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Apparently the new AF system is quite complicated. Panasonic should document everything more clearly and make a few more videos, explicitly explaining how to deal with AF.

This video (due to the short clip lengths and lack of any real focus transition), could have been shot on a manual focus lens with fixed focus (without transitioning between shots). Nice edit, btw and nice shots too. The GH5 seems to have pretty decent AF. And for something extraordinary, do it yourself via manual focus. I am looking forward to a lot more video samples from the GH5. I got a chance to play around with it briefly. It has way too many features. And most of them are really stellar.

A lot of people including Andrew have bene asking that Panasonic make a lower Resolution Sensor optimised for low light, keeping the pixel count low. Apparently Panasonic conveyed this brief to Sony and Voila !!! I just noticed this from [bleeeeh] and checked it on the Sony Website to confit. Apparently Sony has developed a super low light sensor for M4/3, which is an 8MP (4k or a little under that). I am guessing that with the right processing this should increasing light sensitivity a few times. http://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/products_en/news/detail/170301.pdf

I don't know how many people use Auto focus on cameras for shooting anything. We shot a short film on a Canon 80D. The focus is pretty good. But in low light, close distance focus and when no individual is in the frame (or someone walks into an empty frame), the focus jump and the ability to figure out who to focus on is a joke. The problem is not so much of whether is can focus accurately or whether there is any focus jump. The problem is there are many conditions under which a camera with auto focus is just a joke, and can never replace a human being. And the fact that a lot of it is absolutely unpredictable. IMHO while dual pixel and all that marketing jargon sounds great, the fact that algorithm are far from great right now, means, that the hit and miss rate is huge. Samsung Smartphones (and much smaller sensor cameras), have far better focus locking on subjects, and yet those too have their limitations. I posted it here because I am genuinely curious to see whether someone actually shot an entire short film, documentary, wedding or music video, or corporate work etc on Auto focus on a camera with dual pixel (canon) or something like an A6300 or even A6500. I think users' exaggerated claims have kind of pushed the facts into the realm of dreams. People say things more for effect than for their actual worth.

I agree. Andrew produces some of the best videos that come out from Panasonic Cameras. Also his reviews drive a lot of people towards Panasonic. They have been for quite long now.

Andrew Reid could you PLEASE delete this Post. It's Bad Timing. And we should all try and Panasonic do well and hope and pray.

I guess well-informed indie filmmakers would know that Panasonic makes some of the best low budget indie filmmaking cameras for the buck. And that one of Panasonic's worst problems stems around bad sales, due to poor marketing and terrible after sales (not in all countries, but in many). Add to this, the fact that they haven't Specifically targeted capturing India and China for their enormous potential and one can pretty much understand the state of affairs of their camera division. Which quite honestly, is bad for the low budget Indie Filmmaking Community as a whole. Now it appears Panasonic is restructuring it's camera division and retrenching people from the camera division and absorbing whoecer is left, elsewhere. ("Three other businesses units -- digital cameras, private branch exchange telephone systems and optical disk drives -- will be dismantled. Each will be scaled back and placed under the umbrella of other operations, with headcount to be reduced.") IMHO this is just bad timing, considering that people were predicting that the GH5 would break the 60,000 units camera annual sales record of the GH4 at its peak. While this doesn't mean that Panasonic would be shutting down its Camera Division, it just is very bad timing, especially considering that the GH5 is around any moment (early units have already been shipped and users are very happy with them), and buying nay lose confidence. I think Panasonic needs to Clarify and Pacify customers who have bought into the system and many others who are hoping to pick up some great low budget indie filmmaking gear. Also they need to get SERIOUS with their marketing regarding the audience for their cameras. Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Panasonic-takes-out-scalpel-again-as-profits-falter

The GH4 has 12.8 stops for Photo. Video would be more on the lines of 11+ stops.

I saw a host of photos and videos shot on the GH5. I suspect the Dynamic Range may be less for photos than the GH4 and more for video. Which is ok, quite frankly, because 12.8 stops is pretty respectable for a sensor this size.

Quite Interesting. Panasonic has different timelines regarding when the HJ5 will release across various countries. And, a few people already seem t have received their copies and some people have also posted unboxing videos.

Panasonic India is launching the GH5 on the 1st of April with Driftwood helping people get through with using the camera (he is one of the Brand ambassadors, and they have advertised him as a famous DoP). I only hope they figure out how to market it and working on the terrible after-sales. India's photography and nd videography market is huge. If Panasonic plans well, they could easily make a few billions. Panasonic can easily tripe their annual sales figures by solely concentrating on India and China. I wish they would hire people to concentrate on these markets. https://***URL removed***/forums/thread/3728997?page=2

Some cinematographer made a video of the Canon 5D Mark ii in 2008 or something where he lied about its low light capabilites and actually used lights (I believe shadows or reflections of light sources were visible in the frame, something similar to the Stabiliser seen on the Yi 4k+ cam video lately and some smartphone photo shots of various manufacturers). Was that Shane Hurlbut?

