Panasonic GH4 firmware update V2.2 due to be released April 22nd

[Andrew Reid]

Panasonic will release the new anamorphic firmware for the GH4 on Wednesday, April 22nd. With this update the Panasonic GH4 will have more vertical resolution than the Arri Alexa Studio for anamorphic.

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[Jimmy Goodwood]

"In addition, you can not record motion pictures while using the HDMI output"

 

Does this mean no internal recording while monitoring through HDMI, or no recording of the 2880x2160 HDMI output?

Kind of confusing.

[Nick Hughes]

Sounds like no internal recording.

[Zak Forsman]

You can record internally. In fact you get a larger 4:3 frame that way. 3328 x 2496. albeit, 8bit 420.  I believe the reason why you can't monitor this over HDMI is because it needs to be embedded within an existing 4K frame that external devices can recognize and display (and record). If you set HDMI out to 10 bit 422, the 4:3 frame is reduced to 2880 x 2160 and embedded inside a 4K frame with black bars on the sides (pillar boxed). in this latter case, internal recording is disabled. 

​I finish everything in 2K so that's still plenty for me. and the addition of 10bit 422 is welcomed.

[Jule]

I don't get it. That's mean that we can't use a monitor to get de-squeezed picture ?

[Jimmy Goodwood]

Maybe someone who has actually used the new firmware could chime in.

Andrew?

[Greg R Greenhaw]

Andrew what is you opinion of the letus pro anamorphics?

[Zak Forsman]

Maybe someone who has actually used the new firmware could chime in.

Andrew?

​i have. the beta version.

[Cinegain]

Andrew what is you opinion of the letus pro anamorphics?

​Curious about the same thing. The SLR Anamorphots seem pretty nice, but I'm not sure how suitable they're for use with like the Veydra primes for example, you'd have to use some weird construction of step-down rings, not sure if they would work and how stable that would be. Clamping vintage anamorphics in such a case also doesn't seem very likey. Seems Letus got the concept figured out quite nicely as Veydra doesn't seem to be willing to go there (but instead release full anamorphic adaptations). Would be nice to have one purchase make every piece of glas you own, so many focal lenghts, anamorphic instantly. I won't argue that an anamorphic lens itself would be more ideal to work with, but you know... what if it is 5K. That's then either one single focal length anamorphic lens, or multiple lenses and an anamorphic adapter, or one awesome camera. I understand it's a cool option to be able to rent one at your local rental house, but buying one? If you're working with those kind of budgets, instead of owning one lens, you might want to rent something more high-end altogether I was thinking? Just thoughts. But the Letus Anamorphx is starting to make sense to me... especially with the new firmware, which I applaud Panasonic for!

[mjfan]

new vlog/anamorphic video up https://vimeo.com/125215026

shows how he shot the vlog/anamorphic video

http://www.eduardoangel.com/2015/04/17/shooting-anamorphic-with-panasonic-gh4/

[Liszon]

I thought the GH4 already outputs 10bit via HDMI. I remember Andrew saying he didn't find any major difference between the internally and externally recorded footage, now it makes sense why.

[Andrew Reid]

You can't record internally at same time as outputting 10bit over HDMI regardless of whether in anamorphic mode or not on the GH4.

[mos]

Still badly need the 2.35 and 2.66 cropmarks for "normal" video modes though.

[Russell Anway]

Who did the conversion of your oct18 35mm to single piece?  Recommended?

[Andrew Reid]

Who did the conversion of your oct18 35mm to single piece?  Recommended?

​No one. It's an OCT 19

[tidefilm]

hey andrew,

I m glad that it seems that Panasonic is reading your work and that finally it seems that they 

listen and implement needs formulated here in their firmware!

 

I d like to ask you to maybe formulate a post to ask them for another implementation, 

if you like the idea:

 

as the new update allows all owners of the well worthy anamorpic lenses to go cinemascope,

someone formulated the idea recently that it would be more than great if panasonic could include

a real cinemascope mode, in reading out 4608 x 1960 pixel window of the sensor.

that would be the same amount of calculation and compression as with 16:9 4k, but without the

painful extra crop (which with this update and real anamorph lenses goes up to 2.74),

finally giving us back the natural wider field of view of all our lenses and a

2.35:1 for everybody! a dream coming true! 

 

Would be so great if someone they listen to would ask for it!

best regards 

christian

 

 

 

[tidefilm]

regarding the 2.2 updateI don t get much of the sense of the 10 bit part,

as I understand, the output via hdmi is bound to the hdmi specs, meaning 16:9 so there ll be black areas at the sides, 

in 16:9 with fixed height the 4:3 anamorph area would be 2880 x 2160. so its the same as before the update isnt it?

 

[Zak Forsman]

the update adds new frame rates. currently limited to 25fps and 30fps. will now have 24fps and 23.976fps. also HDMI is currently completely disabled.

[johnnymossville]

I'm thinking it's finally time to get into anamorphic and join the party. The footage I've seen with v-log looks great as well.      Any recommendations on which anamorphic lens would be a good start?    

[Dane]

This new Anamorphic 24p 10bit mode is fantastic news. I'm curious how much more of a crop is there in this 4:3 mode vs Arri's 4:3 35mm sensor?