Very sharp. But where's the flowers and leaves... j/k. :)

Wow! There definitely appears to have some detail to pull out of the shadows! Thanks for posting this footage so quickly :D

Thanks Mate. Looking pretty good.

Some shots look a little over exposed to me, maybe some white crushing going on but low light in the bar really impressed me. Still on the fence about this camera. Great DOF, form factor, price, but the codec is a problem for me. Plus lack of live HDMI out.

Guess we will wait and see for some uncompressed footage to surface so we can look at any artifacts that the codec may cause.

Thank again tho, lets see some more!!!

Looking great. Thanks.

Jeez......that's some wiggle on yer woman crossing the road.

Philip Bloom is Number one..!!!

I've added this footage to the Lumix GH1 group: vimeo.com/groups/gh1

MAN I AM SOLD ON THIS CAMERA!!!!! sorry for shouting but very exciting!!!

Great stuff!

I've been waiting for someone who knows what they're doing to post some footage from this camera.

Thanks Philip! Looking forward to seeing other stuff you do with this camera, especially 60fps re-timed to 24

Looks really good to me, vibrant, lovely dof, can't wait to see some stuff with nikons. I'm sold

Good stuff!

Was this shot with the kit lens?

Also... You should consider using ND filters outside... so far all the outdoor GH1 clips I've seen have shallow depth of field (yay!) but use a super high shutter speed to compensate the wide open lens... Saving Private Ryan is cool... but I'm really curious to see outdoors stuff shot at 1/48th (or close).

SOLD too ! stock lens behaves ok so i just get the thrills about slapping some FD primes on this puppy... i'll get a red one too :D

Great to see you getting a chance to try this baby out. But as far as I've seen here & around the web the GH1 does indeed have rolling shutter issues, have you noticed any setting to bypass this problem? It almost seems the issues are vorse on the verticle side then it's Canon and Nikon counterparts, as if they turned the sensor 90 degress to get rid of some of the horizontal panning problems. I've seen the 'jelly' effect even in some 720p shots so lowering the resolution doesnt seem to matter, or am I wrong?

I just downloaded the original 1080p mp4 earlier. Really impressed with what you've managed to put together here with the standard lens. Were you using the viewfinder or lcd for most of these shots?

Also, what would your pick be for a wide angle Nikon lens to go with this camera? I know Tamron have an f2.8 14mm, and Nikon have their own more expensive version. Although I guess the beauty of the camera is that with the adapters you can use almost any lens.

I was also on the fence with this camera, but your film may have changed my mind! PS I love your stuff. I hope you keep it coming. We need great film-makers to charge us up. Thanks so much. I am one of your biggest fans. :o)

Vimeo is saying the source video "cannot be downloaded any more today". Anybody got another link to the 1080p video?

Hey Phillip,
thanks for that short. When seeing the first videos of the GH1 I was afraid that this cam would turn out to be a flop. But beeing used by a professionell it seems as if it's a great little cam!

So now the crucial question: sell Letus mini and HV20 or keep it? >:D

Philip, I LOVE your "tests"! That is my kind of testing. rolling shutter: who the F cares? You need to shoot attached to a car or motorcyle? Just get a smooth rig.. or use an HV20 or something... which you can get a perfectly fine image from...just work around it... for God's sakes... you are shooting really nice stuff on a rubberband and peanuts budget! This cam is worth the money... hands down... should pay for itself in a month.

Seems that it would be easy to shoot in Japan and be at the top of ones game.... judging the "tests" put out over there.

Anybody know about a working download link yet? Thanks.

And thank you Philip

Camera works great but the hand of a pro is visible in this video.
So Philip, i have several Nikon' lenses would you suggest to take this camera and use my Nikon on ?
Tks, ciao
-f

Nice test Philip - unfortunately the 17Mbps codec just isn't going to cut it for me personally. I burned a few blu-rays to watch to 1080 footage on the big screen and the same compression artifacts I get on my Vixia HF10 are present.

Really wish they would have gone with 24Mbps - that little boost really helps. Maybe a future model but for now back to the Canon 5D MkII - with all it's problems it still produces stunning images far beyond anything I'm seeing with any sub $10,000 camera.

Is there a Way to provide one or two little Files, like one inside, one Outside File? Original file from the Cam?

I'd like to test how good the Footage handles colorgrading and how extreme one can get with the footage.

Phil,

Cannot wait to get one of these!

FYI - No download available on XR...

