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hi,

i dont know if this is new, but never saw it before:

nice highlight rendition and a DOF preview:
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a focus pull and a waterfall example, dont know what it is supposed to show:
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autofocus demo:
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Hi Tom,

Yeah these have already been posted. I presume the waterfall shot is supposed to demonstrate the control over shutterspeed. The focus pull of the two girls is a nice looking picture, but it shows that with this very small setup, you're going to need the camera really well locked down to do focus while filming. There is a bit of camera shake, just as the cameraman ( or should it be a hybridograher? ) pulls focus.

Adrian

yea, tru that, you really need to add some weight to the rig before doing some stuff
like focus pulling without a followfocus.

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the vignetting is pretty strong on the DOF sample video, where u see the sand as a still.
and it doesnt even look like a short focal length.

lets use this threat to post more footage:

Panasonic Micro 4/3 GH1 and 14-140mm - Video feature hands-on ? AF and Manual mode tests - SlashGear

And so it begins...
YouTube - LUMIX GH1 ??????? ?????????

And here's one in HD:
YouTube - LUMIX GH1 ??????2 ?????????

YouTube - 720p30 from GH1 INDIRECT

From that clip it seems that non moving shots look good
but once you move the camera in a pan then horrible looking
horizontal noise lines start to appear which seemed colored
so they don't appear to be skips from youtube streaming
but rather from the camera itself though I may be wrong.

I suppose this could be because it may have been in an auto mode
that can't react quickly when panning or creates these noise problems
when it has any type of vibration.

In the newest clips from the Japanese store, the zoom
is silent but the aperture button gives
a very noticeable sound and the footage wasn't that good
looking.

Dylan: Maybe this was a prototype model ? There is no such artefacts on previous GH1 videos, even with pan/etc...
Hope other footage won't show the same issue :/

video
 

Can't someone put some footage on Vimeo. That's at least real 720p and we could download the original... This youtube cr*p is so hard to judge...

confirmed, the footage posted by Dylan was from a prototype camera:
GH1 1080p24 at PMA 2009 By Steve Mullen On ExposureRoom

I hope you are right and that problem was fixed from the prototype.

I found this new clip from what appears to be
someone using it in their house, and it looks very good but the user didn't pan.

YouTube - DMC-GH1 HD?????

I downloaded the file from YouTube. No doubt its very crisp. But I must admit it doesn't look like it has the special mojo the 5DMkII has. And, unfortunately, I'm seeing banding flutter on this.

But I'll be awaiting footage from skilled hands.

Low light sample:
YouTube - LUMIX-GH1

raw 1080p footage here !
http://www.dvxuser.com/barry/PRIVATE.zip

edit:
raw 1080p footage from the night video:
http://sss1.sakura.ne.jp/download/20090424_205752.m2ts

and another 1080p footage:
http://sss1.sakura.ne.jp/download/20090424_212010.m2ts

The "PRIVATE" footage looks really nice. So now we know that the footage is good, you can have autofocus and manual aperture control, the only still unresolved question for me is the hdmi output, Can you record uncompressed to a device like the ona AJA just announced at NAB?

Well, unfortunately the "private" clip confirms the 24p in a 29.97i wrapper statement.
Sometimes I am reasonably glad to live in a PAL country.

I believe once people start adapting prime lenses this will look more like the Canon 5D2 (currently DOF is not that shallow with F4 upwards kit lens). And of course once they dial the sharpness and contrast setting down a bit.

Hair looks a bit blocky - wondering whether that's related to the way they read the 12mpx sensor.

Rolling Shutter
 

Someone films with the GH1 in an electronics store. The first pan makes me dizzy. Yet when you pause during the pan and check the still, rolling shutter is not so bad at all! Clearly visible, but who would do such a mad pan in real life anyway?

Sensor readout speed seems to be at least 1/48th of a sec. No Nikon-style wobble.

Downloaded the folder. How do you drop this onto a timeline or play it back. It seems to be a succession of folders, like it's P2 material.

I just dopred the file named 00024.mts (\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM) and droped it on the DIXV player and it playes fine.

Never mind - used the AVCHD import function in Sony Vegas to check it out.

Footage looks nice, but obviously interlaced, and there does seem to be some vertical banding going on. A little disappointing; but of course it's very early footage.

For now, I am back waiting for the 5D MKII firmware update. Come on, Canon!

Some more HD on Youtube:
YouTube - ???

Multiple lens sample:

YouTube - Test: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1 Vol.1

Though crappy YouTube quality, still gives a nice idea of the possibilities.

