craigsnedeker Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 All these quality settings I've seen on the GH2 confused me. Which one records the best, clearest quality? I'm not entirely worried about file size at this time (though there will be times I need a smaller file size) I just can't tell which one is best overall. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Rios Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Hi Craig, Take a look on: [url=http://www.eoshd.com/gh2-patch-vault]http://www.eoshd.com/gh2-patch-vault[/url] You have to shoot with each one and then watch the footage to make conclusions. And the same for the others. I like and recomend the EOSHD Intra-esting. Excellent quality( 88Mbit AVCHD Intra) and allows to record more then 10 minutes without stop. Also you get a intraframe codec ( there's no groups of frame) wich is better to perform on my imac(CPU). A 32 gb's card means 44 minutes record time. I use Sandisk class 10 30mbits. Saludos. Francisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 If I read you right, you are not talking about hacked GH2 and the various patches? If I'm right, the highest quality is the 24 fps cinema setting and with the new 1.1 firmware there's a high bit rate 30p setting too... The various film modes are good for different types of shots... I have become best friends with the Nostalgic setting, which I feel gives me the best flat base for grading... but shoot lots of test scenes in the varous settings to see for yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigsnedeker Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 [quote]Hi Craig, Take a look on: [url=http://www.eoshd.com/gh2-patch-vault]http://www.eoshd.com/gh2-patch-vault[/url] You have to shoot with each one and then watch the footage to make conclusions. And the same for the others. I like and recomend the EOSHD Intra-esting. Excellent quality( 88Mbit AVCHD Intra) and allows to record more then 10 minutes without stop. Also you get a intraframe codec ( there's no groups of frame) wich is better to perform on my imac(CPU). A 32 gb's card means 44 minutes record time. I use Sandisk class 10 30mbits. Saludos. Francisco.[/quote] Ok thanks, I'll take a look [quote author=kirk link=topic=294.msg1863#msg1863 date=1329673827] If I read you right, you are not talking about hacked GH2 and the various patches? If I'm right, the highest quality is the 24 fps cinema setting and with the new 1.1 firmware there's a high bit rate 30p setting too... The various film modes are good for different types of shots... I have become best friends with the Nostalgic setting, which I feel gives me the best flat base for grading... but shoot lots of test scenes in the varous settings to see for yourself! [/quote]The Nostalgic setting sounds good, as I like to color grade my footage. Is this a hacked-feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 The Nostalgic is one of several film modes available on your GH2, hacked or unhacked. Since you can't yet shoot in raw it is important to choose the settings carefully to get the most information down on the card, and make editing easier. The nostalgic opens up the shadows nicely, providing a greater span from blocked highligts to pitch blacks to work with. If you turn on the histogram you can see the changing curves of the various film modes. Turning contrast down to minus 2 helps further too... Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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