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43. Raw AVCHD file from GH2 crop mode

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42. Cold War

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41. Premiere CS5 GH1 AVCHD and Twixtor - Short Primer

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40. LOMO vs ISCO vs PROSKAR vs LA7200 anamorphic sharp…

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39. Lomo Cinema Anamorphic (Konvas OCT18) with Canon F…

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38. Lily Flame Candles - Bringing the scent of England to life

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37. Bridge (Anamorphic)

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36. The Urban Guitarist - Philip Bloom Challenge 2

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35. The Glance

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34. Clockwork London - Featuring Philip Bloom London M…

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33. Monuments

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32. Frontline Sanctuary

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31. EOSHD GH1 High Bitrate Test - Low Light

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30. Longshan's People Part II

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29. 50Mbit MJPEG 1080p on the Panasonic GH1 - Raw footage 1

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28. Shadowplay Part II

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27. Medieval (Sony HX5)

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26. For a Minute There I Lost Myself

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25. Land's End - The Gingshang 600

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24. EOSHD Shootout Part 1 - 5D versus GH1 in Low Light

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23. EOSHD.com Shootout Part 1 - Low Light - GH1 Film M…

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22. Rivers

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21. Alleyway 2.35:1

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20. Modernisation

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19. Panasonic LA7200 Anamorphic Lens Flare by Andrei Jikh

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18. Longshan's People - Taiwan - Panasonic GH1

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17. Samsung NX10 Video Footage - 720p

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50Mbit MJPEG 1080p footage from the Panasonic GH1 with custom firmware by Tester13 and settings by EOSHD.

No noise, no banding, no compression. Higher bitrate than the Canon 5D Mark II.

See more at eoshd.com/content/250-50Mbit-1080p-MJPEG-on-the-Panasonic-GH1

The sound track is by Radiohead. Harry Patch (In Memory Of). You can download this for just £1 and the money goes to charity. download.waste.uk.com

Here is the previous Longshan Temple video shot a few months ago also with the GH1. This is a ISO 800-1600 low light video. vimeo.com/9176830

See how to create videos like this and get the most out of your GH2 with the EOSHD GH2 Shooter's Guide. A 164 page book by Andrew Reid eoshd.com/gh2-guide-book

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33 1/3 Media 1 year ago

been waiting all day for this
Sam 1 year ago

Amazing video! The cinematographer made it happen not just a hacked gh1. Speaking of which, the folks at aster.nu/gh1.php achieved MUCH higher bitrates in ADVHD namely effective 61Mbit averaged output! Thats even higher than the mjpeg. They say its better quality too, though obviously you need a heck of a fast computer to edit is all or premiere cs5 which can edit realtime 1920x1080 AVCHD using your GPU to render effects in realtime. Anyone used Premiere cs5 yet? Boy i love how you filmed all this in rain! in the end its all about the workflow wouldnt u say?
mojo43 1 year ago

Is there any CC done to the vid?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

No straight out of the GH1B!
mojo43 1 year ago

Thanks... looks fantastic!
Peter J. DeCrescenzo 1 year ago

Very nice, Andrew. Thanks for doing this. To help evaluate the firmware hack I'd like to see a bit more motion in at least a few scenes, but this looks very nice as it is. And with tester13's continuing work on the firmware hack, the best is yet to come. :-)
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks a lot Peter. Can't wait to see what Tester13 comes up with next! His software has enabled us to test and test for the magic recipe. It helps him, it helps us. Perfect situation all round really. Hope he can handle the publicity though as geniuses tend to be a bit cranky with that kind of thing.
Sam 1 year ago

Indeed... cant wait to see whats in the next patch. Meanwhile we can only keep optimizing the compression codes. In an attempt to find out the logic behind the Quality and Table numbers (which together form an essential input of the hacktool), here is a comparison chart between 5 famous MJPEG settings (amongst Andrew Reid, PappasArts and Martin Kochs) aster.nu/gh1.php
Hernan Jacinto 1 year ago

PhilipBloom.co.uk hacked GH1 firmware turns the camera into Optimus Prime! BLIMEY!!

