Another new camera: The Panasonic GH3 – uncompressed hdmi

Well, what can I say, it’s getting ridiculous with all the new cameras, it really is. My advice: Don’t buy a camera, there’ll be a new one tomorrow. Rent it, it’s cheaper!

The Panasonic GH2 and its hacked version has been extremely popular among indie filmmakers. Now let’s see if the GH3 is a worthy successor.

The first thing that stands out is the uncompressed hdmi out signal, which means you’ll be able to record the feed externally in better quality via a disk recorder like the Atomos’.

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5D mark III vs. FS100 vs. GH2 lowlight shootout

Andrew Reid made this nice lowlight capability comparison between the new Canon 5D mark III, last year’s lowlight wonder the Sony FS100 and the all-time classic Panasonic GH2 camera.

Three test scenes shot in dark rooms at a ex-factory building in the east of Berlin. Minimal lighting – in scene 1, pearly strip light, scene 2 is iPhone torch, scene 3 is a reflection of petrol station lights in a mirror.
Lenses – Leica R 35 2.8,50 F2,90 2.8 (apart from scene 2 which is Samyang 24mm F1.4 on both cameras)
The 5D Mark III used here is modified. The OLPF (anti-aliasing filter) and IR-cut filter is removed for a resolution increase bringing it closer to the Sony FS100 and Panasonic GH2. No sharpening in post required. Sharpening in-camera was turned off. All footage direct from card, no grading. Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.
1st scene is to test noise and resolution.
2nd scene is to test ISO 12,800 performance.
3rd scene is to test handling of highlight and noise in the lows

via EOSHD

cinema5D REVIEWS – New Gear Review Database for Filmmakers

The cinema5D forum has evolved: I present to you the cinema5Dreviews page that we’ve been working on.

This is not a new forum page, this is a whole new section of cinema5D, uniquely programmed and embedded into the cinema5D platform.

What is it?
cinema5Dreviews is a growing database of reviews for filmmaking equipment.
It is in Beta right now.

What can it do for me?
It has a lot of very valuable information on each filmmaking product all put in one place by fellow filmmakers. You save time surfing the web and you might find information you could have missed somewhere else. No more endless forum searching for reviews and opinions on products. It is all gathered in one place.

➔ Opinions by fellow filmmakers (which you can trace back because they’re forum members)
➔ the best video reviews gathered by you from YouTube and Vimeo, or add your own.
➔ prices
➔ ratings
➔ collection of product highlights
➔ currently sortable by star rating, price or name

Who is filling the database?
You. And any other cinema5D forum member can add to the database. If you have tried or own the product you can add your opinion and give a rating for the product. You can also add new products and can add details to existing products.

Not only HDSLR
HDSLRs are great, they’ve upgraded our clips, films, productions, but we’re also embracing all other low budget large sensor cameras and their accessories.
More categories to come, please post your preferred categories in the comments to this article.

It needs to be filled
This database has just been born and it will become more powerful the more you feed it.
Since we’ve written this software on our own and with an extremely tight budget we need some time and your feedback to work out all the glitches. It’s beta, so if something doesn’t work please be patient and let us know.

That’s it. The more you use it the better and faster we can improve the platform to your benefit.
Now go check it out and add a product or two:

www.cinema5d.com/reviews/

cinema5D REVIEWS – New Gear Review Database for Filmmakers

The cinema5D forum has evolved: I present to you the cinema5Dreviews page that we’ve been working on.

This is not a new forum page, this is a whole new section of cinema5D, uniquely programmed and embedded into the cinema5D platform.

What is it?
cinema5Dreviews is a growing database of reviews for filmmaking equipment.
It is in Beta right now.

What can it do for me?
It has a lot of very valuable information on each filmmaking product all put in one place by fellow filmmakers. You save time surfing the web and you might find information you could have missed somewhere else. No more endless forum searching for reviews and opinions on products. It is all gathered in one place.

➔ Opinions by fellow filmmakers (which you can trace back because they’re forum members)
➔ the best video reviews gathered by you from YouTube and Vimeo, or add your own.
➔ prices
➔ ratings
➔ collection of product highlights
➔ currently sortable by star rating, price or name

Who is filling the database?
You. And any other cinema5D forum member can add to the database. If you have tried or own the product you can add your opinion and give a rating for the product. You can also add new products and can add details to existing products.

Not only HDSLR
HDSLRs are great, they’ve upgraded our clips, films, productions, but we’re also embracing all other low budget large sensor cameras and their accessories.
More categories to come, please post your preferred categories in the comments to this article.

It needs to be filled
This database has just been born and it will become more powerful the more you feed it.
Since we’ve written this software on our own and with an extremely tight budget we need some time and your feedback to work out all the glitches. It’s beta, so if something doesn’t work please be patient and let us know.

That’s it. The more you use it the better and faster we can improve the platform to your benefit.
Now go check it out and add a product or two:

www.cinema5d.com/reviews/