Administrators Andrew Reid Posted March 24, 2017 Administrators Share Posted March 24, 2017 Time to spend some quality time with the Panasonic GH5. The wait is over and 3 years after the GH4 we have the highly anticipated new camera. In some ways an evolution but mostly, I'm glad to say a revolution. Read the full article Ken Ross, Hitfabryk, Martin BetterFly and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 So far, so good. Eagerly, yet patiently, awaiting some footage and updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted March 24, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted March 24, 2017 It's so bang on... Everything about it just feels 'right' Eno and Orangenz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I have been really excited about this camera but have been keeping a lot of my feelings about it to myself. I have gone so far as to downplay it in my mind until more footage is out and about. But the specs are undeniable at this price point. I was going to do a late preorder, but if the wait is until May, I may just wait... then again this damn camera may not be in stock anywhere until the Fall. I remember the XT2 was out of stock everywhere for months and the GH5 must be in higher demand. Man can I talk myself in and out of things in mere seconds... I am effing Sybil over here with the GH5. Obviously everybody is psyched about VLog but I would love to hear how the CineLike profiles work with the 10bit 4:22... I think there may be some mojo with CineLikeD and 10bit 4:22... if you get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin BetterFly Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 im super interested to see the AF speed with EF glass on a speedbooster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Pierre Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said: It's so bang on... Everything about it just feels 'right' Happy you have this Andrew...won't get mine till August or so...looking forward in the meantime to your thoughts on this little beast of a camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyalinejim Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I'm extremely interested in learning more about Rec709L picture profile, based on the small number of samples that have touched on it. Panny designed it specifically for video, so perhaps it is the equivalent of Canon's WideDR. How is the colour and dynamic range in Rec709L? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prandi Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 When do you do the test of cinema5d, because you criticized so? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tai Klyce Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 How is it Europe is shipping before the US?!? @EOSHD_Twitter let us know how your camera (firmware 1.0?) works with the metabones xl, including with the sigma 18-35. I'm curious if they've resolved the crashes occurring while zooming, vignetting with Ibis at the wide end, and autofocus. Cheers and enjoy your new filmmaking tool, I hope to receive mine from adorama next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertoSF Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Lead the charge onto the field, Commander Reid. We are all behind you, looking to see your first shots. I'll do some anamorphic shooting when I get my GH5 and can take some time. Andrew Reid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Hi Andrew, Great to hear you got a hold of one. I am really curious how well it works with the Metabones adapter, especially with any Canon zoom lenses you might have. There were reports earlier that this was causing the camera to lock up. I'm not looking for autofocus miracles with the adapter, but I am concerned about lock-ups. Thanks and Congrats! Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyou86 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I sold my anamorphics to get the GH5, now I can't test the new anamorphic mode. Fool. Anyone with a gh5 & 2x ana lenses out there? You know what to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted March 24, 2017 Author Administrators Share Posted March 24, 2017 31 minutes ago, ajay said: Hi Andrew, Great to hear you got a hold of one. I am really curious how well it works with the Metabones adapter, especially with any Canon zoom lenses you might have. There were reports earlier that this was causing the camera to lock up. I'm not looking for autofocus miracles with the adapter, but I am concerned about lock-ups. Thanks and Congrats! Alan No lock-ups with the adapter yet but please wait and see. Very early days! The AF is good in stills mode with the adapter but nowhere near as good as with the Panasonic and Olympus lenses, which are lightning fast. The anamorphic mode on the GH5 is a resolution feast... Seriously nice. I will be putting my anamorphic lenses on it, and with a 2x lens if you kept the vertical resolution as high as it comes off the card and did the de-squeeze by stretching 2x horizontally you end up with a 10K frame funkyou86, sudopera, Ian Edward Weir and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolf33d Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Amazing. Can't wait to get mine soon. Can't wait also @Andrew Reid to get your feedback on Continuous video AF with native lenses and get to know: Is it usable (for gimbal use filming people)? How does it compare to A6500 AF? thanks for the review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinad Amir Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Andrew Reid said: No lock-ups with the adapter yet but please wait and see. Very early days! The AF is good in stills mode with the adapter but nowhere near as good as with the Panasonic and Olympus lenses, which are lightning fast. The anamorphic mode on the GH5 is a resolution feast... Seriously nice. I will be putting my anamorphic lenses on it, and with a 2x lens if you kept the vertical resolution as high as it comes off the card and did the de-squeeze by stretching 2x horizontally you end up with a 10K frame something to consider in future, Anamorphic Glass should be next on my list after my baby arrives fingers crossed shouldn't take long funkyou86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertoSF Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 16 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said: The anamorphic mode on the GH5 is a resolution feast... Seriously nice. I will be putting my anamorphic lenses on it, and with a 2x lens if you kept the vertical resolution as high as it comes off the card and did the de-squeeze by stretching 2x horizontally you end up with a 10K frame Wow... I assume you're shooting 4:3 anamorphic mode. What aspect ratio did you end up with? 2.35 or something close? Exciting times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronChicago Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I LOVE the fact that they're giving LUT preview in camera. I hope they give an anamorphic desqueeze preview option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIKTORVISUAL Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Happy for you Andrew, please show us how dos it focuses in video mode at with Olympus 25mm 1.2 apertures , and pany 42mm 1.2. And could it focus in video with metabones ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertoSF Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 45 minutes ago, AaronChicago said: I LOVE the fact that they're giving LUT preview in camera. I hope they give an anamorphic desqueeze preview option. Agreed, it would be great to have anamorphic desqueeze in-camera. An external recorder/monitor usually handles this of course, and, from what I understand, the new HDR Ninja Inferno offers 4:2:2 10bit recording 4K ProRes via HDMI, for under $1K. So pairing that with a GH5 is an option I would take seriously. I hope they give one to Andrew to test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyou86 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Seems like Amazon does not ship anymore DMW-BLF19E batteries to central europe Any suggestion where can I get some new batteries for a reasonable price/shipping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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