Cinematography : Using the GH2 by Jose Vasquez

Jose Vasquez

Using the GH2

To any GH2 users out there, what hacks do you guys use and what lens do you prefer to use on the GH2?

Adrian Sierkowski

I use Flowmotion on mine; but I am currently trying to source the hack they used on 2 Guns.

Stephane Lun-Sin

For fiction work I use Sedna A Q1 for maximum detail and for docu, aerials and others where I need reliability Sanity 5. @Adrian Would love to know that if you get some insider infos! Looking forward to seeing in which shots the GH2 have been used...

Jose Vasquez

Thank you guys. Yea, I actually preferred how the Gh2 was used on 2 Guns rather than Upstream Color.

Adrian Sierkowski

I'll let you know what I can find out. I know the PV mounts were done by Hotrod; but my calls over there have thussly fallen on deaf ears, so I'm talking to some IATSE buds right now to get contact for the ACs.

Christopher Peoples

Orion V4b. It's been by far the most reliable for me and the best looking. I had a few hiccups with a DP4 and it freezing, but other than that the only complaint would be it eats up card space. It's the same hack used on Upstream Color, but that look also had a lot to do with the grade. Looking forward to the 2 guns answer!

Stephane Lun-Sin

@Christopher About Upstream Color, that's good to know. do you have a source? I've been looking for that info but could not find it out.

Steve Rausch

I have the flowmotion hack. NO complaints or issues except the available record time available does not count down consistently. Seems to skip digits but I figure that the VBR is forcing it to calculate to much to be accurate.

Jose Vasquez

Thanks. I've been using Driftwood Sedna Matrix A, but my card hasn't been able to handle it. Might have to buy a new card.

Adrian Sierkowski

Anyone, by the bye, know where to find Driftwood Senda AQ1?

Christopher Peoples

I've been looking all morning and can't find it either. I remember reading it in an article a few months back.

Adrian Sierkowski

I would ask on personal view... but... I really feel I don't need that aggravation.

Jose Vasquez

I'm actually about to start testing some of the new Driftwood Cluster X series 3 hacks today.

Steve Rausch

Where are you finding the newer driftwood hacks? Been a while and I can't remember where I located those.

Adrian Sierkowski

I've seen those posted up on Persona View. Comes up when i google searched Driftwood hacks. But no Sedna I can see alas.

Adrian Sierkowski

Found Sedna finally: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?276468-Driftwood-Quantum-Series-New-Releases-Orion-Rocket-and-%CE%B2-Pictoris In the download of that, the link mentioned AQ1 is seth.ini once you unzip it.

Adrian Sierkowski

Holy Hell. Just loaded "Moon T7" @23.98 onto the GH2 and HOLY HELL! All the noise I associated with the camera, on smooth, seems to be gone. Looks like I'll be using this for the feature as it's even useable up to 1600 ISO without too much of a penality. Even ETC mode looks better now too. Might've been dealing with using the V1.1 Panasonic Firmware as the base? Dunno. Looks incredible to me. I already have Class 10 cards for this, so should be as stable as flowmotion v2.02 was. Which I also will keep on hand.

Jose Vasquez

I tried to use Moon T7, but my Class 10 card sucks! I'm stuck with Drewnet T9 for now, which still looks pretty nice.

Adrian Sierkowski

Aye it's certainly beefy, looking like 150mbps, give or take. The Sandisk extreme seem to handle it well.

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