@bearwithgun14 You'll be very happy with the GH2. It will give you a lot more freedom and will grow with your film making. HMC150 will require more light and cannot change lenses. If you want a more filmic look - the GH2 is your best bet.
@ricland Sorry - we don't do it on purpose to frustrate people - sometimes we're doing these videos so quickly we forget what people do and don't know. Please be patient with us. Rack focus simply means pulling focus from one subject to another. It's a term used in film making.
good demo! I've notice when you using rack focus, the auto focus is not directly stop on the destination object. It looks like it still searching for the the right focus then it stopped. do you see what I mean. It happen also with my GH2 with 14-140 lens. But I've seen other demo using 14-45 lens, the rack focus is like directly focused on the destination object. Is it always like that or maybe distance of each object really matter? thanks
@capskie The distance does matter. Although it's the speed that we like. If all else fails you can always go to manual focus which is what we are tending to do more and more.
@capskie To be honest it's a little inaccurate sometimes but the more we use the GH2 the less we use these auto functions. We only ever do manual focussing nowadays. Once you get used to it you'll never go back to rely on the camera to focus for you. On our professional jobs we never use auto anything. Manual all the way.
@MrJonnyKilljoy - it's resistive. So not as easy to use as ipad or iphone - for flicking through photos - but cause most of the focusing and menus you would use it for involves a kind of push touch - it works well. Resistive is good for a bit of pressure but not so good for swiping.
@schwammli We used our hacked GH1 hooked into a JuicedLink to monitor the audio. The GH1 is still a really great camera. It's so easy to get caught up in the race for the newest best piece of equipment, but we constantly tell ourselves to slow down and really tap the potential out of the equipment that we already have.
I want to make an indie film. Should I buy this camera or the Panasonic HMC150?
bearwithgun14 1 month ago
@bearwithgun14 You'll be very happy with the GH2. It will give you a lot more freedom and will grow with your film making. HMC150 will require more light and cannot change lenses. If you want a more filmic look - the GH2 is your best bet.
BananaManaTV 2 weeks ago
@BananaManaTV Does the GH2 have variable frame ratess?
bearwithgun14 2 weeks ago
That's the second or third time you did an instructional video where you don't explain your terms.
Do you do that to frustrate people?
What does "rack focus" mean?
ricland 1 month ago
@ricland Sorry - we don't do it on purpose to frustrate people - sometimes we're doing these videos so quickly we forget what people do and don't know. Please be patient with us. Rack focus simply means pulling focus from one subject to another. It's a term used in film making.
BananaManaTV 2 weeks ago
good demo! I've notice when you using rack focus, the auto focus is not directly stop on the destination object. It looks like it still searching for the the right focus then it stopped. do you see what I mean. It happen also with my GH2 with 14-140 lens. But I've seen other demo using 14-45 lens, the rack focus is like directly focused on the destination object. Is it always like that or maybe distance of each object really matter? thanks
capskie 8 months ago
@capskie The distance does matter. Although it's the speed that we like. If all else fails you can always go to manual focus which is what we are tending to do more and more.
BananaManaTV 7 months ago
@capskie To be honest it's a little inaccurate sometimes but the more we use the GH2 the less we use these auto functions. We only ever do manual focussing nowadays. Once you get used to it you'll never go back to rely on the camera to focus for you. On our professional jobs we never use auto anything. Manual all the way.
BananaManaTV 2 weeks ago
Great! Thanks!!
SpacedCowboyFromHell 8 months ago
@SpacedCowboyFromHell You're welcome!
BananaManaTV 2 weeks ago
is that touch screen resistive or capacitive?
MrJonnyKilljoy 1 year ago
@MrJonnyKilljoy - it's resistive. So not as easy to use as ipad or iphone - for flicking through photos - but cause most of the focusing and menus you would use it for involves a kind of push touch - it works well. Resistive is good for a bit of pressure but not so good for swiping.
BananaManaTV 1 year ago
@BananaManaTV
what camera did you use to film the first minute of this video? was it also the gh2? cause it looks pretty nice.
thx
schwammli 1 year ago
@schwammli We used our hacked GH1 hooked into a JuicedLink to monitor the audio. The GH1 is still a really great camera. It's so easy to get caught up in the race for the newest best piece of equipment, but we constantly tell ourselves to slow down and really tap the potential out of the equipment that we already have.
BananaManaTV 1 year ago
holy f*ck, puts my 5d and 7d to shame, looks like I've found a new camera
MrJonnyKilljoy 1 year ago
@MrJonnyKilljoy Don't write off your 5d just yet, but this camera suits our needs perfectly, and it's worth the price.
BananaManaTV 1 year ago
Cool beans! Looks awesome. Tx for the vid.!!!
SkinnyJackSprat 1 year ago 2
@SkinnyJackSprat Yep - an awesome function!
BananaManaTV 1 year ago
Cool beans! Looks awesome. Tx for the vid.!!!
SkinnyJackSprat 1 year ago
this only work on the panny lenses right?
mortichro 1 year ago
@mortichro At the moment - yes - only with panny lenses.
BananaManaTV 1 year ago
@SUPERCOCKROACH666 - sorry supercoackroach - we had to re-upload the video so we lost your comment - just added it again here.
SUPERCOCKROACH666 wrote:
thanks for demonstrating that feature! I was wondering how well it was going to work with the GH2.
BananaManaTV 1 year ago