<<<-- Originally posted by Allan Rejoso : wide mode means 16:9 @ 30fps, and you can select frame mode from menu.

Don't think so. Wide mode means 16:9, then you have the option to set recording mode to either normal interlaced or frame (at 30fps). Default is normal interlaced.
-->>>
Sorry. My mistake. True, it is not 30fps considering that I've intepreted 30fps as being progressive also. I more like reffered to 30fps like the NTSC frame rate, even if interlaced, which is 29.97, so about 30fps.

You're still awake Marius.

I just woke up..enjoying my summer holidays!

Still awake Allan... my bed hour is 02:00[AM], so 8 minutes to go.
As about hollydays, I'll have one month off and far from here in less than two weeks :)

Wish you a great time... BTW, I think you'll be missed here...

ciao,
marius

We'll just be in Tokyo this year as the company allowed me only a week off... well, that's better than nothing. it's about time to shoot.

Cheers

Whether wide angle filter helps producing wide angle
 

Will all these filters make sense?

UV filter
flourescent filter
Polarize filter

and

Wide Angle lens or filter?

UV filter - IS this filter to protect the lens or just to take picture which reduces the bluish UV in the earth while taking the long or wide shot. For me it should make sense,

but about flourescent and polarize, whether useful for gs100k?


Wide Angle lens, covers more area than 16:9?

Any guys using any of these filters in gs 100k and certainly did it make any difference in quality of the stills or video?

Re: Whether wide angle filter helps producing wide angle
 

Will all these filters make sense?

UV filter
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YES, LEAVE IT ALL THE TIME ON, AS IT PROTECTS YOUR LENS FROM DUST AND OTHERS...

flourescent filter
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NOT FOR ME


Polarize filter
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YES. VERY GOOD.

and

Wide Angle lens or filter?
===
WOW WOW WOW... GIMME GIMME GIMME :D

UV filter - IS this filter to protect the lens or just to take picture which reduces the bluish UV in the earth while taking the long or wide shot.
===
DEPENDS ON THE FILTERS HOW MUCH UV THEY DROP.


Wide Angle lens, covers more area than 16:9?
===
YES. MUCH MORE.

Any guys using any of these filters in gs 100k and certainly did it make any difference in quality of the stills or video?
===
I HAVE SO FAR: UV, skylight and ND(neutral density) 4x. ND is used for reducing the light that gets into the lenses. usefull when you shoot with shutter being very fast, it reduces a lot the strobo effect since less light gets in.
I'll get a circular polarizer very soon(B&W)

ciao,
marius

Marius,
can you suggest which is the best UV filter, and where to get from, and the cheap and the best, i have to get one

or some reliable web sites good for these filters?

Sam, I have no idea where you could buy some online, because I bought mine from a local store. What I have is Hoya UV multicoated. These are not the best, but good for the money, 14 Euro. Much better would have been B&W but that costs like 40 Euro, too much for my budget.

For a circular polarizer I will get B&W, that's about 55 Euro, but it's one of the best polfilter.

ciao,
marius

In the US, you can buy a B+W multi-coated UV filter from www.bhphotovideo.com. B+W is the best.

If you want a wide angle, check out the Raynox HD-6600 Pro 43mm also from bhphotovideo. Raynox is here http://www.raynox.co.jp/english/video/egwidehdxl.htm. The key features of this lens are unusually low barrel distortion and it is zoomable. If you are shooting anamorphic it really opens up the scene.

Here is an excellent website comparing wide angle converters with actual frame grabs.

http://www.ferrario.com/ruether/WA-converters.htm

Thanks Marius and Eng Yew Lee

so Raynox costs around 120 bucks

b+w MRC uv filter around 36.50

Have to see my wallet!!!!

Is Panasonic LW4307 Wide angle Lens, better than the Raynox HD-6600 Pro 43mm ?

Anybody got from PriceJapan?

Sam, I am also interested about LW4307 and LW4307ME and what is the difference between the two.
The price I have seen here is 105 vs 140 Euro, and I was wondering what the diff could be.
For a Raynox... that's hard for me, since I can't find any 43mm version of the 6600Pro, and it also costs 170 Euro.