We are approaching the best camera of the moment with these incredible advances of the firmware!

GH2.... We forget her.
BumKi Cho 1 year ago

I am sure you didn't mean Philip hacked GH1, but just to clarify PhilipBloom.co.uk did not hack GH1 firmware. Philip Bloom and Andrew Reid of EOS HD both state it is tester13(@dvxuser)'s work that made it all possible for us to enjoy GH1 even more. I just want to make sure we give the credit where credit is due.
Philip Bloom 1 year ago

yep not me. I can't even hack a bush let alone firmware! Well done Tester 13.
wesley clouden 1 year ago

LOL #fact
iamkalaniprince 1 year ago

holy Christ, would this hack be doable on a 5D2 ? .. H.264 is great for final web compression but I'd take jpegs over it ANY day of the week !
iamkalaniprince 1 year ago

just got my GH1, battery is currently charging, firmware is ready. Excited : )
OneRiver Media 1 year ago

This looks really good! Really nice to see such an improvement on this camera. Wish we had 50Mb for the 5D2! I see a sparkly hit at 2:58. And idea what that's from?
Philip Bloom 1 year ago

we are almost at 50mb with new firmware on 5dmk2 Marco
Daniel Mc Mahon 1 year ago

I guess it's the flash of someones camera.
Ringo Paulusch 1 year ago

No, that's not a flash.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

It's a flash reflecting against the rain drops Ringo. I remember it well. Some tourists had just arrived, flashes everywhere!! :)
Ringo Paulusch 1 year ago

Ah I see, you're right Andrew!
Joe Ogiba 1 year ago

Wow, MJPEG making a comeback !
Universite Medya 1 year ago

Is there any side effect on camera? Higher temperature on processor? Hot? Or at long time, less lifetime of GH1?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

No problems with heat so far. Camera doesn't even feel warm to the touch. As for lifetime, it will probably take us a lifetime to find that out! I doubt it will have any affect. Well within limits of heat having affect on camera life by the looks of it.
Ian Meredith 1 year ago

So do people think it will even be worth getting the GH2, surely it won't come out with 50Mbit, and all the other advancements from hacking the firmware. I guess the question is, will tester 13 be able to work his magic on the GH2 too...
Simone Salvatori 1 year ago

Great job! It does look good. Is the stuttering motion between 1:23 and 1:38 (approx.) regular 24p stuttering or something else? Maybe it's just my computer. Is there any other sequence with fast movements?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

That's probably due to me conforming the 30p MJPEG to 24p. Subtle, but I see it!
BumKi Cho 1 year ago

Very nice, Andrew.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks!
Andrea Stevens 1 year ago

Amazing
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks Andrea!
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Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Oh geeez another DVXUser attack dog has been sent out from Mr Burns! We all know Tester13 created the firmware and I said so myself in the article! The settings are my own.
Jean Marc ROCFORT 1 year ago

What colors !!
I notice that Philip Bloom defends his beloved 5D :DD

Added on "Best of the seen Videos" channel :))
vimeo.com/channels/13905

Added on "Micro 4/3 & Hybrid community" :))
vimeo.com/groups/24751
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks Jean and to everyone else who has commented.
Dirk Fischer, toonfish.tv 1 year ago

Wow!!! Thank you so much Andrew...been waiting for this impatiently...following your blog every day...Great shots, great work. Will flash my GH1 as soon as I have the time...

