43rumors reader Rambalac ha dthe chance to play with the Gh4 and these are his thoughts:
As GH3 owner I specifically tried and asked few things in GH4:
- Info and level marks become dimmed after 30sec and totally disappear after another 30sec during video recording. Cannot be changed.
- EVF is really incredibly sharp and looks bigger than in GH3, moreover while display is 16:9, EVF is 4:3, so no more black stripes on sides for full size 4:3 shooting.
- Timelapse has special mode on the left dial(visible on photos) and in the end of shooting or in play mode all photos can be converted into video including 4K
- Now in WiFi you can not only start video recording, but stop it. Though they are still “deciding” about showing remote video during recording.
- Nothing special but right dial locking is switchable, you dont need to hold lock button to rotate the dial.
- Memory card bay lid is much harder to open.
- Hard to say about AF, but except more flexible zones it doesn’t look noticeably faster. Cant say about following focus accuracy, as they don’t allow to use your own memory card.
- Now you can adjust shadows and highlights for JPG
- RAW converter is quite simple and allows to setup all usual settings as for JPG shooting (including new shadows and highlights)
That’s not really rumor, but I think can be useful for people who decide to wait GH4 or buy something now.
And here is a new video sample from Panasonic Netherland:
A couple of more hands-on pictures have been posted at ePhotozine. Panasonic GH4 & Comodo Orbit – Hands On at BVE 2014 by Paul-d.tv.
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So, in 4K it crops the sensor to almost super-16 size. Therefore you will not see many wide angle clips.
Anyone know what is the percentage crop?
Super 16 is 2.97x, right?
I think the GH4’s Cine 4K crop is 2.5x and the 4K crop is 2.62x. So it’s not as bad, but close to the 1″ crop of 2.7x.
So I think this GH4 sample is on a new level from the other ones released. The other ones have many low definition clips with what appears to be 480p, out of focus, or bad compression blocking. I find it hard to believe Panasonic released the first advertising video when it looked so terrible vs the Sony AX100 video. This video from Bence Mate changes it up completely. Clear focus, beautiful filmic look, no stupid compression errors. This shows what 4k can do.
Beautiful video 🙂 GH4 could just do with a few more slow motion options eg 240 fps and keen UK pricing!
So much information about video. What about stills?
Buy a different camera if you want perfect stills. This is clearly a video type camera.
“Now in WiFi you can not only start video recording, but stop it. Though they are still “deciding” about showing remote video during recording.”
Incredible that on the G6, GX7 and GM1 in video mode you can control ‘and’ watch what you are shooting remotely on your smartphone or tablet. These are the first real wireless video monitoring devices on the market but Panasonic don’t advertise this. OTOH no live hdmi on those cameras.
Looks like this camera is going to rock!
Outstanding Video! Love the colors and clarity. Nice music too.
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DMC-GH4 Sample Video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT4muFio6DI
Maybe youtube compression is broken for this new format. The waterfall should look a lot better.
Any information about file size for the uploaded video featuring the birds on the beach?
I would like to compare the GH4 file size for a 3 minute 4K video to a 3 minute 1080P HD video shot by my GH3.
I am wondering if I have the computer horsepower to process the GH4’s video files?
Well, we’re all facing upgrades if we want to venture into 4K. The next version of Final Cut Pro and the new Mac Pro, or even a high end iMac should handle it, but we also have to worry about storage, cards, etc. It’s a big jump. I’ll probably buy the camera, but may not shoot much 4K until I have the hardware.
Post-process 4K into 4:4:4 10 bit 1080p until the display world catches up with 4K…
Yup, my plan.
Sounds about right, (the computer & software upgrades). I’ll probably do the same, ahead and get the camera and shoot 4K when my computer can handle it.
Video resolution alone shouldn’t impact your computer’s ability to handle files…processing ability is based on bitrate. Many people have been managing intermediates in the 250+ Mbps range without any real issues. Even on my own PC, I work with 455 Mbps MXF files without hiccup. Problem will be that most displays may not be up to task.
when you add an adequate 4K computer display with the upgrades suggested by Bobo . . . the expense of ramping up to 4K could easily run $10,000.
4 times bigger I believe.
I wish the display info would stay up, but if they can stay on with an external monitor that should be fine…..or be displayed wirelessly while recording.
I can’t wait to get my hands on the baby in may (I hope) :).
How about some footage of I dunno… people… how about San Francisco? New York?
These nature vids that aren’t in 24p aren’t very comely.
Where are you seeing that they aren’t 24p? Aside from the fact that they don’t look like 24p to me either.
Thanks -:)