ninja 2 and GH2

Bill Bruner · May 8th, 2012, 05:10 AM

William - In my view, there aren't a lot of people doing this because they are making this 'return on investment' calculation: "Do I hack my camera to record to a costly external recorder - or do I hack my camera, record at high internal bitrates and get the same or better quality for a lot less money?"

For some people, who already have the external recorder, it might be worth it. But for most of us, the firmware hacks are much more practical.

And I think you do need a PC to run the AviSynth solution, unless you're a software wizard and can run it on a Mac using Wine and VirtualDub. Too complicated for me :-)

Cheers,

Bill

William Hohauser · May 8th, 2012, 06:46 AM

The ability to record in the camera and an external recorder simultaneously would be great but as I am learning, probably not easily accomplished with the GH2. The cadence strangeness is easy to see on the 24p HDMI output just by panning the camera. The HDMI monitor I use accepts the signal without a problem so whatever is introducing the frame holds is prior to the final generation of the signal. The holds also don't seem to be regular but perhaps there is a pattern or a frame code generated that an enterprising programmer could elucidate and use in creating a ProRes file frame rate converter that I would gladly pay for. At this point I am going to test the free 44Mbit "Vanilla" hack and save $1000 plus dollars over the Atmos Ninja.

Hugh Raggett · July 28th, 2012, 07:39 AM

This may be true in the USA about Ninja, HDMI and GH2 problems - but how about Europe and PAL etc.? Any different here? Thanks, Hugh

May 8th, 2012, 05:10 AM	#16
Bill Bruner Major Player Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sunny California Posts: 513	Re: ninja 2 and GH2 William - In my view, there aren't a lot of people doing this because they are making this 'return on investment' calculation: "Do I hack my camera to record to a costly external recorder - or do I hack my camera, record at high internal bitrates and get the same or better quality for a lot less money?" For some people, who already have the external recorder, it might be worth it. But for most of us, the firmware hacks are much more practical. And I think you do need a PC to run the AviSynth solution, unless you're a software wizard and can run it on a Mac using Wine and VirtualDub. Too complicated for me :-) Cheers, Bill

May 8th, 2012, 06:46 AM	#17
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Re: ninja 2 and GH2 The ability to record in the camera and an external recorder simultaneously would be great but as I am learning, probably not easily accomplished with the GH2. The cadence strangeness is easy to see on the 24p HDMI output just by panning the camera. The HDMI monitor I use accepts the signal without a problem so whatever is introducing the frame holds is prior to the final generation of the signal. The holds also don't seem to be regular but perhaps there is a pattern or a frame code generated that an enterprising programmer could elucidate and use in creating a ProRes file frame rate converter that I would gladly pay for. At this point I am going to test the free 44Mbit "Vanilla" hack and save $1000 plus dollars over the Atmos Ninja. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

July 28th, 2012, 07:39 AM	#18
Hugh Raggett New Boot Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Montpellier (France) Posts: 22	Re: ninja 2 and GH2 This may be true in the USA about Ninja, HDMI and GH2 problems - but how about Europe and PAL etc.? Any different here? Thanks, Hugh