+++Thank you Tester13!!!!
The Film Artist 1 year ago

This is crazy, I'll have read up on how to do this hack, thanks alot Andrew and tester13! :) Added to vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
Roman Königshofer | rawmeyn 1 year ago

Awesome!
Robert Shaw 1 year ago

Loving your work Andrew, very inspiring, beautiful composition, and atmosphere.
Severino 1 year ago

This was amazing Andrew, fantastic job. Let me ask, is it possible for you to provide another link to download it? Since yesterday I get 'this video cannot be downloaded anymore today' here in vimeo. Thx and keep posting!
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I think it's reached a limit. Future articles will have links to download, possibly from Rapidshare.
HD MAGAZINE 1 year ago

Surely the question is could Tester 13 hack the AF100 'professional' GH1 coming out later this year with a hardly generous 24mb/s data rate and no lens for around £4k.
exotune 1 year ago

Is this .mov file Mac only? ... can't find an XDCAM codec for Windows.
James McIntosh 1 year ago

aside from the tricks you've employed with the camera, that's a stunningly beautiful piece of work there. Well done.
mpgxsvcd 1 year ago

My god its full of stars!!!!!
mpgxsvcd 1 year ago

What lens was used?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

An old Contax Yashica mount Zeiss 85MM F1.4 and an even older Canon FD 35MM F2 SSC. They look great on the GH1 and give you interesting focal lengths as well as a nice character and shallow depth of field.
Benjamin Briceno 1 year ago

I thought for sure you used the kit lens as well?
FLOW FIDELITY FILMS 1 year ago

But how do you mount an old Zeiss lens with micro 4/3? Sorry im little nooby
Andrew Garcia 1 year ago

Anyone know where to download these hacked firmware updates? I've been searching high and low without any luck :(
D&RFilms 1 year ago

Go to DVXUser.com and look in the GH1 forums. Tons of info there and the downloadable hack from Tester13.
Philip Bloom extras 1 year ago

check out philipbloom.net for my blog on it too
sammy sam 1 year ago

looks amazing..i know i have been playing with mpeg setting for the past week , and now with the avchd hack by tester also this thing is a beast now..Andrew if you dont mind, what sd card are you using.. great work!
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I used a Sandisk Class 10 (8GB) but it's not really essential. Any Class 6 will do, even El Cheapos!
Andrew Garcia 1 year ago

Sammy, thanks for your help walking me through the update process. Just did the 32mb native 24p and it is SO much nicer. I can push the colors a lot more without distortion. Can't wait to see what the 50mb will let me do cc-wise
mpgxsvcd 1 year ago

I just showed the video to someone and they ordered a GH1 while they watched. That is simply the highest quality streaming video I have ever seen.
mpgxsvcd 1 year ago

Is there a way to see what the average bit rate of the video is? I updated my GF1 with the firmware hack and both AVC-HD and MJPEG show about 20 mb/sec. I was using the properties function in VLC to confirm this.
Charlescowper 1 year ago

hi so does this hack work on both GH1 & GF1?
many thanks : )
alan 1 year ago

some very nice work here fella done super quick..
kudos to this great man tester 13..
i hope some of the moneys generated from web traffic to your web site and mr blooms will be given to tester in russia.
he should benefit big time more than anyone else i think..
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I don't currently earn anything from web traffic. But yes, kudos to Tester13 and his software. He's a genius.
Philip Bloom extras 1 year ago

Very odd comment Alan. I am making no money from that blog, just simply reporting the news in which case are you suggesting any time a website reports news about something then the person whom the article is about should be paid? That is odd!

there is a request for people to make a donation to tester13 on my site Alan if you read my blog.

Thanks!

P
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I think Alan, tester13 has gained plenty through his hard work, and if anything - maybe tester13 should donate to us from publicising his work and getting people to donate? At the moment the balance is about right I think. Nobody is ripping anybody else off. Use the firmware, enjoy it and be creative with it and don't worry about the moral implications of news articles… there aren't any!
Kert Gartner 1 year ago

Ok, does this mean a hacked GF1 firmware is far behind?? Please say yes! :)
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Already here! I think people still need to test out the right settings for it though, and it won't be anywhere near the quality that the GH1 is capable of. GH1 is as purpose built for video as a stills camera gets right now. Great sensor and processors.
Bill Strehl 1 year ago

