I stand corrected. I have no experience with the Panasonic GH2, my experience has been with Nikon and Canon. I would certainly disagree with your advice to ignore the warnings given by the Canon gear. The poor or limited auto focus is common on most Canon and Nikons; however, this does not deter the independent film makers who use this gear and a lot do.
--- In [email protected], Rieni <polderien@...> wrote: > > I would almost say: you're wrong. But I won't. :-) > > - Only the European version of the GH2 has the 30 minute clip > duration limit. On the USA and Asian and Australian version the > duration is determined by size of SD card and battery. I'm doing 2 > hour shots with the GH2. The Canon cams have a 12 minute duration > limit. Very annoying. > > - The GH2 doesn't have any heating issues. The Canon cams come with > some warning about overheating but you can just ignore it and > continue working. Nobody reported any real overheating problems. The > cams does get hot though. > > - The GH2 does great (and very fast) auto focus when filming. I think > the Canons do as well. You need to focus more often though due to the > swallow dept of field so it's easier to shot out-of-focus material. > During my first months of shooting with DSLRs I came home with a A > LOT of out-of-focus shots, because I was used to put focus of my > Canon video-cam on 1 meter, shoot with wide lens and then everything > between 0.5 and 5 meters would be in focus. This is what makes the > move to DSLR filming hardest probably. BUT once you know how to focus > properly, you get fantastic shots. Playing with swallow dept of field > focus really provides with what people are looking for in 3D video; > adding the third dimension. > > - GH2 and Canon footage edits fine natively in Premiere. For editing > on FCP, GH2 footage needs to be converted to ProRes first. > > - DSLRs don't do great audio. You're correct here. Field recorders or > an XLR adapter box are necessary for obtaining usable audio. > > For run and shoot work I wouldn't recommend a DSLR though. DSLR is > only an option when you have all the time in the world to prepare > your shots, if you can do multiple takes, etc. For ENG and wedding > it's not an option unless you're very experienced and really know > what you're doing. > > Rieni > > At 13-9-2011 05:22, geraldprost wrote: > > > > > >DSLRs are great for film makers because they give them very > >beautiful results. There are of course some problems. DSLR can only > >shoot short clips for two reasons: they have been hobbled at the > >factory so they cannot take more than 30 mins of video in one clip > >regardless of the size of the memory card, secondly they heat up to > >the point where they won't function. Traditional video cameras are > >required for event video, like I do, where I have multiple cameras > >and I turn them on at the beginning of the event and I don't turn > >them off until the end. DSLRs can't use their auto focus while > >shooting video. The files that are recorded on DSLRs don't work well > >on some editing systems without transcoding them. DSLRs normally > >don't do audio well. You are going to have to buy one or more mics > >and perhaps a field recorder. B & H has some great videos on DSLR > >techniques and gear. Gerry > > > >--- In > ><mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], > >"robert46o" <1one1@> wrote: > > > > > > I was reading the posts on the GH2 camera. > > > Sounds really good and would help with long distance zoom shots. > > > My local camera store tells me I should stick to camcorders. > > > But a good camcorder with zoom lens runs out of my budget. > > > Also the light wieght would be an advantage. > > > I am wondering what the difference's DSLR vs Camcorder would be? > > > Robert > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
