2013 - 10 things which have impressed me - and some that haven't!

[Aussie Ash]

How about the GH2 hack?

 

Hi Tim .Philip Bloom wrote about the GH2 being hacked way back in July 2011 a lot

of water has passed under the bridge since then.Quite a lot of GH2s appearing on the 2nd hand market 

too.

Lets see what the GH4 is capable of ???

[Henry Gentles]

Thanks Andrew for all these great insights!! At the beginning of the year I knew nothing about DSLR and was not sure how I was going to make films but now, I have shot a promo and a short doco and taken the advice and alot of the cumulative wisdom that is freely made available through you and your friends here! Merry Xmas and have a great New Year!!

[cameradude]

^^I echo Henry's comment. I've learned a ton visiting your site Andrew! Your reviews are awesome...I just wonder sometime where do you find the time :) keep up the great work!

[tosvus]

How about the lack of a gh3 hack / poor Panasonic firmware support? Gh3 still lacks focus peaking. The wireless setup is a nightmare etc. Panasonic seems to be great at adding & implementing hardware features but sorely lacking in the software department.

[Andrew Reid]

Panasonic pack in the firmware features like no other. Peaking needs hardware support on the chipset. It isn't possible on the GH3 to add it with a firmware update. You can still get peaking on the GH3 via HDMI by using a monitor which supports peaking.

 

As for a GH3 hack, I'm glad Kiselev has not risen to the challenge this time. He can stay in his weird anti-West kingdom on his forum and build his community. Just so long as I never ever have to deal with him again.

[tosvus]

Andrew, thanks for all your work this year, and the fashion you run this site, compared to some others ;)

I wouldn't have thought some simple contrast overlay would be impossible to implement in firmware but I am certainly not an engineer in that area :) well, maybe they could open up the bitrates more even though they ate already industry-leading. Too bad we don't have a magic lantern equivalent.. There has been no progress on Nex or GH3, so the current unofficial "support" is iffy at best..

I do have an external monitor but partly why I chose m43 was to have a more compact setup, especially when used for taking pictures.

[thecouchguy]

Dear NIKON, you have lost me. This is especially true as I have just fallen in love with video. Other reasons too numerous to list.

Dear Canon, now that I'm in love with video, if you kill or block magic lantern, I will not consider.

Dear Fuji, with your amazing handling, sensor and lenses, please unlock full manual control in video. Also a better video code please. Raw on Fuji X-trans, hhmmmnummm Oooh yeah.