GH4 CineD Vs Cine V from Sherif Mokbel on Vimeo.
Time to make a new GH4 samples roundup. Interesting to notice that firmware is still at 0.4. In one month from now the camera will ship and it will be nice to see what improvements they can bring till there.
The video on top shows you the performance of the GH4 with the latest 0.5 firmware. And if you are interested in seeing still images watch these GH4 image samples by Wasabi on Flickr (Click here) and Reality Scanner also on Flickr (Click here). And Lightweaver sent me the following message “If you are interested, I just posted on my long neglected blog, my thoughts on the Panasonic GH4 and its potential impact on markets other then the mostly discussed enthusiast, commercial and entertainment markets. Feel free to post the link if you find it interesting. http://lightweaversblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/panasonic-lumix-gh4-more-then-just.html”
Panasonic GH4 graded with Arri Alexa profile in Film Convert from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.
P.S.: The Gh4 preorders at Amazon are still good and the camera holds the position around place 22th (Click here to see full ranking).
North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek (Click here).
GH4 camera with interface unit at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,998
Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.
15 Responses
Nice to see some real world photos showing up, even if they are from pre-production. Wasabi had quite a varied collection but looking good. Reality’s shots were 8mg screen grabs from the 4k video and looked pretty darn good too.
I must admit, GH4 video is looking better than I had initially thought, but are the results we are seeing coming out of the YAGH interface? Still, I’d prefer to get all of the YAGH’s capabilities done in-camera, so I’ll wait for the GH5 instead.
Just imagin the specs of GH9!!! 🙂
Wow, I can’t even imagine what specs the GH9 will have, but I’m sure they will be impressive! At least with the GH5, the wait won’t be as long and hopefully we have a good idea of what it will be capable of. Plus, I’m sure in a year or two there will be much more 4K playback devices available to watch GH5 footage on. Good times for all!
I’m no videographer, but there is one special thing inside the YAGH which is not coming to the GH camera any time soon: the cooling fan.
Presence of the active cooling suggests, from the HW design POV, that lots of energy-consuming processing takes places there. If even larger surface of the YAGH can’t dissipate the heat passively, then it would take several iterations of the tech to get to the point where it doesn’t need active cooling and is suitable for inclusion into the camera body.
Those stills are totally unimpressive.
The still results look just the same as the rest of the current top crop of mFT cameras .Which, I agree could do a lot better low ISO shadow noise, better high ISO and ideally larger MP count with a 50 base ISO would be my wishes , but as a viideo machine its pretty cool
A7s includes “S-Log2 gamma” feature. I have no idea what it is – but demo videos, pulling the shadows, looked very cool. Anybody care to elaborate what that “S-Log2” is precisely? Can Pana add it to GH4 via firmware update?
Check out this comparison between S-Log2″ and Cine4. Keep in mind that many video people like to shoot as flat as possible and then grade it later. It is a profile in much the same way that Cinelike D and Cinelike V are in the GH4.. Affects the dynamic range. https://vimeo.com/70395706
In other words, it is a form of PP and doesn’t apply to the RAW footage?
Yes! It is a settings profile that modifies the default settings. 🙂
preorder is on position 22.. hey noboy cares about that.. mobody…
maybe the selfie-lobotomiacs-without-brain.. so dont waste time and
place with a stuff worthless than ” garbagetons can carry 1200kilo dogshit!”
its the same.. but we have 2014..
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Would it be possible to repeat that gibberish in English ?
Lol….4K expensive small M43 sensor vs Sony 7s. By by M43.
Hmmm, let’s compare…
GH4 = 4K internal recording
A7S = 1080 internal recording
GH4 = 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 external recording
A7S = 4K 8-bit 4:2:2 external recording
GH4 = 200 Mbps data-rate
A7S = 50 Mbps data-rate
GH4 = Smaller, lighter, faster aperture lenses
A7S = Bigger, heavier, slower aperture lenses
…Right now it looks like the Sony A7S will be much better for low-light shooting, which could be very handy for night-time shoots. There’s also speculation that the A7S might have a large dynamic range, but I’m waiting to see some real tests to see if this is true or not, it would be great if this is true.