John Matthews

Saw it. I feel like they were very dismissive of the video capabilities due to its lack of a microphone... (jackitis- look above) and I think they didn't really know how to use it (they must have used only default settings and cranked up the electronic IS). They misrepresented its 5 axis IBIS by calling it 3 axis IBIS + 2 axis IS in lens. They left out the fact it doesn't overheat and that the GX85 model doesn't have a max recording time. Finally, they said a 1" sony sensor has more dynamic range. The conclusion was simply that it's more of a still camera... whatever. I wonder what the GH5 review will look like for these guys... or maybe they'll learn how to use the camera first. I like their show though.

I agree, GH4 is better but it's a little orange. Thanks for your feedback!

@John Matthews I'll try the standard and compare it to natural next week. I was expecting the magenta comment  I know I should just start the grade from scratch but I wanted to see what you thought about it first. Grading skin tones is really difficult!
WB is tricky and needs more testing, but I agree that sunny is a good starting point in the summer. 
Which image did you like the best, GH4 or GX85?

Here's a video I made comparing the GX85 in Natural vs the GH4 with Cinelike D + Leeming LUT which is my favourite GH4 image. I'm by no means a colorist, but I think the results are ok. May need some additional tweaking here and there. What do you think?
For some reason when I upload videos in 4K instead of 1080p the video get's more orange. Anyone else noticed that?
 

Great.  Now I can record the feature lecturer at the insurance adjusters conference next month without having to miss a single moment by pausing the recording and then restarting.
Seriously though...is non-stop recording (a feature that many people seem to go on about) not at all a big deal?  Legitimate question: does anyone here really need to record this long?  I'm actually curious.

So you need a "Hack" that may break your camera warranty, a battery grip with two batteries on a 3000 USD camera to do something that a 800 USD Camera can do out of the box? Just saying...

I really don't understand why people even care about having a mic jack and headphone jack. Knowing you have poor audio REQUIRES you to pay attention to it, get the mic closer to the subject and just sync it. I'm OK for having the jacks, but rarely do manufactures include good preamps... yeah the GH4 and G7 have the mic jack, but it won't beat a zoom H1 ($100), correctly positioned, and perhaps hooked up to an even better mic. What's the big deal?

Honestly, this is probably the biggest reason for you to go with a Mac and FCPX. The auto synching feature with FCPX is nothing short miraculous. The lightning speed and accuracy blows me away every time I use it. 

I believe the corrections are already made in the raw files. There are some raw converters that open Panasonic files without the corrections

And where are Panasonic and Olympus lenses??? It's a bug?
 

Adobe Camera RAW update... GX80/85 is now supported. I started looking at it and I'm impressed so far.
Go here: 
mac: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=6067&sdid=952G4XMS&skim19445X767302Xf77773524ac4c51fd9957afb28a66c8e
windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=6068&sdid=952G4XMS&skim19445X767302X5f9888bb3155db5bc04227b1a3892c8c

another boring test clip... this time the gx80 has wheels!!    testing it and my riding abilities on an electric skateboard...
 

At Cinegear, I asked a Panasonic salesman about the HDMI output of both the GX85 and the G7, and he insisted that both gave 8 bit, 4:2:0 video out of HDMI.
 
 
Later, I went to the Atomos booth, and asked a rep if any of their recorders could sense the bit depth and chroma sub-sample of a camera signal (to test the outputs of the G7 and GX85).  He said no, but after taking a swig from his beer, he boasted that he knew the output specs on every camera and that the G7 was definitely 8 bit, 4:2:2.  After I offered a US$5 wager that the G7 wasn't 8 bit, 4:2:2, we went to the Panasonic booth to find out the answer.
 
 
With the tipsy Atomos rep at my side, suddenly the Panasonic salesman was not so sure as before.  He admitted that the output of some cameras haven't been tested, but that the corporate office instructed the sales reps to say 8 bit, 4:2:0 for most cameras.  However, he was definitely sure that the G7 output 8 bit, 4:2:0.
 
 
So, I don't know what to tell you.  Hopefully, someone will connect the GX85 to a capable monitor/recorder/analyzer and post the answer here.

@fuzzynormal Ok I have to say that I thought you were just being crazy but I finally had time to sit down and check out what was going on here. You're right, every other frame is missing. It happens on my GX7 too. But you will be pleased to hear that it doesn't happen on the GX80  Though I still recommend avoiding shooting at that shutter speed

so no news about gx85/80 hdmi output? 10 bit 422?
has anyone tried?

@Andrew Reid
Re: I wouldn't replace my GX80 with the XC10 and lose the use of interchangeable lenses, etc.
You have piqued my curiosity:  Will there be a GX80/85 with Black Magic Video Assist 4K Pro Res vs internal 4K vs the XC10 C-Log 4K video comparison?
Thanks!
Mark

Here's some quick shots I took yesterday with the GX85 and SLR Magic 10 T2.1 + vari ND. It's nothing special really but that BIS is awesome!
All handheld with no stabilization in post. Natural picture profile -2-5-5-2. Graded in FCPX and Color Finale. I also uploaded the ungraded version, link in youtube description.
 

I thought you would use the same shutter speed as your desired output? So if you're shooting 60p for slow motion on a 24p timeline, you would use 1/50th shutter speed?

Thank you! I found some other 4k clips in the footage thread, and indeed editing 4k isn't a problem for the Mini, at least for simple stuff.

I shot some handheld test footage outdoors yesterday, all on the Sigma 18-35 with Metabones SpeedBooster and Standard Profile (-2,-5,-5,-3). No grading applied.
 

I'm sure he's still interested in posting something about its video quality. There are over 50000 views on the forum pages concerning the gx80. The interest is certainly there. 

I'm sure he's still interested in posting something about its video quality. There are over 50000 views on the forum pages concerning the gx80. The interest is certainly there. 

I'm sure he's still interested in posting something about its video quality. There are over 50000 views on the forum pages concerning the gx80. The interest is certainly there. 

I think we lost Andrew to that ultra high end Panny..

From what I've learned about white balance in video, AWB is the worst setting because the camera will change it on the fly. I've been told that many directors simply choose "sunny" or "tungsten" depending on the circumstances- that's it. IMO that's the best way to go as these cameras were calibrated this way and it will give consistency across your work as well as making it a super-fast setting to dial in. If you don't like the colors, just adjust them in post. The GX80 offers plenty of room in the 4k files to do this.