Photokina is less than a month away now and it is going to be a busy time. I will be there to get my hands on the new cameras, and I don’t think I can remember a month like this with such exciting products being released. Sony’s full frame camcorder the VG-900 will have a mirrorless mount, all in a video camera form factor for ÂŁ2.5k and of course we…
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[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/26611738[/vimeo] The GH2 is already a lot of bang for the buck. This hack has made it a bonafide plastic explosive! In the latest hack released today Vitaliy has enabled high bitrate AVCHD in 1080/24p cinema mode for the first time. These represent the first image quality improvements for the hacked GH2. What does it look like? Watch the video above to find out.
Above: EOSHD’s hacked GH2 with Zacuto EVF Flip and Iscorama!! Codecs are currently the biggest weakness of DSLR video but that is about to change, and no – not with an external record but inside the camera. The hacker Vitaliy Kiselev says he has had ‘a break-through’ – raising the AVCHD bitrate of the hacked GH2 to an average of 42Mbit – almost double the original Panasonic specification and higher…
EOSHD DSLR Video Wiki Update – discover whether your newly purchased Panasonic GH1 can be hacked here Update – the article has been rewritten based on my own tests, since there are conflicting reports elsewhere of whether 86Mbit is achievable or not, let alone reliable.
As the Panasonic GH1 Custom Firmware develops further, we now have quite a lot of options to choose from. We needed a really good test. So what’s even more fearsome than a camera chart? A lama. That’s what.
Wiki update [URL]http://wiki.eoshd.com/wiki/GH1_Custom_Firmware The HDSLR Wiki shows you how to enable 24p native recording and higher AVCHD bit-rates on the Panasonic GH1 without any fuss.