Oliver Daniel

I'm pretty excited to see what this new GH5 model has to offer. I'm happy with the GH5 and see the prospective GH5 "S" very intriguing. My favourite modes are the 1080p 200m All-I in 25p and 50p. The quality is exceptional for "lowly" 1080p, haha. Been shooting a traditional Christmas video this week, all in V-Log 1080p 50p All-I....

If on a Mac, you absolutely have to use Cinelight. I don’t think DJI have updated for it ages. It’s a terrible piece of software. It’s very, very unstable. Sounds like PC handles it better.

To be honest, I was expecting 65mm at the least. In 16 bit RAW, and it can fry eggs.

Well, I think Luke has provided all the info required for someone to work this out now (see my post above).

Righty.... can some mathematical genius help to work this out? 1. The forehead is the subject in focus here ("hit the nail on the head?") 2. The shoulders (there's two of them, "two clues") are obviously out of focus, in perspective they seem to look quite distance away from the face than you'd normally perceive. So how much distance is there normally between your forehead and your shoulders? 3. The 35mm lens is a PL mount, at T1.9 and 30 inches away from the subject. So working out the focal distance of an M43 and S35 sensor based on this info, the numbers provided and the field of view in the image would tell us, what sensor size this is. Another fun guess: Improved low light clues, and now sensor size clues? Are we looking at the EVA1 type sensor, with Dual ISO and an m43 mount? Seems too good to be true..... but then again, anything does.

The shoulders..... 1. Pure white, they’re not blown out at all. 2. The roll off is very smooth. Everything looks smooth. The GH5S’s update, I’m convinced, is along the lines of improved dynamic range, better highlight roll off, better encoding (there’s no macro blocking in those whiter shades whatsoever). All of Luke’s shots are in anamorphic - that might just be his designated feature demonstration. The above all points to RAW - but it can’t be that surely? That’s just a bit far fetched. I’d say Dual ISO is the other candidate. These are the only things that would affect better lowlight, in terms of an “update”.

I had an X5R Osmo for about 6 months. The image was lovely but I had to sell it because: 1. For the workflow you have to go through DJI’s Cinelight. They barely updated it, it’s full of bugs and is very slow. Crashed a lot. Incredible time waster. 2. The SSD would regularly eject itself, or it couldn’t be read on the Osmo. Sometimes it wouldn’t let me play back the files on the app. 3. The app would regularly not connect to the Osmo. The feed breaks up a lot. 4. The footage was sometimes clearly missing DNG frames. So the footage would stutter and jump when viewing after conversion to ProRes. 5. The X5R eats your phone battery, and the Osmo battery. If using the setup regularly, you need to hook the Osmo up to an Inspire battery and your phone to a USB power bank. Certainly negates the portability. 6. The stabilisation isn’t great. It behaves nothing like other single handed gimbals and is very prone to up / down and side to side movement. There are much better options for the money. The X5R Osmo comes across as a mashed together experiment which doesn’t work well enough for regular use. Image is lovely though.

Just had another look at this image, and noticed a couple of preposterous things here too.... 1. What’s with that flight of stairs? They have to be some of the weirdest stairs ever. They look like they’re curved and bent. Plus they look very thin in the way they’re built. Are they fake? (not sure why this is relevant, but just look at them. Closely. Either that or the perspective has created the crappiest stairs ever built.) 2. The feature of red in the photo. The red on the brake lights. The red on Griffon’s shoelaces. The red on the stairs railing. Cryptic clue to the GH5S’s new red kinks? Could of easily been photoshopped to be that way. 3. Erm..... Luke’s face is happy because he’s holding a new GH5 and he likes it.

The forehead is most in focus, which means, erm..... ....the tonal shifts seem deeper and smoother than regular GH5, but who knows, that could just be better grading. Dual ISO seems the most likely, with RAW a big stretch but fun to consider! I do think it’s a new camera AND a firmware upgrade, with the “new” camera probably receiving something a little extra, like the GH4R did.

I can’t believe this hasn’t been mentioned anywhere yet, but the exact same thing happened with the GH4. Panasonic announced a GH4R which came with V Log L and a “video centric” firmware update - however your original GH4 could be one an “R” version if you purchased V-Log L and updated the firmware. So here we are again, only this time, the “S” version has red bits on it - to fit the branding of the GH9, DVX-200 and EVA-1. My guess is it’s both a new camera and firmware, like they did with the GH4R. Current GH5 owners pay up to $500 to get the extra features, but no red bits. I’ll take a really crazy guess for some fun on “what” it is. I’m gonna go for some type of RAW recording. The RAW boosts the lowlight and dynamic range. RAW doesn’t require a new sensor, and would really put the GH5 onto another level. Is this why Luke uploaded a tiff? Haha, probs not, but fun to speculate.