Samuel, I just received the Panasonic wide angle through pricejapan. It cost $162 including shipping. It took a bit longer to obtain, according to pricejapan, because Panasonic doesn't put that many of its accessories out on the market. I can't speak to the usage issue, because I haven't shot any footage yet. I can say that it is unthreaded, which poses a problem for those planning to use filters (not a problem for me, as I am going with what I read somewhere about not using a filter - except possibly for special effects - if you are planning to film in low light conditions), and I think the lens cap is a laugh, because it's 1) soft plastic and 2) there isn't any way to attach it to the camera and therefore it's more likely to get lost in the shuffle.

Patricia, ITs too costly, I guess!

Soft plastic, which lens cap? cap for the wide angle or cap for the filter?

did u get only the wide angle lens from price japan separately?

How to increase or decrease the audio volume in the camcorder, while it plays a recorded tape ?

I tried the zoom button zoom in or zoom out , no effect.

Every one forgot about the manual translation I guess!!

There are PV DV 953 and NV GS 70 ENGLISH manual are available online in pdf format, from one call.com

Any Japanese if they see both, they can just cut and paste and add some extra thing specific to gs 100 by translating.

The job will be done almost a week, even if they spend one hour alteast per day.

We need only the japanese translation to english, then some one can arrange it together and create another pdf file

HOw is it? any suggestions!! Comon Japanese Gurus Pls give hands?

Frank

So GS 100k or black Mamba, selling as hot cake I guess!

(like its already in the hands of 100 english speaking persons of US, quote from chuckmesiter)

okay i think this needs to be said again
if in fact you bought this or any other cam
i feel the learning curve would be the same
take for instance if you bought a new powershot s50 you would have to read the manual over and over a few times before it set in its the same here its mostly greek "so to speak" to all of us but if in fact you commit yourself to learning as in an english manual its the same
all memory
the menu is jap ok
but so is any other cam manual the trick is repitition i swear its all is the same if every cam were to come in jap tomorrow we would not have any trouble learnng it



well why dont ya just whip me on the head with all this crazy in circles of insane madness and just gimmie the translation will ya meister... sheesh =)
just kidding but even if translation was available over in that hyperbole jungle you are better off just browsing gs70 mx5k and 953 manuals and take yerself over to a superstore that sells one of the above and spend 20 mins tinkering & it will all become clear
i had some doubts about a jap language camera but its fairly straightforward after an afternoon cram session with the above manuals and the store visit i feel much better and would advise anyone looking for a camera with a 1000$ pricetag dont let the language get in the way
compare what you get when you are at that superstore
$1000 cams have 2.5 screens 2mp stills 1 ccd and this is just things you notice within 2 seconds of "looking" dont even have to touch another camera to see the value you get for overlooking the language
i will say old meister is right about 1 thing americans are getting a bummer deal
IMHO it is the best investment for 1100 bucks worth

another thing is
do get yerself a tripod
its much easyier learning with the cam sitting on a tripod you can read the english essentials laid out on the floor whilst your cam sits in front of you at the most cumfy level all pages printed out while you tinker away
i cant say how much i have found it so easy to sit and get this thing commited to memory with it sitting on a stand and pages strewn about dont forget to have yer gs 70 and mx5k manual avaliable on yer pc for quik viewing and pages from 953 as well
i would love to have an english translation but realy its not so difficult

i would change my tune if the manuals above did not exist

raj
its simple
for playback of recordings to hear in higher volume
just hold the jog dial down for a sec
the menu dial and then viola
adjust the sound the round "i know u know what im talkin bout"
dial just press and hold it for like until you get bars for adjust



ding
ding
pow

Thanks Shawn
I am able to figure it out from the gs70 953 manuals.

Where does the waist battery VW-VBD7 for GS100 and 70 available in US ?

...

Waist battery
 

As far as I've heard, the waist battery is not directly available in the US at all.

I just got my black GS100 from PriceJapan (DHL) this morning and I got the waist battery with it...

The battery pack is smaller than I had expected it to be. ;-)

I do know the battery came with the cables for both battery types (GS100 and MX500/DV953 compatable) so you just use the cable you need and toss the other... Or keep it so you can use the battery with a friends camera and make them drool. ;-)

Thanks Donald. I hope the waist battery will soon be available in US.

