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Panasonic GH2 at Sundance and Slamdance: Carruth's 'Upstream Color' and Orbegoso's 'Musgo'

02.5.13 @ 1:24PM Tags : gamiorbegoso, gh2, musgo, panasonic, panasonic-gh2, panasonicgh2, shanecarruth, sundance, sundance2013, upstreamcolor

The Panasonic GH2 is something of an anomaly in the camera world. Out of the box it looked good enough, but it wasn’t until the hackers got to it that things really got interesting — which was a very similar situation to the previous camera, the GH1. The Panasonic line hasn’t quite taken the industry by storm the way the Canon DSLRs have, which could come down to familiarity and/or high-profile endorsements. Either way, that hasn’t stopped a couple of festival-worthy films — Shane Carruth’s Sundance film Upstream Color (which won an award for sound design at the festival and is being self-distributed in April), and Gami Orbegoso’s Slamdance film Musgo – from shooting on the camera. Check out some footage and clips from both films below. More »

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The Panasonic GH2's Firmware Has Been Hacked; New Features on the Way

07.6.11 @ 7:00PM Tags : camera, dslr, firmware, gh2, hacks, panasonic-gh2, panasonicgh2

Programmer Vitaliy Kiselev recently got ahold of a leaked firmware update for the Panasonic GH2 and has now hacked it successfully. This could lead to new features, as we saw last time around with the GH1 hack. While this brand new GH2 firmware hack is very much in beta, features that are at least working partially include the 30 minute clip length limit being removed (for PAL versions), a PAL / NTSC menu function, new audio bitrates, AGC selection, 720/25p, 1080/25p, and 1080/60p (the latter two currently freeze the camera). If you’re feeling adventurous or want to help with the further development of the hack, here are the installation instructions for PC users (Mac users are instructed to use this): More »

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Is the Panasonic GH2 the Next Great HDSLR?

12.8.10 @ 10:53AM Tags : cameras, canon-60d, cinematography, dslr, hdslr, panasonic-gh2

Short answer: no, because it’s not technically a DSLR! The Panasonic GH2, like the GH1 before it, is an EVIL camera with no optical viewfinder, which disqualifies it from the titular question. Going beyond this technicality, however, the GH2 looks like it’s going to be the one to get when it comes out later this month (or possibly in early January). More »