Comments on: New Official GH2 firmware out, adds 25p, early findings

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:32:25 +0000

I try to use new firmware v1.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w01qBx3Z80g

Fuji X100 vs. GH2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XVKS2wTDY

By: pdc

pdc — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:12:50 +0000

Has anyone been able to extract camera or film settings from the M2TS metadata?

By: johnspirou

johnspirou — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:48:32 +0000

Now, you can shoot in 25p (30p in NTSC) (wrapped in 50i – 60i) and 24 Mbps … thats HBR

By: miseducation

miseducation — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:44:06 +0000

Just ordered my first GH2 which I’m thrilled about. Question, what does the High Bit Rate mode mean? Doesn’t the GH2 shoot at 24mbps AVCHD to begin with?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:02:28 +0000

Just tried it with 5DtoRGD to Pro Res then FCPX wants to play..

By: johnspirou

johnspirou — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:37:47 +0000

you can force FCPX too, to see it as progressive.
It works, just go to the info pane , and change the filed order.
And in fcpx prefs , change preview to high quality and then you dont see artifacts.
But , as in premiere too, it needs render again (if you put the footage to a progressive sequence)

By: Andrew Reid

Andrew Reid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:37:39 +0000

There must surely be an option. I don’t use FCPX at the moment for reasons like this, it isn’t complete enough or reliable. Try JES Deinterlacer, it is free. http://jeschot.home.xs4all.nl/home.html

By: Andrew Reid

Andrew Reid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:36:13 +0000

If memory serves right from the GH1 days you can also use Voltaic and JES De-interlacer to process the clips and remove the interlaced wrapper before importing to a NLE.

By: Andrew Reid

Andrew Reid — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:34:38 +0000

Great!

By: rsquires

rsquires — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:07:25 +0000

Well Premiere Pro CS5 brings it in correctly. 25fps no interlacing artefacts. FCPX on the other hand sees it as 1080i and forces an Upper Field playout which makes the picture look jagged and rubbish. There is no way in FCPx to change the way it handles the footage it seems. Not that I can see anyway

By: Simco123

Simco123 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:33:17 +0000

Has anybody tried AF in video recording?

By: sam rides a mtb

sam rides a mtb — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:54:33 +0000

you can do two things in Premiere to resolve this. Simply drop the file into a 25p (30p) timeline and see if you have 25 (or 30) unique frames with no interlacing artifacts. You should. Alternatively, you can change it to progressive in this interpret footage window under the conform option.

By: johnspirou

johnspirou — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:32:47 +0000

i tried premiere too… it doesnt work !

In premiere 5.5, right clip over m2ts 25 p file: Modify/Interpret Footage: Field Order: Upper field first. If you do the same process over 24p file, you get: No fields (Progressive Scan).
the same with footage from sony nex 5n @ 25p. No fields (Progressive Scan)

By: johnspirou

johnspirou — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:45:44 +0000

noise is redused in video too !

See here a small noise test @ 3200 ISO …

http://youtu.be/3jK-bSYPy1E

By: johnspirou

johnspirou — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:12:01 +0000

Avid and FCPX doesn’ t ….