Just for a bit of fun and banter... what will a mirrorless camera be like in 2023? My predictions.... Sony: "Zombie skin" is finally history in 8k, but the footage on Vimeo still looks like shit because everyone is shooting at 100,00 ISO at "4k" 480fps in underexposed SLOG4. With the M31 LUT. Panasonic: The GH7S becomes an actual religion, because it's the first camera that actually does everything you've ever wanted. On a M43 sensor. Fuji: The X-T5's video is so sharp that it damages your eyes. It does 8k, but only shoots in F-LOG at 6k. 10 bit in 4k. Or something. Olympus: The EM1 - IV is almost out. Did somebody mention the GH7S? Nikon: The time-lapse video mode is spectacular! Canon: The EOS M-whatever full-frame with perfect DPAF. In 8 bit 4:2:0 though. "Only" 4k. No CLOG. Still the best colour. iPhone: Actually becomes to the level of an actual properly serious video camera with very clever, voodoo type computational imagery stuff. It was gonna happen eventually.

Ooooh exciting I think it's certainly a new GH5 camera, as opposed to an add-on or firmware. If it is a new camera and it rocks, I'll get it to partner my existing GH5. My gut tells me that it's going to be different to what people are expecting though...... Panasonic aren't going to ditch the current GH5 anytime soon, so how will both models appeal?... *drum roll*

Lovely work Sage. I'm using the GH5 regularly at the moment and I've found it to be a very interesting camera. I've found that it has bias to green and I'm forever trying to correct it in post - loos like you've got some really nice seperation with the colours here! Also I do find the GH5 highlight rolloff a challenge (as I've been used to Slog3) - looks like you've got some great results with this too. . On the price, I feel if you offered it as a bundle for $49 at the most (I'd get it for that), you'll get more buyers. Too many of us have been stung with expensive LUT packages that aren't actually very good (not that yours isn't!) p.s I've been making my own GH5 LUTS, and it's certainly tricky to get universal consistency between different shooting conditions, so I appreciate the time and effort you've made.

Bit of a "yawn" release for video shooters. Also I don't think the A7SIII will get 10 bit. I'd expect full 120fps in 1080p, 4k 60p and better autofocus.

Sometimes there's very limited dynamic range to capture in a scene where Vlog would fall apart - doesn't happen often. I see myself using Vlog about 90% of the time (I did just pluck that percentage out of thin air but it sounds right). I'm working on a bunch of Vlog LUTs at the moment - may release them as a pack soon. Just lots of work. I think the peaking is fine and works better than the FS5, A6500 etc. If the depth of field is deep, it's certainly handy setting peaking to an Fn button as those coloured dots fill the entire image! Awesome. Olympus lenses I have - the 40-150mm, the 8mm fisheye and 60mm Macro. The 40-150mm is a stunning lens - it gets ridiculous using Ex. Tele Conv. Love this one and peaks my interest in also using a GH5 for stills.

Hello. I'll maker this short but informative. Firstly, I sold my FS5 Raw setup - took a big risk, got a GH5 to replace it. The reason was mostly down to portability. Recently shot an entire paid music video with the GH5 and some stuff on the A6500. I'd never used the GH5 before - it practically just came out the box. Shot in Vlog L. Had an awesome experience. Main Pros IBIS. Much better than the A6500. Invaluable. Speedbooster XL gives a very different look to typical M43. Sigma ART's + XL = win! 1080p 10bit modes are fantastic. Made the A6500 in 1080p look fuzzy and blurry. Body design is one of the best I've experienced. Battery grip definitely gives a steadier feel to handling and definitely gives a higher impression to the client. Big impact. VlogL is fairly easy to get into (coming from Slog). Colours are accurate and lovely when graded. Custom white balance is very quick and easy. Menu system is pretty nice, especially the My Menu bit. Way better than the A6500. Small and powerful enough to put straight onto the Zhiyun Crane and Edelkrone Motion Kit. Battery life is decent (but nowhere near as good as the GH3 - which was ridiculous). EVF nice and large. Again much better than the A6500. Full Size HDMI. Yep. Main Cons (I'm being picky here) CineD skintones - finding it hard to get it where I want. Looks very odd off the bat. I need to work more on this as V-log isn't always the best profile to use. Photo Style options are very lean (compared to Sony). Not a massive deal, but would be nice to have more options. Autofocus is essential for my gimbal stuff. A6500 is excellent here. GH5 before V2 firmware is not. Hopefully this is reliable now. Dynamic range is a bit less and steeper in the rolloff than what I'm used to. Again, need to mess round with things to get it smoother in the grade. I think the record button is in the wrong place. I just use the shutter button anyway. Overall An absolutely outstanding piece of kit. I've only used the camera for one shoot, but using this camera has already made a big impression and is already serving my creative choices to a greater level than the FS5 did. I've not updated the firmware yet, but what Panasonic have give us is an incredibly valuable tool with almost very single feature you could ever ask for, or actually need. With a great emphasis on online video distribution, and video being consumed on smart devices - if that's how you're playing it, I would say you would never need another camera for a very long time. If the Autofocus is reliable in V2, it would relegate my A6500 to just a carry around camera. Got to say, I'm incredibly pleased and looking forward to shooting more. (see below for quick VlogL grade).

