Panasonic GH4 Opinions

[Christop406]

http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-g-compact-system-cameras-dslm/dmc-gh4eb.html

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKJ5eE7I1k <--- Footage! (Wow)

 

This camera's looking amazing, as far as I know this is going to be one of the cheapest 4K cameras so far. I'm so excited about this camera and haven't seen another thread about it (maybe I didn't look hard enough, I don't know) but anyway, feel free to post your opinions of the camera here.

Why doesn't this camera have more hype than it does?

[dizmo]

Small sensor. Meh.

[Tea1337]

If I decide to take pictures in 4k, I might go for it. Looks to be a good camera with nice specs.

[Christop406]

Small sensor. Meh.

Yeah, but for a prosumer, really that's the only gripe with the camera (at least specs wise) for this price point, eh?

[Puppet]

Looks like they've gone all out on the video side of things, which makes sense, I'm guessing that was what made up the bulk of their previous cameras sales.

 

Kind of odd that it uses an SD slot, no flash cards? Wondering how that's going to work out, but does seem to have a clean HDMI out.

 

The sensor size is a bit tedious, I find MFT really limiting on lens choice. Personally the BM 4k seems like a better choice to me, it's a little more expensive, but will capture in raw onto SSDs and has a slightly larger Super 35 sensor.

 

I don't really like the BM cameras either though, shooting video on these types of cameras is awkward to say the least, so I probably won't want to buy either of these :lol: I'm not really to fussed on video though, but it's nice to see it heading in this direction.

[videonevin]

I'm in for 1, going to be a nice upgrade from my aging T2i and it's really shaping up to be the camera I've wanted since DSLR's started shooting video.  

 

Love:

-all the bitrate options, high(100-200mbps mov) when I need it for post, lower(AVCHD) for long form event stuff.

-1080p @96fps slow mo & 1080p60 standard recording(I shoot some hockey & like at least 1/2 speed slow mo as an option in my 29.97 projects)

-4k will be nice but mostly for downscaling(supposedly you can downscale 4k 8bit 420 to 2K 10bit 444 and retain all color info) and also 4k reframing in HD projects.

-10bit 422 out of HDMI @ 1080 which I can use with the AJA kipros I have access to at work

-rugged body (compared to my plastic t2i)

-Usable EVF

 

Could be better:

-8-bit 4:2:0 recording in cam, would have been nice to see at least 8-bit 422, but with the high bitrate options and the apparent 4k->2k 444 10 bit downscaling I should still be much better off than with my canon.

-the YAGH XLR/SDI accessory is likely to cost more than the camera.  Seeing as it is doing 4k 422 uncompressed over SDI I can see why it costs so much but it would have been nice to see a second cheaper unit with just 2x XLR, a single 1080 HDSDI and battery powered instead of needing mains power (99% sure I won't get this and if I get something for audio it will probably be a juicedlink)

-release date: I've already preordered but can't wait

 

 

Sensor size isn't a huge issue for me, I wasn't heavily invested in glass for my canon so I won't be doing any adapting, just new lenses starting with the 2.8 12-35mm.  I personally don't care for the overuse of extreme shallow depth of field(though agree it can have its place) so I was never looking at moving to full frame, there should still be a lot possible with micro 4/3 for video and it's still a larger sensor than the BM Pocket Cinema Camera.

[Torand]

If I decide to take pictures in 4k, I might go for it. Looks to be a good camera with nice specs.

 

That's... not how it works...

[Tea1337]

That's... not how it works...

THATS HOW IT WORKS IN MY MIND