and tested it huh? Back to Best Buy.

17 Minutes passed.

Sonic -- Yeah thanks for rubbin' it in my face. LoL. But I gots someone to stare at night and day so I'm not hung up on it.
 
Peter, you and Hunter'll have to roll out an 8GB SDHC card to see if it's a 4GB Fat Limitation or not. For me, PERSONALLY I don't do enough work that requires 60 minutes of straight recording but others might so it's quite valid.

Please report back, well if I dont' cave and grab an 8GB extreme tonight or something.

20 Minutes Surpassed. Time flies when you've got new toys.
 
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