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Panasonic GH2 vs 5D Mark III
Monday, 26 March, 2012 12:38
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Today I shot this comparison between the 5D Mark III and hacked Panasonic GH2 with EOSHD Unified Patch. The results are all in the video. Now you just need to factor in overall aesthetics to your decision, which are important. Personally I’d say that full frame sensor aside there is no reason why I like the 5D Mark III’s cinematic image more than the GH2′s. But I do need a full frame camera! It is another look, another option. Overall the GH2 looks more like a digital form of Super 16mm with a fine grain and detailed image. It is also punchy and contrasty. With fast glass it has more of a dreamy Super 35mm look. The GH2′s sensor size is after all very close to motion picture Super 35mm, if not photographic 35mm. I am big on a fine grain of noise. Too clean and you get a plastic look, too blotchy at high ISOs and you get a very soft image. The noise grain on the GH2 is unusual for an H.264 based codec in that the high bitrates with the hack maintain a very fine grain structure like the broadcast MPEG codec on the Canon C300. The 5D Mark III is the opposite – a blotchy noise pattern and even a fizz at lower ISOs which is generated by the codec. Of course Canon could have put the XF’s lovely MPEG codec in there, but didn’t. The 5D Mark III excels on skin tones, saturated colour and a shallower depth of field all else equal. Certain kinds of shot shows off the far superior sensor but mostly the 5D Mark III is extremely soft and finely textured grass or fabric viewed from a distance looks plastic. The photographic 35mm sensor of the 5D Mark III allows you to isolate a subject from the background without resorting to a faster aperture and a
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Panasonic GH2 vs 5D Mark III
Monday, 26 March, 2012 12:38
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Today I shot this comparison between the 5D Mark III and hacked Panasonic GH2 with EOSHD Unified Patch. The results are all in the video. Now you just need to factor in overall aesthetics to your decision, which are important. Personally I’d say that full frame sensor aside there is no reason why I like the 5D Mark III’s cinematic image more than the GH2′s. But I do need a full frame camera! It is another look, another option. Overall the GH2 looks more like a digital form of Super 16mm with a fine grain and detailed image. It is also punchy and contrasty. With fast glass it has more of a dreamy Super 35mm look. The GH2′s sensor size is after all very close to motion picture Super 35mm, if not photographic 35mm. I am big on a fine grain of noise. Too clean and you get a plastic look, too blotchy at high ISOs and you get a very soft image. The noise grain on the GH2 is unusual for an H.264 based codec in that the high bitrates with the hack maintain a very fine grain structure like the broadcast MPEG codec on the Canon C300. The 5D Mark III is the opposite – a blotchy noise pattern and even a fizz at lower ISOs which is generated by the codec. Of course Canon could have put the XF’s lovely MPEG codec in there, but didn’t. The 5D Mark III excels on skin tones, saturated colour and a shallower depth of field all else equal. Certain kinds of shot shows off the far superior sensor but mostly the 5D Mark III is extremely soft and finely textured grass or fabric viewed from a distance looks plastic. The photographic 35mm sensor of the 5D Mark III allows you to isolate a subject from the background without resorting to a faster aperture and a