GH1 why am i using the gh13 more than i do my hacked gh2

[blues]

i own 2 gh1 ,a gh2,gf1 and a gf3. all hacked except for the gf3.

i usually lean towards what i am most comfortable using with an intent to use it for specific reasons.Why do i use the gh13 more than i do the rest.

here is my rank of use

1.gh13 50 percent of the time
2.gf3 (unhacked) 30 percent of the time
3.gh2 15 percent of the time
4.gf1 5 percent of the time

 

[mcbob]

You use the gh13 more often because your father once shook hands with a bearded man named Florence.

Or maybe you have a different, more informed answer.

 

[aljudy]

Because the Gh1's are in the front of the cabinet and you don't want to reach the back and risk dropping the front cameras out of the cabinet.

 

[blues]

LOL ! oh well,
1.ergonomics it is not,
2.technical features it is not,
3.usage habit,maybe.....
4.stability, maybe
5. i was hoping you guys can make the absurd inputs on these...

.....what i am saying is, are we just looking for bitrates and best patches for each camera?
......because that would be your grandfather shaking hands behind the old cabinet with a guy name LOLA !

 

[Phenixone]

It is simple.
The best camera is the camera you know and master.

Yo seems to know your GH1 better than the 2 and therefore use it more because you know how it reacts. Just like me with my Gh2 and my HPX170. If I need something for documentary, I will use my HPX because I know how it works and how it reacts in various situations and don't have to double check everything.

 

[MR Fanny]

agreed. i got my gh2 a couple days before my one month euro trip. felt so uncomfortable with the darn thing for at least a week and wished it was like the gh1. when i came back and picked up the gh1 i now find that strange to use.

 

[OldCorpse]

Oh, boy. I read the OP in this thread and felt my IQ drop. One of the mods in the Cafe section mentioned that DVXuser is going to go to the up/down voting - personally I can't wait, that way a lot of garbage can get downvoted so it saves time for others.

 

[DrDave]

Because the grain is better and you are "grain sensitive".

 

[Ian-T]

Because the image of the GH-2 is nicer than the GH-1 but because of the extra grain you don't want to have to work so hard to remove it. Instant gratification.

 

[Phenixone]

waddyamean grain is better?

 

[MR Fanny]

grain is better than banding? well in my books anyways

 

[DrDave]

I don't get any banding, but FPN is an issue, of course.

 

[Kin Lau]

With a GH13 and GH2, I'm using the GH2 90% and GH13 10%. The GH2 tele-crop function is the main reason why I got it, and it's been fantastic.

The GH13 + 14-140 is still my favorite combo for travel and all around shooting, and I use the GH2 with the 100-300.

ps, for low-light, I have a 7D and T3i with faster lenses in EOS mount.

 

[rigs]

For me Its not grain its noise I see with the GH2 hacked or unhacked. I believe that is why people think the GH2 is sharper. I love the features of the GH2 has to offer but Id rather have a clean GH1 image then a noisier GH2 image for my work. Which works out to be 90% GH1 - 10% GH2.

 

[DrDave]

For me Its not grain its noise I see with the GH2 hacked or unhacked. I believe that is why people think the GH2 is sharper. I love the features of the GH2 has to offer but Id rather have a clean GH1 image then a noisier GH2 image for my work. Which works out to be 90% GH1 - 10% GH2.

That's basically my feeling, but I since I have both cameras, I run them both at the same time. My GH1 is always slightly cleaner--less noise. Whether the GH2 resolves more detail, I can't say. A week of testing shows that it doesn't, but I quit after I saw the GH1 had less noise and artifacts. There may be a small difference, visible with certain types of material.

 

[x_WOrPIG_x]

For me Its not grain its noise I see with the GH2 hacked or unhacked. I believe that is why people think the GH2 is sharper. I love the features of the GH2 has to offer but Id rather have a clean GH1 image then a noisier GH2 image for my work. Which works out to be 90% GH1 - 10% GH2.

I couldn't shoot anything over 800 iso due to fpn with my gh1. Got a gh2, shooting 3200. No problem.

 

[DrDave]

I couldn't shoot anything over 800 iso due to fpn with my gh1. Got a gh2, shooting 3200. No problem.

With the Rigs hack I was able to shoot clean video up to ISO 1250 and ISO 1000 looked pretty much the same as ISO 800. In decent lighting I use ISO 1600 no problem, but in dim light no question FPN is an issue. The thing is, with legacy primes there are very few situations in which I go higher than ISO 800--the sweet spot for the GH1. Most of the indoor events will work fine ISO 400-100, F2~F4.
And for really dim light, well, sorry Panasonic, I borrow a 5D MK2 which also takes great photos.