Giulio Cosmo Calisse Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Just grabbed a GH4 today and gave it a quick low light test next to the 5D Mark 3! I tried to make this the fairest possible test: There are a lot of curve, contrast cine & dynamic range options in the GH4 that influence the noise levels in the image (and give you INSANE dynamic range), so I stuck to the following settings to really compare the sensor performance: GH4: Picture Profile standard, contrast -5, sharpness -5 Hilights & Shadows default(0,0) I.Dynamic OFF5D3: Picture Profile standard, Sharpness minimum, contrast minimum Both cameras are at ISO 6400, f/4 and same shutter speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpais Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Apart from the number of city lights on the GH4 side of the frame, I'm not really seeing much difference here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharding Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Just the usual smoother highlight rolloff on 5D3. Most evident in the row of four orange light to the lower left. In GH4 they're all orange clipped, on 5D3 they're less harsh and a mixture of blue and orange shades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etidona Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I dont't see any highlight rolloff difference, the 5D is just a little bit darker to my eyes. @Giulio, thank you for the test! the Pana was in 1080p or 4k? I ask because in various test I noticed better lowlight performance in 4k 100% than in 1080 100%. Could you compare 1080p 100mbps vs 1080 200mbps vs 4k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varicam Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks for the comparison. It would be great if a comparison could also be made in a dark nightclub or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ma Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Amazing how similar it is. A light edge to the 5D3 with a massive sensor size advantage. With a minor grade, you can cut between the two and no one would be the wiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 It's clear from your test that both cameras are able to shoot video. :) Any chance of a larger file upload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarimNassar Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 It's clear from your test that both cameras are able to shoot video. :) lol but yeah, 720p makes it hard to judge op. thank you for this though, if you can make the original files available for download that would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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