My new toy, the GH2, arrived and I changed my plan to use the 5D2 exclusively for my friend’s Lamar Lawson first music video. The GH2 was set to
1080/24p at 24mbps, neutral color setting, sharpening, contrast and saturation were set to -2. On the 5D2, neutral, sharpness was set to 0, contrast to -4, saturation to -2, color tone at the default setting. I shot the black suit and tie sequence, starting @ 0:30 until the end, fire @ 1:50 and pier encounter @ 2:25 with the 5D2 and the 50mm, aperture settings from 1.2 to 2.0, the rest was shot with the GH2 and the Nokton 25mm, aperture ranged from 0.95 to 1.4. The white balance was set manually on both cameras via K settings and I am very pleased to report that color rendering/reproduction on both cameras is nearly identical, no noticeable shift in the primary colors or anywhere else. No problems in post! Now why the 5D/GH2 and not 5D/7D/60D? This is very personal of course and I have used the 5D/7D combo quite a lot in the past. The Nokton changed everything, there is no equivalent lens to use on the 7D/60D, additionally I like the option of AF during video takes with native pany lenses, esp the 7-14, my Canon L 50mm via adapter transforms into a great portrait lens on the GH2 and clean HDMI out during video recording is also very nice. What I have seen so far, esp the 24p cine mode on the GH2 produces very impressive results. I will be shooting a lot with the GH2 and can’t wait for the second body to arrive. Fun times! Lighting was a combo of available light and two 1×1 Lightpanels. If you like what you hear, check out Lamar Lawson’s music!
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Hi Mike. Great tech info and description, thanks!
Comment by Martin — January 22, 2011 @ 12:58 pm
thanks Martin!
Comment by mike.kobal — January 22, 2011 @ 1:00 pm
You’re an inspiration, Mike. Thank you for sharing your pathbreaking work with the GH2. Just made a small donation, hope it’s helpful.
Comment by Bill — January 22, 2011 @ 6:47 pm
thank you very much, Bill, I really appreciate it!
Comment by mike.kobal — January 22, 2011 @ 9:05 pm
this is just amazing. i love the description.
Comment by Alicia — January 23, 2011 @ 6:54 pm
are you referring to “superstar”? we treat all girls like that! you should hang out with us!
Comment by mike.kobal — January 23, 2011 @ 9:35 pm
great video,
found your stuff through dvinfo
your boys got a great voice,
u think it’d be possible for me to pitch him a song??
Comment by rob lee — February 24, 2011 @ 12:47 am
thanks Rob, just ask him, you never know…
Comment by mike.kobal — February 24, 2011 @ 4:15 pm
Hey Mike, I JUST discovered your blog. I’ve been eyeing the GH2 and it seems like one of the best DSLRs for the money. Thank you for reporting on it.
I notice a strobe like effect every minute or so on this video. Was that intended or was there something funky in the encoded file you sent to Vimeo…or did something happen on Vimeo’s end. The reason I ask is because I recently exported a 1920×1080 h.264 from a FCP timeline and I got the same exact problem. The clips in FCP were 1920×180. As a work around I exported in 720×1280 and the strobe problem went away.
Comment by doublejnyc — March 29, 2011 @ 10:56 am
thanks Justin, no problems, the effect was intended.
Comment by mike.kobal — March 29, 2011 @ 11:03 am
Just curious what program you’re using to convert the GH2 movie files for use on Mac. I’ve seen some software called Aunsoft and wondering if you use that or something else.
Comment by curtis — April 5, 2011 @ 10:11 pm
premiere pro, native editing for AVCHD
Comment by mike.kobal — April 8, 2011 @ 10:25 am
LOVE the site! I found it via youtube, and the gh2 clips are great. I’ve been following the clips and they have been excellent. Have you tried the gh2 hacks for a higher bitrate? If so, how are you finding them?
Also, do you have a collection of standard images? I’d be interested to see more from you
Comment by Brett — October 5, 2011 @ 10:44 am
thanks Brett! yes, have tried it on both, the GH1 and GH2, it is great to be able to shoot at such high bitrates, it produces better results, sometimes noticeably better, however, in most situations not enough of a visible difference especially if the final destination is Youtube the quality gain cannot be preserved and shared. Did you click the photo tab on this site, takes you to editorial fashion.
Comment by mike.kobal — October 5, 2011 @ 3:22 pm