Awesome images and content. Any chance of doing something with low light and testing at different ISOs?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

The temple is amazing at night. I'll shoot more next week plus there is the Isco Centavision 3x anamorphic stuff coming, so plenty to look forward to from this camera! Tester13 has now also fixed 24p native AVCHD 32Mbit playback on the camera. So that is officially good riddance to 17Mbps 24p in 60i wrapper and pulldown on the original camera. Great stuff.
Bill Strehl 1 year ago

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the quick response! Looking forward to the results of your next shoot.
Neal Wagner 1 year ago

Lovely, just lovely. Even without the improvements to the GH1 this short film captures a moody, transendent asethethic wonderfully. Thank you.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks Neal! Makes it worthwhile, comments like this.
Robert Kirkpatrick 1 year ago

So I've been sitting here today thinking to myself, should I sell all my GH1 gear, and get some extra money and just go for the 5d with one or two lenses. And then, I see this. Gonna try this this weekend -- just for the 32mb, 24 native -- although I noticed, that I can't seem to hit the panasonic firmware page today.
Andrew Garcia 1 year ago

try this panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/dl/gh1.html
Robert Kirkpatrick 1 year ago

I think my work is blocking the site for some reason. Gotta try it at home.
Dimitrios Papagiannis 1 year ago

Tester13 = The New SkyDaddy
Sean Palsgaard 1 year ago

Great video! I wish I had my 7D when I was in Taipei...Longshan is amazing.
Sturla Strand 1 year ago

This was awsome!
Ron Coker 1 year ago

Thank you!
Michael Hammar 1 year ago

Things going through my head at the moment:

1. Panasonic is suddenly at a loss of words since their secret plan (I'm guessing) was to unlock the GH1 (a la Tester13) and sell that as the GH2. So now they have to actually design and build a real new camera.

2. Now, GH1's will start selling at a premium and all the 2ndhand ones will jump up in price....

3. Tons of GH1 rigs/lens/etc will be out there now and everyone will sell off their 550D's to be 'cool' again.

4. Canon will hold an emergency meeting of their engineers to discuss what to do with this sudden upset and loss of 'glory'... "Hey, this revolution is about us and now we're suddenly out of the spotlight!!"

5. Canon will release the firmware we've all been waiting for since they need to regain the upper ground.

6. Nikon will still do what they do best.... nothing.

7. We shooters get more choices and better results! What grand times we live in!
Patrick Louie 1 year ago

Does this take care of any aliasing as well? Or did the GH1 never have that issue?
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Never an issue like it is on the Canon's. GH1's main vice was the codec.
Calogero Mira 1 year ago

Wow, very nice.
Mr.Moviesmaker 1 year ago

Very beautifully done and the music is awsome!
SiriNeos 1 year ago

Congratulations for the video and the music. I watched it yesterday two times and another one today.
I was waiting for the GH2, but now I am thinking in the GH1. ¡Cheaper and probably better! I think Panasonic will not give us as much as tester13.
Jean-Baptiste Lefournier 1 year ago

Awesome footage as usual and technically improved !
Panasonic should read this thread and bring us a decent Official GH1 Firmware Update !
The only thing that may be an issue for me is that MJpeg is not a good codec for Colorists or Post people, I think I would rather work on ProRes HQ (10 bits latitude)
Doug Garland 1 year ago

Bloom has stated that the 5d still has a better image. I find this hard to believe. I keep comparing footage and I dont know how he can make such a statement. The GH1 has always had a great image but so few ppl know about it. I talked to a guy the other day who was bragging about his new 5d and how it was used on House. I showed him my GH1 and he said he had never heard of it. At the event, a short documentary of mine was being shown on a 20 ft screen and it looked amazing. He was blown away with the footage. The GH1 body is only $680 and people still believe the T2i is the best bargain. I looked at the T2i in the store and it felt very cheap in build quality and weight.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I totally agree Doug. The Canons are overrated but I'm looking forward to what they do next. The 5D is an old camera. For the price the GH1 is absolutely amazing. The 5D's only strength is that it's a full frame sensor and that it's better at ISO 1600. But apart from that - um - I'm struggling to find what all the fuss is about. Too much shallow depth of field, a soft image, muted and absolutely terrible handling especially without a Z-Finder. Lack of articulated screen is a back breaker for video on sticks. I sold my 5D and kept the GH1. Down to personal taste I guess.
DSLRcinema 1 year ago

