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You've all waited: Panasonic GH3

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This was on Panasonic US's youtube channel, probably wont last long though, so this embed is from 43rumor's. Looks like Phillip Bloom got to shoot a test body, so I'm sure he'll have a good filmmaker's take on it as soon as the official announcement comes the 17th Sept.

Thoughts?
Sep 14 2012 2:09AM
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Dub_Digital
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not as bad as I thought if thats true

....anyone pre order yet?
Sep 23 2012 7:19PM
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Linked
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on Panasonic's website they say Estimated ship date: November 30

Sep 23 2012 11:32PM
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Lukey_1080
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Ugh I wish it was released sooner
Sep 27 2012 9:13PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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do you guys think people like Aj Dakoulas and Napes and the Stept dudes will upgrade to this camera or keep using canon?
Sep 29 2012 2:02AM
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[J_Gasper]
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Dont know about stept. Im pretty sure they are HEAVILY invested into canon at the moment.
Sep 29 2012 8:45AM
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TijmenDal
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But for a couple hundred bucks you can buy electronic adapters. That the GH3 is going to be a MUCH better camera than a 7D is quite evident. Buy a couple electronic adapters and you're set. Much cheaper than investing in new glass etc.
Sep 29 2012 3:02PM
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miroz
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Possible dumb question, but going to ask anyway:

How long do you think it'll take for firmware hacks to come out for the GH3? Are current hacks usable on the GH3?

Again, if dumb question, my apologies. Just curious.

Gracias!
Oct 8 2012 10:08PM
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TijmenDal
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I'm pretty sure nobody knows this.
Oct 8 2012 10:23PM
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miroz
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Figured as much [ie the stupid question bit], but was hoping for speculation based on past hack developments.
Oct 9 2012 2:34PM
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TWoods
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Here's what I wonder - since i don't know anything about hacks and how they work besides what i temporarily learned when I installed mine...

does anyone think that with the higher bit rate that's native in the camera they might have made it harder to develop and install hacks so that people aren't doing it?

Oct 21 2012 6:29PM
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A while back the developers at Panasonic publicly stated that they were impressed with the GH2 hacks and were going to incorporate those ideas into the GH3. So we know they aren't opposed to it.
Oct 21 2012 7:49PM
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~~JEFF~~
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thr34dzzzz
Oct 24 2012 3:22AM
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~~JEFF~~
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Just looked on BH and it says in the specs
'1080/60p 50Mbps IPB and 24p 72Mbps ALL-I'
So is 72 mbps restricted to 24p? Looks like it.
Oct 24 2012 12:41PM
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I don't think restricted is the right word to use. Even using a decent compression scheme, 1080p60 is a LOT of information to record/compress/write (it's 2x the frames of 30p). As for 24p/30p, you can give it a bit more room to play with as it's not tonnes and tonnes of info like it would be in 60p
Oct 24 2012 1:02PM
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123+ski
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You also have to remember that the 24p setting is intra, which needs more information, because it essentially takes a full picture for each frame, where as IPB takes a picture and then, depending on the GOP, has a number of frames where only the differences are recorded, therefore resulting in less information. I hope the gh3 can be hack to handle 1080/60p intra, but I know the gh2 struggles with 720/60p intra
Oct 24 2012 1:14PM
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CrotchKiller
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I agree with this somewhat. Although the 2x crop would throw them off a bit i think. Stepts beloved Tokina would turn from a 17-25 to 22-34. Who knows.
Oct 24 2012 2:02PM
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BA.berger
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I think stept would rather go for the fs100 over the gh3...
Oct 24 2012 2:19PM
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Downtofilm
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700 over 100
Oct 24 2012 3:19PM
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1337
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f5 of fs700
Oct 24 2012 3:27PM
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eheath
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f65 4k wut

but for real, they'd probably be more stoked on two fs100 vs one fs700
Oct 24 2012 3:29PM
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1337
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or an f5 with 10k in debt from a loan than either

xP
Oct 24 2012 3:37PM
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BA.berger
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I dont know why but if I had the money I would rather buy a fs100 than a fs700, I really dont need 300fps at all.. 60fps in 1080 is actually sick as fuck..
Oct 24 2012 3:47PM
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WillStart
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yeah but the handle is quite nice for run and gun, and the ND filters are a very, very nice feature to have built in.
Oct 24 2012 3:55PM
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eheath
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for almost $4k its not that worth it haha
Oct 24 2012 4:02PM
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BA.berger
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But is it really worth the extra 3800$?? for that money you can get pretty solid rig I would say, with a matte box/variable ND's, monitor and so much more,,,

The one thing that I could buy this camera for (If I had the money) is the 4k ready, If it can do 300fps in 1k then it pretty easily should beat the scarlet in some categories (higher frame rates in 2k and 4k)

Oct 24 2012 4:05PM
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TijmenDal
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On topic: the GH3 is shipping December 5th. 1300$ is retail.
Oct 25 2012 1:15PM
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~~JEFF~~
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If I want to use nikon glass would this be the way to go?

Thanks
Oct 25 2012 1:59PM
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CrotchKiller
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bawls, i thought it would be a bit earlier
Oct 25 2012 3:53PM
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TijmenDal
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One of the options, yeah.
Oct 25 2012 4:12PM
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~~JEFF~~
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Some sample/test footage being put up on here.
Oct 26 2012 12:46AM
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WillStart
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not those features alone, but combined with the other additional features i would say it's probably worth the extra cash imo.
Oct 26 2012 3:04AM
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eheath
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Not gonna argue, if I had the budget for a fs700 I would obviously choose it, but I think ive still spent less than an fs700 body on my entire setup, which is very functional and does exactly what I need, thats all I was really saying.
Oct 26 2012 5:13AM
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~~JEFF~~
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I've pre-ordered, hopefully shipping next month in US. anyone have one yet?
Dec 22 2012 2:17PM
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