PB is huge. I should be watching his documentaries nightly on the BBC, Discovery, etc.

goodbye HMC150

Hello GH1

Will be getting the download sorted asap. I am still in transit

Philip,

Looks like the download is back up and going. I just downloaded it a few minutes ago. Really like the shots and the flow. Gives a good idea of the look you can get.

I love the look of this except the pixelation (wrong term?). I suppose 17mbps isn't quite enough for now? Philip, @34-36 seconds, on the far left hand side the brownish color seems to break up quite badly. Have you happened to notice which types of colors/lighting/etc breaks up the worst? I realize red typically has some issues, but that brown stuck out more to me than anything else I saw. (Btw, looks like Matt from Oz in that shot. Really enjoy his stuff too, nice guy).

Really enjoyed this Philip, appreciate you taking the time to get this up for everyone.

Cheers :)!

There is aliasing everywhere in the original h.264 file but I can still imagine lots of application for this camera. But I wouldn't ever make a film print from it.

It would be a great small cam in an arsenal.

Agree Christopher... great camera and price and lens choices (Leica) but just not a robust enough codec for everyday pro use - too bad.

Remember the footage is never uncompressed - that's the issue - the paltry 17Mbps just isn't enough - I know, my Vixia HF10 uses the same codec - great for fun and special uses but breaks down quickly in post no matter what codec you transcode it to.

Hi Lance! What's up?

Hi Ian,
I dont think the kind of aliasing I am seeing comes from compression at all. It comes from scaling somewhere in the camera and its being reported over at DVX user forums as well. Its not huge and you wouldn't even see it from 5ft away, but its on every high contrast hard edge that is in focus. The worst is on the white super 8 camera at 1:29 into the clip.

There is long thread on the aliasing here

dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=169564&page=66

Does it make sense to buy equipment like eg. the Matrox MXO 2 ( mini ) to import an already converted filmstream from this camera due to its AVCHD recording mode ?
great "first footage" by the way ;)

Cool footage amazed at how little camera shake you have... Seems like a winner!!!

Great footage, and that shoot out looks fun!

Very nice. I like 5d mkII much better though. But perhaps... with better glass... who knows?

Looks good, I like it.

I was watching Phil running around with this at re:frame and it was such a tiny camera. Quite amazing.

I feel famous now Philip, thanks!

Thanks for the footage/review. question: whats the maximum length of a clip you can record at the highest resolution? I know the new bargain Nikon is 4 minutes, and the new Canon Rebel is 12min but I'm assuming/hoping that with the more powerful dedicated processor Panasonic allows you more time.

Not to be a buzz kill but I thought the images from the camera look embarrassing. The video was cool, but that camera has the same problem all CMOS still cameras seem to have and that is making white peoples skin look like a baboons ass. It's a unbalanced still camera that overheads at 20 minutes of shooting and requires me to wear a back brace. Come on lets get real, I see no return on ivestment on this new concept and no real practicallity for video. I read some of the specs on the camera and they seem fishy to me, 12 megs CMOS sensor maybe but not for video shooting. At $1500 that would chip out perfom almost all of Panny professional HD video cameras I got to belive that is like Sony's 250 HD camera claiming 12 megs but actually providing 6 and doubling in process, plus I think the Canon HF S10 looks better. Call me a hater

Phillip’s top viewed video is the review he gave to the EX3 over 1 year ago and this video has only been up for a week and it’s already approaching those views. Its even close to the top viewed 5D Mark II video on Vimeo.

We all know it isn’t perfect especially when you compare the compression quality to the JVC HM100 but the popularity of this camera is really remarkable.

Cameras are evolving so fast. It's outstanding. Thanks Philip for this instructive post. As always ;-)

Phil, the footage is amazing. I'm planning to get this camera when it arrives here in the US later this month. While all the HD footage I've seen online looks amazing, how does it hold up full screen? I'm looking to use it more for viewing on televisions, so I'm wondering if the quality holds up. Thanks!

Dace

no too much dof ...
what were the settings... ?

I have more DOF with XH-A1 ... I'm looking for DOF you knoooooooow ;)

Canon 5d MarkII for sale!

Is it just me, or was that Joe Simon in the first clip?

A videographer from Austin.... He does amazing weddings, but i actually know him because of his BMX work! The new bike video he just got done with is one of the best productions in the business.
mutinybikes.com/web-lgm-trailer1-2009.html
joesimonproductions.com

Ah! I miss being in Austin! Really mellow film scene down there. Must of had a blast!