I dont want to order only that one from price japan.

query for gs100 owners
 

hello board,

I'm buying the GS100K within the next couple of days.

Need your inputs on two things:

1. the CD with the driver software that comes with the shipment is in Japanese, and will work only with Jap OS. Is there an alternate that will work with Windows 2000?

2. The remote that comes is also marked in Japanese. Is there an English alternate?

I am OK with dealing with the Jap menus using the excellent translation provided by others on this board, and intend to manage with the 953 Manual.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Amit:

I used to have a pdf of the english buttons on the remote on my computer. I can't find it now and I think I deleted it. I understand that a new one (english) from B & H is only 16 dollars. That may be something you might want to do. The English version remote translation pdf is somewhere in this forum I think- I believe it's been posted here before. You might also want to check the Yahoo forum on the GS100. There are several posts there where english translations were made. I do have the Japanese menu translations if you require them but they are also available here online.

As for the software I can't help you, but I did read that the software can be downloaded from the Panasonic site so you should be in business.

Good luck.

thanks Rick,

much appreciated.
I've posted another query on the gs100K owners association thread.

would be great have your point of view.

There's OIS and Mega OIS. OIS I can enable on the Camera Setup menu. How do I enable Mega OIS?

What's the difference? Should I just leave OIS or Mega OIS on all the time (except when using a tripod)?

Mega OIS is enabled only in still picture mode automatically when you half press the shutter.

For normal video use the OIS is controled via the menu (on/off)

Mega OIS is extremely useful for stills. It stablizes the picture and produces sharp images even when the camcorder is shaky (holding the camcorder with one hand and at 4x zoom). It manifests itself as a dot in the middle of the viewfinder in photo mode. When the dot is green, Mega OIS has a "lock" on your subject.

OIS is your standard Optical Image Stablization for video. That works great too IMO. It eliminates a lot of my hand "shake" and vibration induced movements. Best of all, unlike Electronic (EIS) it works in all light conditions including low light.

The green dot actually signifies that the image is in focus. thus you can safely take the still shot. In Japanese, that dot is called "shutter chance mark".

You can deactive MEGA OIS and still be able to focus and take stills..but why would anyone do that?

Regards

Mike de la Fuente - Manual download
 

I thought this thread was for OPERATING INSTRUCTION SUBJECT MATTER ONLY.

Mike,

I looked at both your translated and Japanese manuals. Other then the English translated section, the Japanese text did not transfer properly. I want to fool around with translation the document with some Japanese friends. Can you email me a copy of the Japanese manual in a format that I can read and download.

Email me at ricklorimarshall@hotmail.com for my personal email. Because of its size, I don't think my hotmail account will handle the full document.

Can ANYONE tell me were I can download the manual in PDF format.

Rick

Hi Rick,

You can download the GS100K manual in Panasonic web site. I can also email a copy to you.

Blue menu items
 

Can anyone tell me what "blue" menu items are? Does that mean that a function is disabled? I just got the GS100 and am trying to figure out the settings...some menu items are shown in dark blue...and don't seem available... For example, in the camera setup menu, Program AE(which should have 6 options) shows in dark blue with only one option available....

Thanks...

Peter

Blue means disabled under the default setting (full auto). Just switch to manual and more options will be available (they'll turn white that is).

Yes Peter,
The blue menu means it�fs not available for certain setting.

For example AE preset exposures are not accessible in Auto mode. You have to switch to Manual mode (the button on the left side of the lens barrel) to activate AE exposures.

Same is valid for different options in the menu when you are in card mode, etc�c

Tony Leung - GS100 Operations Manual
 

Tony Leung,

Can you send me the Japanese GS100 operating manual. I emailed you personally with my email address.

Please advise

Hi Rick,

Here's the panasonic page to download the Japanese manual (PDF) from:

http://panasonic.jp/support/video/manual/manual.html

it's about 1/2 way down the page in the middle column.

Once you open the manual, click on the little text icon in the top menu bar and then you can cut/paste any non-graphics text from the .pdf into translator software or whatever...

hope this helps.

Just as a sidebar to this, I read in the GS70 manual that the OIS function may not work effectively if you have a lens adapter--wide or tele--on the cam. Anybody know anything about this? Is it true? I normally leave my wide adapter on all of the time.

Peter