Panasonic GH5 Review and exclusive first look at Version 2.0 firmware

[tweak]

  On 9/25/2017 at 7:01 AM, Amazeballs said:

Where the hell did he find GH5 for 1700$? Its 2 grand everywhere I look for it. 

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I paid that a few months back, was a deal on ebay from a real camera store.

[Shirozina]

Guidlines! - that was the only criticism I had with the camera in it's present state. Not sure I've ever owned a camera that has absolutely nothing I can find wrong with it........

[Francisco Rios]

https://www.e-infin.com/ww/item/3282/panasonic_lumix_dc-gh5_mirrorless_digital_camera_(body_only)

[DBounce]

  On 9/26/2017 at 12:29 PM, Francisco Rios said:

https://www.e-infin.com/ww/item/3282/panasonic_lumix_dc-gh5_mirrorless_digital_camera_(body_only)

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Grey market.

[jonpais]

I paid $1,850 USD + free V-Log Lite and one extra battery, so that comes close to around $1,700 for the body only.

[AaronChicago]

@Andrew Reid What type of SD card were you using for the tests? Did you have any problems w/ dropped frames or stopped recording?

 

*sorry if this was mentioned earlier, I haven't been keeping up.

[DBounce]

Keep in mind, when you buy from these grey market dealers you will save a little money short term, but you will have no warranty from Panasonic. Which is currently 3 years when purchased from an authorized dealer and registered with Panasonic. Here is a list of authorized resellers.

[Rinad Amir]

  On 9/26/2017 at 3:51 PM, AaronChicago said:

@Andrew Reid What type of SD card were you using for the tests? Did you have any problems w/ dropped frames or stopped recording?

 

*sorry if this was mentioned earlier, I haven't been keeping up.

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If am not mistaken it was Belkin v90 cards of amazon 

  On 9/26/2017 at 1:38 PM, jonpais said:

I paid $1,850 USD + free V-Log Lite and one extra battery, so that comes close to around $1,700 for the body only.

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Thats sweat deal Jon, i paid 2500euro for GH5+12-60 2.8-4 5year warranty 

[ntblowz]

Official V2 firmware out!

http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/dl/gh5.html

[thehebrewhammer]

I am genuinely excited to have unlocked file formats so large I can neither record them nor store them! Regardless, I.S. Lock looks pretty cool! And ALL-I 1080p.

[Ari]

  On 9/2/2017 at 7:41 PM, Christopher Taylor said:

just wondering: I noticed you said that 95 MB/s cards aren't quite good enough, and we should invest in 300MB/s cards... I've seen some lexar 150MB/s cards, has anyone tested those? Is the 300MB/s an absolute necessity to get everything working right?

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Just for the heck of it I tried recording of 4K ALL-I 400MBps 25p on this (128 GB card), and it seems to be working. 

I recorded 4+ minutes, and stopped as it seemed to work, and again a couple of minutes just to be sure I didn't make a mistake.

I don't at this moment have time to check how long it works..

 

[Orangenz]

  On 9/27/2017 at 7:13 AM, Ari said:

Just for the heck of it I tried recording of 4K ALL-I 400MBps 25p on this (128 GB card), and it seems to be working. 

I recorded 4+ minutes, and stopped as it seemed to work, and again a couple of minutes just to be sure I didn't make a mistake.

I don't at this moment have time to check how long it works..

 

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Interesting as that is the slowest uhs-ii card at clearing the GH5 buffer at only 35MB/s and failed on the chftsho attempt (although heaven knows what they did to achieve that). However not surprising as buffer empty test is using multiple files which is generally slower than a single large file. I think most UHS-II cards should work though. If wanting the very best for reliability then the Panasonic cards SDZA using pSLC memory are the obvious choice. 

[funkyou86]

Get the new FW: http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index2.html

[Stab]

So, how does the HDR profile actually work? 

[Ari]

 

[Dan Sherman]

  On 9/27/2017 at 8:15 AM, Stab said:

So, how does the HDR profile actually work? 

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Are you asking about hybrid log gamma?

if so its really just a different color space, namely rec2020 instead of rec709.

Driftwood did a video about it, and i concur it's a pain in the but to try and grade on a standard definition monitor.

 

here is the info from ffprobe.

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Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'PGH50087.MP4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : mp42
    minor_version   : 1
    compatible_brands: mp42avc1
    creation_time   : 2017-10-01T15:19:06.000000Z
  Duration: 00:00:21.02, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 155229 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High 4:2:2) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv422p10le(tv, bt2020nc/bt2020/arib-std-b67), 3840x2160 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 149601 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2017-10-01T15:19:06.000000Z
      timecode        : 00:32:48;28
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: pcm_s16be (twos / 0x736F7774), 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2017-10-01T15:19:06.000000Z
      timecode        : 00:32:48;28
    Stream #0:2(und): Data: none (tmcd / 0x64636D74), 0 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2017-10-01T15:19:06.000000Z
      timecode        : 00:32:48;28

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[ssrdd]

Any news on Version 3.0 firmware ?? whats included ??

[jonpais]

3D, 12 bit, X-ray mode, infrared vision, 240 hz refresh rate, Dolby Vision

[ssrdd]

  On 11/14/2017 at 5:04 AM, ssrdd said:

Any news on Version 3.0 firmware ?? whats included ??

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Actuallu they need to fire Entire team who is behind ' auto focus performance in video'  saying Focus tracking in video has been improved[ Version 2.0]

other than that its perfect as it was. 

[jonpais]

@ssrdd A reprimand and public apology would be good enough for me.