Some more short tests:
YouTube - DMC-GH1 Test2
YouTube - DMC-GH1 Test3
YouTube - DMC-GH1 Test3

sexy footage here:
YouTube - GH1?AVCHD????

Balcony shot in Japan
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/newreply....te=1&p=1133234

Banners in wind
YouTube - LUMIX DMC-GH1???TEST

Motorcycle mounted riding shot
YouTube - Motorcycle Handlebar Mounted Lumix DMC GH1 Camera

Outside Train and Trees
YouTube - [HD] Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1 with LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm vol.1

Walking through flowers, low angle (nice)
YouTube - LUMIX GH1 - SAMPLE3

Trees panning down
YouTube - LUMIX GH1 - SAMPLE2

Night shot
YouTube - LUMIX DMC-GH1???TEST2

Love the night shot @f1.8 !

Yeah, so clean in the shadows. I wonder how controllable the NR will be in video mode?

GH1 group footage on vimeo

Panasonic GH1 videos on Vimeo

Nice variety, including some great night shots:
YouTube - Lumix GH1 short movie KICHIJOUJI

I’ve posted under some of the YouTube videos to see if the person would be willing to upload an original file for people to download and here's one of them.

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service
from YouTube - DMC-GH1???

I'm going to see how many other people responded to my request.

That's a golden suggestion, Paulo.

This might be of interest also.
Panasonic GH1 + Nikkor Ais28mm/f.2.0 on Vimeo

Thanks Paulo. I downloaded that master and played it using VLC. A lot of the frames, especially during pans, are turning to... well here's a frame grab (roughly 90% of the frame anyway). Are we seeing the codec fall apart or is this just a VLC problem?

Otherwise, the footage looks very crisp.

VLC doesn't have good h264 decoding, prefer MPC-HC.

Shot in moving bus of clouds outside, w/audio
YouTube - lumix gh1 movie test 20090426

Video does not look great?
 

Am I missing something? The samples I have seen do not have anywhere near the impressive look as the Canon 5DII samples. I have been saving up for the GH1 because of manual control and articulated view finder - but now? I don't know!

I think you missed thoses 4 footages:
YouTube - GH1?AVCHD????
YouTube - LUMIX DMC-GH1???TEST2
YouTube - Test: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1 - Pt.1
YouTube - LUMIX GH1 - SAMPLE3

Please remember the effective bitrate of the GH1 codec is ~1/3 that of the Canon 5D2.
That's NOT 1/3 less. That's 1/3 as in 66% less. As in ~38 - 42 Mbps vs. ~14 Mbps.
You would expect it to make a difference.

And then you have the issues of sensor noise and lack thereof, speed (ISO), lattitude, lens quality....and much of the footage we're seeing so far from the GH1 is what I would call grab shots, if that, with little or no effort to stabilize the camera on any kind of tripod, monopod, shoulder mount, or anything else.

By comparison the Canon 5D M2 hit the market with everyone going nuts over the footage Vincent Laforet, a true professional, shot. And it shows.

Vincent Laforet

For me a valid comparison is how does this compare to a HMC150? Canon XH-A1? You can make up/add to your own list. Is it better at half, or less, their price? It does have DOF covered along with interchangable manual lens choices. I would definitely get a Pentax K-mount lens adapter, if I get one. I could use all my FA lenses and some of my DA's.

I agree that the V. Laforet footage is not a fair comparison - high production values.
But here is a small file version of a 5DII shoot in an orphanage. If I knew that the GH1 could look near as good I would buy without hesitation
Ostashkovo orphanage 1min Film. By Oleg Kalyan On ExposureRoom

Robin thanks for those samples I had looked at them before - but I was making a critical mistake. On YouTube samples I have to press the HD button to get a better looking HD viewing - makes a big difference - sorry for the mix up. I am more impressed now.
Paul

The Orphanage piece is very nice - but it has production values too.
I'm guessing every shot was on a tripod, monopod, or shoulder mount.
Most shots are static - the camera isn't moving even if the kids are.
At the 7/8 point you're looking into the face of a young boy and you can see light donuts in his eyes.
What do you want to bet that was a ring light.

I like the footage on Vimeo better than Youtube because more often than not you can download the original file. Gives a much better feel for the camera. Like this one:

http://www.vimeo.com/4354393

Very nice GH1 video:
YouTube - Test: Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1 - Pt.3

After thoroughly testing AVCHD 24p over 60i workflow with the Canon HF S100, I finally started to see the staircase issues. For that camera I won't care - it's for fun. But it got me to go look at the 2 source files I have of the GH1 - there's barry's and a street night shot. I was curious if they also had the staircase, and alas, they do.

Has anyone else pixel peeped on these source files?

-steev