ISO 12800 7D vs GH2 - Battle for the ugliest gain

[bradleyg5]

what's with all the colour shift happening on the GH2? does that always happen? that's a complete killer, I'd take the 7d before I took unpredictable colour shifting.

[PointGuardOfficial]

hey I'm looking at starting shooting music videos and short films, I'm stuck between the panaonic or the canon what would you advise to me the panasonic is a lot better when hacked than what the canons are thank you.

[theyeticom]

This is not a fair test for examining detail. You have the aperture open much further on the 7D as seen by the bokah on the wheel and the door handle. In addition the center of focus on the GH2 was on the dashboard, vs the 7d was about half way between the dashboard and the front wheel.

[CrownProductionsAust]

I don't see how this is even competitive. The gh2 noise is less intense and more tolerable in nature.

[dillonm117]

gh2's noise looks a little grainy like film almost. Its not bad

[Dittofication]

Just cause everyones a canon fanboy doesn't mean there better

[sourcekings]

i liked the canon look to me it was way better the other one had a yellow tint to it and wasnt as sharp to me

[mp4podcastDOTcom]

Could you do another test with noise reduction to see what one cleans up best?

[eyepatchentertainmen]

@mp4podcastDOTcom good thinking. I need cityscape footage to really test it out.

[mp4podcastDOTcom]

@eyepatchentertainmen Also could you test with Nikon, their cameras are the best in low light?

[milosjanata]

Nice, so is GH2 also better at lower ISO's like 640 1250 2500 5000?

[TheRealrocker74]

Also from the looks of it, the 7d at 12800 is brighter. So you probably don't even need the ISO up that high. The camera has an extremely good metering system, and there are so many ways around not going up to ISO12800

[TheRealrocker74]

I have to say that the 7d is a better camera. It's just not made to be shooting at ISO 12800. It's the max and it's ridiculous. What you're supposed to do is use an ISO setting that's reasonable and use proper lighting. And if you don't know how to achieve proper lighting, then you shouldn't have a 7d. Simple as that.

[IttePerkele]

@eyepatchentertainmen Oh, then my 7D sucks when using ISO 12800 :) Nice vids btw. Keep on rockin' and cheers from Finland

[psynema]

Gh2 WINS

[theforbiddentape]

Sweet! The video is not 3 hours long!

[richardfireone]

panasonic is kicking some butt there,,,nice test

[IttePerkele]

What about image settings? On 7D, try custom user settings: sharpnes and contrast all the way down and -2 color. I think that would give better results...

[eyepatchentertainmen]

@IttePerkele Those are the settings I've used ever since my 7D tutorial days in 2009. 

[r4p1dmage]

gh2 for me pls!

[BayBased]

How do you get the iso so high on the 7d? I can only get mine to go to around 6400.

[BayBased]

@BayBased

Oh wait, nevermind. I figured it out just now haha.