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Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Riccardo Covino

Riccardo Covino — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:11:29 +0000

I loved the video, the camera outputs with great detail, but the blue shots show the dynamic range of a webcam, quite awful!

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by jo mcdoodle

jo mcdoodle — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:55:15 +0000

i had to laugh when you mentioned the irritating size of the gh2. wait for the `problems´ that will develop when soccer will be filmed by fans in high quality and put online. and not only that but many other situations where it can be put to professional use without scaring people because of the size of the camera pointed at them. should be the perfect reportage tool. at least i hope so as i sacrified my m6 for it.

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:48:34 +0000

I really have not had a chance to find that out. I never had my GH1 overheat anyway.

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:16:02 +0000

really? You looking at same video as me? Dynamic range of a webcam!?

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Aaron Walker

Aaron Walker — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:38:49 +0000

Hi Phil,

When you have time do you mind elaborating a bit more on broadcast requirements and the GH2? At one point you had mentioned that this camera doesn’t have enough bitrate (I think that was the term) for I’m assuming BBC and the like and here for PBS (though their requirements seem a bit looser). Will the nanoflash eliminate that issue? Up to this point I’ve been shooting documentary work in SD (DV and beta). And I intend to purchase the AG-AF100 when it comes out. My thought is that I could buy a GH2 (or possibly a 60D, at one point I was thinking a 5D) now and use that camera as a B camera later on. But the biggest issue is broadcast quality and how well the GH2 will blow up to a large screen. It looks great on the web but how well will it transfer to large TVs and screens.

Also, I’m guessing that for a b cam the GH2 will better match the AG-AF100 than the 60D, no?

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Rainer Raffalski

Rainer Raffalski — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:47:09 +0000

Hi Phil, it’s a pity you can’t tell us about the new microphone.

I’m about to buy a Sennheiser MKE-400 for my soon-to-come GH2, whenever it may arrive.

Would you advise me to wait with the purchase of the Sennheiser mic? Or can you say when you will be able to talk about that new mic?

Thanks for any comment!

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Cory B

Cory B — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:02:18 +0000

Very nice short. Does the GH2 use the same batteries as the GH1?

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:15:43 +0000

afraid not

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:29:09 +0000

absolutely wait. hopefully in the next week I can tell you what it is. It’s leagues better than any other camera mic have used.

Comment on More GH2 filming at the London Movember Gala. More thoughts and a really nice new mic! by Filipe Tavares

Filipe Tavares — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:54:41 +0000

Hi!

The problem of the DSLR cameras is still the quality of the Pre-Amps.
You could stick a nice Microphone like ambient Tiny Mike http://www.ambient.de/produkte/mikrofone/tinymike/tinymike_e.html

It’s a good mike for it’s price, good quality, and low wight, wich make it the best choice for this kind of cameras.

Better if you use a little mixer and send the Line Level Signal to the camera.