Andrew Reid

Hopefully James we will see Panasonic in the US do a similar thing one day.   Usually this kind of event isn't open to the public. This is the first such competition and quite a rare thing! For those in the UK enter now as there might not be another one for the GH3. Enjoy!

EOSHD and Panasonic have two exclusive workshop places to give away to readers and filmmakers. You will meet the Panasonic team and get a privileged inside view of the brand new Panasonic GH3. Enter before midnight on Sunday April 7th to win a place at Panasonic's exclusive Lumix GH3 workshop.   http://www.eoshd.com/content/9929/eoshd-competition-win-a-place-at-panasonics-exclusive-lumix-gh3-workshop  

http://vimeo.com/53914149 Cheetahs at 1200fps on Vimeow I love slow mo and it is great to be able to do it now on the Nikon 1 series, albeit limited to a low-fi look. Now the technique has gone 65mm - yes medium format sized. The Phantom 65 Gold is a 14bit raw 4K cinema camera. It can shoot 200fps in 4K mode, 396fps in 2K anamorphic (2.35:1 - 2048 x 872) and up to 718fps at lower resolutions.  

Thanks to low weight and small size Go Pro cameras will be part of the next NASA manned space flight, possibly to Mars.

He says it isn't a camera, or an April fools joke.   I'm guessing some kind of new stabiliser or an advance in LED lighting.

Thanks for posting anyway.   The magenta cast to the GH3 footage is user error... He can change the tone and white balance manually.   This myth about the GH2's limited dynamic range... 6-8 stops... WHAAT?! I've tested it vs the GH3 and it actually has a wider dynamic range with the hack!

Kit lenses don't have 'additional sharpening'   I'd say the GH3 won hands down in that test, I don't see any evidence of better colour or dynamic range on the D7100.   Those shots test resolution more than anything else really. The GH2 would have looked even stronger.

It stores the audio in a separate WAV file with raw. The NLE (like Resolve) syncs it automatically to the images.

Calling it an Iscorama is indeed fraud in my view.   Same as listing a $400 Sony NEX 5N under the label 'FS100' and charging $3000 for it.

Yes full manual control but minimum shutter speed is 1/400.

  Not just mirrorless. You can have an electronic shutter mode on a DSLR in live view as well.

If true this at least shows they have finally moved on from analogue sensors.   Only a digital readout can do such high continuous bursts.   Knowing Canon this is the sensor they will use for the next 10 APS-C cameras over 4 years! It better, therefore, be good.

haha I'm a fan of Don Hertzfeldt's animation... Brilliant. I'm trying to get an interview with him as his film's recently joined Vimeo On Demand. If you haven't seen it yet... Do!   www.vimeo.com/ondemand/itssuchabeautifulday

More pro GH2 love...   http://www.zacuto.com/shooting-video-gh2-z-finder-evf-pro   David Linstrom is an Emmy Award winning cinematographer and director with more than 20 years of experience making television for PBS, National Geographic, Discovery and more.

They own a ReWo cage (Wondo and Philip sold them some) but on this shoot it isn't used - I think it is part of the copter gimbal or a custom design.

[UPDATE: Sorry, have removed the article for now. An updated article & interview with Extreme Facilities will be online next week] Extreme Facilities who provided the BBC with RC copter drones for the recent Top Gear Africa Special have some behind the scenes shots of the GH2 and GH3 in action.

  Just to clarify the fixed pattern noise comes from electronic circuitry on the sensor, it isn't anything to do with gain or ISO. To add to that the Nikon picture profiles go extremely flat and really can bring up the shadows a hell of a lot. There's also the D-lighting feature, turn it off.   The answer is simply not to dial down contrast all the way and don't use a flat picture profile. Simple.   Grade in-camera with the required look baked in.

  Good point about anamorphic. Popular shooting format, yet no support on all the main digital cinema cameras or DSLRs (aside from Alexa Studio). It's bizarre. I've seen mega-budget music videos shot in 3.55:1 because even they couldn't get a 4:3 chip!

That sensor in the Nikon already does 4K video.   http://***URL removed***/articles/6531373190/interview-tetsuya-yamamoto-of-nikon   The sensor is capable of 2K (2048×1080px) and 4K (~4000px horizontal resolution) video and in the future we hope to incorporate [these functions]'.   The camera side does not.   There's no reason why a $3000 piece of hardware can't have the computing power to do 4K video in 2013 though.   The reason the Nikon 1 sensor can do 4K video is down to the fact it has a 24 channel digital read out. By contrast the D3, previous flagship DSLR at $6k had just 12 channels analogue read out, very slow and needs to be converted to digital after it has left the sensor. On the 1 series the conversion is done on the sensor in-line, instantaneously just after the light hits it. So you can get that data off very quickly. It shows in the rolling shutter too - far less than the competition in 1080p mode.   We're nearly there at consumer price points for 4K.   Even the GoPro is close! And that is the size of a matchbox.   Remember, resolution isn't everything. I'd be happy with 2.5K. Anything to finally step up from boring old 1080p after so many years. The Blackmagic Cinema Camera in raw should be the new image quality benchmark at $3000 even though it ships in such limited quantities, that is the current state of the art for the price. It doesn't make sense not to beat it does it?

RX100 sorry, great little camera. I get confused as usually the model with the larger number is the higher end one. Don't have the RX1, video is moire & aliasing hell on it and they TOOK OUT peaking. Ridiculous!

The Panasonic GH3 was a big update over the legendary GH2 and I am putting the final touches to my review (and a lot of other future material). I've been shooting a lot with it alongside by cinema cameras, the FS100 and Blackmagic Cinema camera. Where are the Panasonic pro cameras? Well the GH3 is $1300 and that leaves quite a large space above it for a high spec 'DSLR-type' camera from Panasonic. I'm getting more and more clues and info as to a possible high end GH camera, and if true this would be a dream for indie filmmakers and a brilliant move by Panasonic.   http://www.eoshd.com/content/9869/will-we-see-a-new-professional-panasonic-gh-series-camera-at-nab

      See the full specs of the Switronix TorchLED BOLT and accessories here LEDs are in my opinion the future of cinema lighting. Until now though I've not been too satisfied with the throw of light they produce. Too short, too directional and the character of the light isn't the most flattering. The BOLT has been designed with input from filmmakers and contains two sets of LEDs of different temperatures and you can mix the temperatures. What's it like?

I really enjoyed watching this as liked the stunt work, locations and props. Good as a POV piece. But I wish they'd used a GH2 with a regular wide angle instead - the fisheye and un-cinematic camera don't really do the shots justice.

So what is the future of TV? Well there's a very good chance it isn't 3D or 4K, and that TV panel manufacturers are heading for even tougher times. HBO's CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Bob Zitter is one of the most prominent TV industry voices to voice is belief that 3D and 4K are not suited to home viewing. His thoughts don't make good reading for Sony, Sharp, Samsung, etc... but is he right?

Maybe I've been living in Germany too long without a TV. These commercials don't bother me in the slightest :) But I think I know what you mean. For me it is more to do with the content and insipid style than the art direction or lack of it!