I liked this part of the review that Videodslr.pl outlined: "The only thing I'm missing is the ability to modify the V-Log parameters, just as you can modify the S-Log on Sony hardware. For more advanced users, this opens up many additional possibilities, such as speeding up workflows or obtaining more natural colors while maintaining a large dynamic range." There is a way to change specific colour tones that Jess has mentioned in one of the GX85 posts. I wonder if that applies (I am guessing it doesn't).

I had the chance to use the GH5 too, here in India. It does have a much better designed menu and a few really interesting features. Unfortunately most people don't know enough about Panasonic Cameras in India, and the company doesn't seem to care about thier camera division. They would rather concentrate on the TVs and Air Conditioners.

Just out of curiosity. Wouldn't you have rather made like a few Indie Films for that $100,000 or so you said you spent on the Canon Gear?

Hahaha. I read that too. It seriously hit the nail on the head. I laughed really wrong. I posted a comment on Cinema5D saying that the tests and their usage of language was so unacceptable, that it was meme worthy. They deleted that comment. I am guessing they also deleted many other comments from many other visitors to the site.

Hahaha. Ever since film equipment has become affordable to the majority if filmmakers, it has become more and more difficult to justify absurd pricing of filmmaking equipment. Also this whole lens resolution thing has become Absurd. It is almost as ignorant as geocentricism before a horde of murders and jail sentences of scientists by the church. If lenses as as lousy and have as low resolutions as testing agencies validated, or certified, smartphone resolutions would not even hover around 5MP, leave alone the 21MP of some of the Sony ones and the 36 (/40) MP of the Pure view lineup of the Nokia Phones. Lens resolution charts are ridiculously weird. They mean no harm, but they should be taken with a pinch of salt. Funny article though. Not sure how people chose names.

Everyone has opinions and everyone has their degrees of being right and wrong. On morality, technicality, articulating things etc etc. It's great that you can proudly say that you didn't give in to the greed of money, and that, unlike most blogs and sites that deal with independent filmmaking and gear reviews, you aren't saleable and no amount of money or fame can compromise your viewpoints. I guess one of the reasons the whole Cinema5D article about the GH5 is blowing up into their face, is because their credibility is not even remotely acceptable right now. People have started wondering why they even review products, if they have such obvious brands they are more favourable or faithful towards. Also, if a reviewer, in general, has any level of credibility. What everyone likes about EOSHD, is that you're incorruptible. Something your peers of the blog variety cannot claim.

Yes, that too. They could probably rate a Sony Smartphone Camera better than a Panasonic GH5.

Dynamic Range tests have become something of a joke nowadays. They remind me of the lovely shoet story titled Many Moons written by James Thurber, where every guy in the kingdom believes himself to be smarter than the other. Cinema5D rated the A7S at 12 stops of dynamic range, so rating the GH5 at 10-11 is actually pretty good. They probably remove 30% of the manufacturer's stated figures for the RED cameras. RED says 18 stops on the RED Weapon and Cinema5D will conveniently say12 stops. Or less. I feel, that they have a curious bias against Panasonic Cameras. I personally hate anything Panasonic right now, since my GX85 fiasco refuses to end. But, for the price, there isn't a better camera manufacturer for Indie Filmmakers out there. Panasonic gets way too many things right. Having 1 stop less of dynamic range doesn't even matter. Cinema5D praised the Sony RX100 to no end. And yet there was no mention of testing of great cameras like the G7, GX85, G85 etc. They definitely have a bias against Panasonic. And unlike me, they don't really gave against justifiable reason.

I couldn't see the Zebra patterns in your video, but it will start getting progressively more apparent, in both video and photos. But I had the exact same problem (the Zebra patterns), and it is a sensor issue (either bad sensor or the sensor has been attached incorrectly by some fool). I posted screen shots and details in another threat. And in my case the Panasonic nightmare hasn't gotten over yet. Send the camera back to the service centre, and pray to God that Panasonic doesn't have Terrible After Sales in your country too. They have to replace the sensor. Anything less will be pure eyewash.

Actually, I feel, even the SD II (or SD III) Standard will hit about 500MB/s. Which should be more than sufficient for most DSLRs. If they ever made a medium Format Camera that does like 100MPs @ 10fps at 14 bit RAW, then it might fall short. For video, though, 400mbps = 50MB/s. So to be safe, anything over rated 200MB/s (write speed) should be sufficient, I guess.

I am NOT sure this figure is correct. The D500 does 14-Bit RAW with a file size of 25MP photos at a burst speed of 10.2 fps. That's 255 MB/s. The maximum transfer rate cannot be measured with SDXC Cards. They are much slower than the XQD standard.

I could be wrong, but the JPEGs will be 8-bit 4-2-0, whereas the video will be 10-bit 4-2-2. Neat Video should be able to improve the noise much better on the video. Plus some other tricks. Also, the noise reduction algorithm are not like they can't be improved. There is always room for constant improvement.

I noticed this one in Particular. It kind of proves what panasonic have been saying all along, that 'the autofocus is significantly better, and more noticeable for video'. And, this isn't even the final firmware.