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Above: DSLRNewsShooter investigates the Blackmagic Cinema Camera on the NAB show floor in Las Vegas
EOSHD spoke to John Brawley today, the pro shooter close to the Blackmagic team and with one of the first prototype cameras. You can see all the footage here
This tip will give you a 1 stop brighter exposure, a punchier image and better colour from your GH2 / AF100 and GH1.
Don’t miss it.
Read moreTips and tricks for making Panasonic look more like Canon
A few people are telling me that Panasonic plan to show a mock up of the AF100’s successor at NAB. The model number has been set, and will be revealed along with the main specs.
UPDATE – the product is not necessarily a replacement for the AF100, but Panasonic will definitely be showing a prototype new camera.
Read moreAF100 successor expected to be revealed at NAB (Updated)
I was guest of ReWo today at MBF, a rental shop in Berlin. They originally planned to do a head to head with a RED and Sony F3 but since these cameras were stuck in Frankfurt we instead had a play with the GH2 versus AF100.
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Diopters are somewhat of a miracle with anamorphic lenses. My Tokina +0.4 helped cut the minimum focus distance of my Isco down to less than 4ft from 2 meters and helped sharpen it up at fast apertures like F1.4.
Read moreEnabling shallow DOF and low light on Panasonic LA7200 anamorphic with LOMO Foton
German website Slashcam recently tested the GH2 and AF100, and shot something which I never do – a test chart – with surprising results.
Above, shot with the actual 12.5mm F1.3 prime lens
Stanley Kubrick often used to like shooting with an 18mm lens for his trademark wide angle style, with S35mm film. The 18 is roughly 24mm in 35mm photography terms.
A more recent example is the Canon 24mm F1.4L on a 5D Mark II used to such great effect in Undercity (below). It is this kind of look I want to create with my GH2.
Read moreComputar 12mm F1.3 with full sensor coverage on the GH2 and AF100
On the back of the official AF100 firmware update (available here at Panasonic), it appears unofficial high bit rates and 1080/60p are coming to the AF100 in the form of a Vitaliy Kiselev hack.
When asked of the hack was doable, Vitaliy replied “definitely”.
Read moreVitaliy Kiselev begins work on Panasonic AF100 hack
