I’ve made some of my Photokina GH2 prototype footage available for technical analysis. You can download the footage from Vimeo here. It’s shot in 1080/50i mode (50p on the sensor). It’s important to first note that this is prototype footage and strictly not representative of the final product. Also if you mention the footage or link to it from other places, please make this clear and credit it to EOSHD.com.
Month: September 2010
Above – genius, behind the Panasonic GH2. The leader of Panasonic’s digital imaging development team has admitted that resources have been diverted from global shutter development in order to satisfy market demand for 3D gimmickry.
B&H are now accepting pre-orders for the Panasonic GH2, with a November shipping date. Click here to pre-order the Panasonic GH2 from B&H
At 43Rumors.com, VK has been interviewed regarding the GH2. Please do read the interview in full. Although it contains quite a few contradictions, technically it is quite illuminating.
Above – GH2 circuitry and sensor unit, whole camera exploded view, Photokina Cologne, Germany. Discuss this and more on our new GH2 forum When the GH1 was released in 2009, for nearly a year we had a camera with a very poor codec until the hack situation turned this around. Footage would turn to mud on fast motion or whip pans, sometimes even gentle handheld shots depending on the lens…
[vimeo]15194701[/vimeo] Bruce Dale of the National Geographic has shot this beautiful piece with the Panasonic GH2. The quality is seriously impressive! He presented the footage at Photokina yesterday and I was there to see it, looked fantastic on the big screen.
DigitalRev have posted my show summary at Photokina, which has a more general overview of the whole show including photos. Click here to check it out!
First impressions of the Panasonic GH2 are overwhelmingly positive. There was not another DSLR at Photokina by Canon or Nikon that can compete as an all-rounder. The GH2 is a complete package.