jonpais

Found the answer: the camera's already running firmware v1.1.

I did that already.

Okay, never mind about the battery life. How about firmware update v1.1? I downloaded the zip file and extracted the bin and copied it onto my SD card, inserted it into my fully charged camera, turned the camera on and hit play and - nothing! it just says no pictures to play or something. What am I doing wrong?

I grudgingly ordered a build after giving up trying to find a MBPr 2015 from a reputable dealer here. They quoted me from four to seven weeks, so maybe by the end of next month. I got 4GB graphics card and 500GB SSD. I still have to order a bunch of new cables, adapters and an SD card reader.

Max Yuryev talks about performance using FCP 10.3 You can download and run BruceX to test the render performance of your machine. You can download the zip file for BruceX here.

FCP X 10.3 is even faster.

Can anyone tell me how many minutes of video you can shoot on one battery with the G85?

And I'd like to know if anyone can tell me what battery life is for video on G85.

I haven't shot with my G85 yet, but I prefer the look and feel of the smaller G bodies to the oversized, butt ugly GH4 any day.

You do not want to shoot 1080p on the GH4 unless you need the slo mo or something. There have already been numerous discussions and videos online about this. Shooting 4K and downsampling to 1080p in the NLE timeline will result in more detailed images without the aliasing and moire that plagues these cameras when shooting HD. With Panasonic, the 4K does not require terabytes of SD cards, either. If you're looking for a camera that shoots nice HD, get yourself a cheap used GM1. Have a look at Jase's handheld work with the GM1 and Nokton: it's beautiful. Panasonic fumbled when they discontinued the GM lineup. Sorry to hijack this thread with off topic discussion, but in a few days we'll know all the specs of the GH5 anyway: organic global shutter, 20 stops of dynamic range, H265, etc. ?

Go ahead, try it, then share your results. ???

Because Panasonic will be announcing the specs at their press event on January 4th.

We will find out in two weeks

I'd like to see more evidence of 2 stops increase in light sensitivity. What I'm seeing instead from the posted videos is sharper, more contrasty, less film-like footage than the GH4.

incremental changes... color is basically identical after three years.

May I ask what firmware you're using? What camera/lens combination?

Here's someone who understands a little something about the language of cinema. At last. But... the colors don't do anything for me at all. I'm going to give the G85 a fair shot, but if it disappoints me, I'm selling all my Panasonic bodies and lenses and switching over to Fuji.

The GH5 will be released in January. Available in March/April. Specs will be announced at CES January 4th. Camera will be available March/April.

You can purchase longer sliders from Edelkrone with a motor if you like. This isn't their only model.

Press event January 4th

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Nice to know. I'll change the settings right away and give it a try tomorrow afternoon. BTW, I have no issue at all with the dynamic range: use a fill light, change the composition, whatever it takes: t's not a Yi M1: it doesn't give the user helpful tips on composition. The Fuji X-T2 is without question the most exciting camera I've ever used in my life: the best build quality, the best lenses, the most accurate WB, and the most beautiful colors I've ever seen. I really could care less about IBIS and touch screen when I'm handling such a marvel. And Fuji is going to wipe the floor with Sony. Everyone's so caught up in reading specs over at DxO mark, et. al.; quibbling over the incremental changes over at Panasonic; and Olympus, with their overpriced, injection molded bodies produced in SouthEast Asia; and not sharing anything of value: instead of boasting about 1,500 pages of discussion of dynamic range, blah, blah, let's see some footage instead. Incidentally, footage from the GX85/G85 can be intercut with that from the GH4 and nobody could tell which is which. I've been struggling for years to get a decent image out of my Panasonics, and I get the X-T2, and voila! I'm finally getting color and clarity I could only dream of - and I've processed my own Ektachrome, made color separation gravure prints, gum bichromate prints, and Cibachromes and none of them begin to compare to the Fuji.

I think this might be very interesting as a second camera setup for interviews. Great for one-man operation. I've got the iFootage Shark Slider S1, but with a motor, it will cost thousands of dollars, and is unwieldy. I wouldn't use the word 'overkill', because it will produce beautiful results: but if there are budgetary restraints; if you're working in tight quarters; or you don't have an assistant; the Edelkrone is super fantastic.

You don't leave IOS on when the camera is mounted on a tripod, do you?