I actually think the 1080p 50/60p 10bit mode is better than the 4k 50/60p mode. The extra resolution in 4k isn't significant enough.

This guy gets a lot of stick (probably for his young age) from the NoFilmSchool trolls and facebook camera police, but I have to say he brings up much more interesting knowledge and talks much more wisdom than the majority of other camera / filmmaking Youtubers. Simon Cade of DSLRguide: https://www.youtube.com/user/DSLRguide The channel has these qualities: Doesn't talk very much at all about camera specs and new gear, more what you do with what you've got. Gives his own insights into his thought processes and inspirations. Gives well illustrated creative and technical tips to his "beginners / enthusiast" target audience. Doesn't bullshit and is very open about the purpose of his Youtube channel. Very genuine and authentic fell to his content. and many more..... He also still films on a t3i / 600d - and does a bloody great job of using it for his Vlogs. He raises the point that he doesn't need another camera yet and would rather spend the money on other areas of his filmmaking.

You've all probably experienced / noticed this, but it's something that really hits a bone. Modern TV's come defaulted with some horrible setting, sometimes called "True Motion" or "Smooth Motion" - making everything look like it's being broadcast at a high frame rate - sometimes I perceive it as high as the look of continuous 120fps. Most fictional TV series and anything cinematic suddenly looks like a soap opera or behind the scenes video. Everything looks cheap. Certainly with a lot of TV going for the cinematic, progressive feel - this really doesn't make any sense. For instance, I went round to a friends, he was watching The Walking Dead. Without knowing this, I assumed he was watching some cheap nasty Z-movie DVD from a bargain bucket. He said it was The Walking Dead. I was thinking, why is it playing at 50fps? He had no idea what I was complaining about. I turned off the crappy motion setting, and bingo, it locked great! Dramatically far better. Afterwards, he said "Oh yeah!", it does look better. Another friend of mine started showing his parents my videos on his TV. I had to stop him because his TV's "motion" settings made the frames look so fast, that it really cheapened the look and feel of the videos, like they were shot on a home video camera. Of course, I changed the setting. It's happened over and over, that I've now become the rather cringey "TV settings genius" in my family / friend circle. The thing is, most people have no idea and are watching TV at these horrible settings and don't care. So, content creators, who are trying so hard to reach that high end, cinematic feel may arguably be wasting their time, as the look and quality is just thrown out of the bin? Do you think it's a problem? What are your thoughts?

No worries, it's an opinion based on an average launch film. I can't remember what I said about the Ursa Mini 4.6 (a camera that has a brilliant image). I'd say now that it's slightly less organic than the original BM cams - but i think that's got something to do with the higher resolution making it look a bit more "real". Back to the EVA1 - I've always wanted Panasonic to bring this out. I'm sure it will be an awesome cam. I've very unscientifically analysed with my tired eyes that the launch film displays an in-between GH5 to Varicam interpolation / cadence / whatever it's called. Expected right?

Looks like the camera is capable of nice skintones - it certainly doesn't have the lovely Varicam motion cadence going on, which is expected at this price range. I'm a bit disappointed that the filmmaker overexposed some parts and the apparent roll off sometimes seemed a bit harsh. In that respect it's so hard to judge the quality of the camera from just a small little video on Youtube. It's good to see some better shots being pulled off in these launch films - 99% of other camera launch films are that poor, I don't know why they bother releasing them.

Typical Sony Skin Tones Grading Session: 1. Pull towards magenta. 2. Pull back to green. 3. Pull a bit more back to magenta. 4. A little nudge towards green. 5. Slight more magenta. 6. Increment of green. 7. Too magenta, or too green? 8. Arrgh sod it, looks good enough. The A6500 has the best skin tones at the lower end. FS7 and F55 and barely any different. The issue I've found is mostly the suspect white balance on Sony consumer cameras. Doesn't work as expected. This causes crap looking footage uploaded to Vimeo. On the VENICE, it looks like if you press button on it, a building nearby will explode.

Panasonic GH5 delivered... V-Log on the way.... Only had a brief 5 minutes handling the camera - this thing feels incredible in the hand. Threw on the Olympus 40-150mm 2.8 (which is also an incredible lens), IBIS is great at 150mm. Looking forward to trying out all this groovy stuff on the way.....

My tracking info says "warehouse in the UK". It all arrived within a week, sparkly and new as advertised. I highly recommend them, as the savings for non-VAT registered shooters is immense. I'm VAT registered, and I buy from them as I still save regardless!