Sample video (720 24p) on Vimeo / download the original file
Sample stills (12MP)
Meet the Nokia mobile which does 24p. Sounds like a joke doesn’t it?
Nokia’s N8 has a specially developed sensor which is the largest ever found in a mobile device, and larger than all but the highest end compacts like the Panasonic LX3.
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Full screen it here – http://www.vimeo.com/11349060
On location in – Hong Kong
Music by – Radiohead, Karma Police
Equipment – Panasonic GH1, anamorphic LA7200 adapter + 10-22mm EF Canon, Super Comat F1.9 c-mount, kit lens (14-140mm), Zeiss 85MM F1.4, Canon 35mm F2 SSC FD
Look… I’d like nothing better than to go to a beautiful old-world place, clear my head of all other thoughts, and write, photograph or plot something – I’d love to sit on a beach in Spain, or travel to a mountain top.
Unfortunately Hong Kong was not the place to do it!!
Above: Hello ultra detailed image.
With the firmware programming tools now available, various GH1 owners have been tinkering with the camera. EOSHD has been keeping a close watch on early developments.
Read moreFirmware hack brings 720 24p at 24Mbps to Panasonic GH1
I’ve been collecting site stats since the start of 2010 on Google Analytics and it is quite interesting where the big interest in HDSLR video is coming from, at least on my radar.
Read moreEOSHD Stat Attack – Interest in HDSLR video by country
Every wondered how the Sony Alpha series delivers a live view image from a very small sensor in the viewfinder housing without cropping, mimicking the field of view of the main CMOS, while enabling super fast phase detect AF at the same time? (Deep breath). Well, it seems Panasonic did wonder this, and plan to bring such innovations to a range of lenses previously not fully compatible with mirror-less bodies.
The adapter features electronics, a mirror system and phase detect AF chip. This allows auto-focus as well as full frame focal lengths with standard DSLR lenses on the Lumix G range.
I’ve rounded up some juicy quotes from Panasonic’s broadcast / pro division product manager which you may find interesting.
“This camera (the AF100) delivers an uncompressed HD output, if you want to by pass the AVCCAM codec, you may”
That’s good news to say the least. This means you can record uncompressed RAW 1080p on Nanoflash via HD-SDI. The biggest gains in HDSLR video is not going to be from incremental sensor improvements, but by a huge leap in image processing. How about aliasing? Does it line skip?
Tools have become available to reverse engineer the Panasonic GH1’s firmware and to create custom camera features, much like the Magic Lantern hack for the 5D Mark II.
Read morePanasonic GH1 firmware hacked, new features to follow shortly?
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Thought I’d do a Bob Dylan video!
Philip Bloom recently shot a short near the coast with the latest Panasonic broadcast camera – the HPX370. To see how the humble GH1 compares on a similar shoot I went along to see the north coast of Taiwan at Gingshang taking along my GH1 and simply the kit lens.