Totally agree here with both of you. The over all image quality of the GH1, imho, was always better than the other dslrs...but now with the hack...the GH1(3) kicks some booty!
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Paul Shields 1 year ago

Let's hope not. I can understand Tester 13's concern expressed on dvxuser about his work being exploited though. He did a hell of a lot more than "flip a bit" as suggested on a recent "hd" blog. But this is the Internet, everyone's a marketeer and looking for their piece of the pie, even if they didn't bake it.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I don't fully understand Tester13's attitude, since the beginning he's been quite hostile to outside sites. He also admitted that he wants to make private distributions of the firmware and that his aim is to make a lot of money from it. His work is excellent, but without publicity and testers and donations - where would he be? This is why, I find his attitude on DVX a bit ungrateful and a bit pissy. But I try to forget that, and to concentrate on the positives. He really has opened the GH1 up like a book.
TheMuc 1 year ago

i miss your posts on dvx ha....but now i can get it all on your site =)

can you use panas v1.2 firmware with the latest ptools or does it have to be v1.32? would like to keep the incriments on v1.2 just in case i need to send it in and can revert to v1.32 then.
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

It has to be V1.32 as the starting point. Go beyond v1.40 in increment and you will probably have to wait for Tester13 to hack V1.40 if Panasonic bring out an official firmware at a later date. Then if he chooses to charge for it, it leaves us a bit at his mercy. If you are afraid of this scenario, it's probably best not to go ahead but the possible gains are much larger than the potential hinderance!
TheMuc 1 year ago

funnily enough the latest ptools now negates version checks so you can put in any versions earlier or later now...sweet sweet day indeed. the guys a friggin' mind reader! I'd give him a man hug if i could..ha

by the way have you tested pappas's 80mb mjpeg settings? are you able to playback on camera with your 50mb settings?

update: its not recommend to downgrade earlier that v1.32..thats still good enough for me =)
angryseven 1 year ago

What playback codec is required to play this movie? Audio plays but video. Used VLC and QT Pro
Scopehound 1 year ago

quick question: can i flash it with panasonics original firmware again (in case service is needed) after using the hacked one? ThX
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

You cannot flash it with the original V1.32 firmware. However the version number shows as V1.3 in the menus until about 10 version increments later. So as long as you untick all the boxes and do an update and you're not way into the higher increments, then the service centre might not even notice. I expect the service centre can wipe the EPROM completely anyway. But not 100% confirmed.
Apple Wagon Films 1 year ago

are there any file size / clip length limitations as a result of the firmware hack? With these new bit rates, can the GH1 still record for the duration of the card?
DSLRcinema 1 year ago

damn i'm jonesin' to do this to my gh1...but i'm so technically retarded!
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

I will get some new hosting sorted out and I'll upload the firmware file so you can bypass the PTools stuff and copy direct to card. Then it's simply case of pressing play button.
Yeshuadisciple 1 year ago

Men that would be great for all technically retarded people like me!
Clipcanvas 1 year ago

Thanks Andrew! Did you upload the firmware file yet - or do you know if someone else has yet? (Cato)
Wiland Pinsdorf 1 year ago

Nice piece, congrats!
Andrew Reid 1 year ago

Thanks Wiland!
Paul Frederick 1 year ago

WOW! This is AMAZING footage. You sir, are an artist with the camera. All these shots are expertly exposed, and artistically framed. The choice of music is fitting of the images and your edit is perfectly paced. Bravo!