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Compare RED, Canon 5D and Lumix GH1 in 1 spot

Published on March 16, 2010 in Movies. 1 Comment Tags: , .

Byron Shah has made a test movie with 3 digital cinema cameras together: the HDSLRs Canon 5D ($2500) and Panasonic Lumix ($1500), and the RED 3K Scarlet camera ($3000). Every shot has been watermarked with the material it was shot with: e.g. “RED3K/300mmNikkor2.8/60fps” or “Canon 5D2/ISO50/50mm ZE/T2/Ultracon3“.
The RED camera can shoot at 60fps which can then be slowed down to esthetic slo-mo. The 5D performs really well in low light conditions (using up to ISO 2500). In some indoor (or should I say, in-car) situations, I can imagine that the Lumix GH1′s swiveling viewfinder came in really handy.


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Panasonic GH1: give it a film look

Published on July 9, 2009 in General. 2 Comments Tags: .

Ilya Friedman, creator of the HotRod cinema lens mount kits, gives some feedback on shooting with the Panasonic GH1 camera:

  • Setting the white balance manually is your friend. Using a WB of 5500K sees to produce the best skin tones (in camera)
  • The “Smooth” Gamma mode, seems to offer the most pleasing “film like” images
  • Even though the camera rating says 100 ISO, you get the best “to eye” image of of what you’re shooting if you actually rate you light meter at 640 (which I think it close to the native ASA of the camea. To repeate- set camera at ISO 100, and the base exposure of your meter to 640.

via hotrodcameras.com

Panasonic GH1 does not ‘really’ record 24 or 25p

Published on June 25, 2009 in Technical. 1 Comment Tags: .

via provideocoalition: when Allan Tépper asked Panasonic if it was possible to record in ‘native’ 24p or 25p, the answer was no:

Q: When recording in 23.976p (“24p”) mode, does the GH1 always record over 59.94i (“60i”) or is there also a mode to record 23.976p natively, without pulldown? (The native mode has many advantages for professionals.)
A: At FHD mode of NTSC version, it records only in 60i (sensor output is 24fps). It doesn’t offer 24p native recording.
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Q: When recording in 25p mode, does the GH1 always record over 50i or is there a mode to record 25p natively, without pulldown? (The native mode has many advantages for professionals.)
A: At FHD mode of PAL version, it records only in 50i(sensor output is 25fps). It doesn’t offer 25p native recording.

What does this mean: the sensor records in an interlaced mode (one frame all the even lines, the next frame only the uneven lines, etc…) and that date is converted into 24p just before saving. The process of 60i/24p conversion can introduce some artefacts or give cause to loss of resolution.

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