John Frey
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Actually, I am now getting remote start/stop in the video mode on the GH1 and audio from the built-in mic at the same time, even with the remote plugged into the mic input jack!
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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I use a wired remote with our Panasonic GH1s. They work fine and we have the remote switch attached to our rig handles. However, it plugs into the audio input jack, precluding on-camera audio (if you need it).
Tester 13, the infamous GH1 hacker, is supposedly working on workaround. These remotes are cheap on Ebay. Don’t know about other DSLR brands.John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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An excellent set of questions, Peter! Thanks for all of your input. My upgrade plans from GH1 to GH2 will depend on the answers.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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The Panasonic GH2, that was just released last week and is replacing the GH1, has none of the overheating or limited video record durations that you will find in the T2i. I often use 2 of the GH1 units in place of our regular HD cameras. They can produce a very fine picture at 1080 24p, and the GH2 now has realtime HDMI out in full resolution while recording. The 14-140mm kit lens is pretty nice, and you can adapt just about any lens as well. We recently purchased 2 used Nikon Nikkor 50mm 1.4 lenses with adapters for $200.00. They are great for interviews. The GH2 will be available in October.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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We occasionally have projects that are using mixed HD clips. CS5 handles them on the same timeline just fine.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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What you are experiencing is the ‘Center Cut’ mode. Did you try changing the DVD player settings to 4 x 3?
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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You can also email a clean audio track of your video edit to a qualified service bureau, such as Automatic Sync Technology, who will transcode that file to a variety of text file formats. You simply download the completed files from their website and load the the appropriate file into the subtitle track in Encore. You can adjust the file forwards or backwards for fine sync adjustments. Be sure to speak to them about the differences between closed captioning and sub titles.
Their turnaround time is very fast, and their fees are quite reasonable.John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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Most of the people who share information on this forum are here for DSLR video, not still photography. Also, if you take the time to read some of the threads here, many members are long-time Panasonic video camera users – from lower end DV to Broadcast level HD. I have been in this business at all levels for 30 years, and have owned Hitachi, Ikegami, Sony, Canon, JVC and Panasonic cameras. And for the record, we do not use the Panasonic GH1 for still photography. Lighten up!
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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Here is the link to the new and improved Panasonic GH2 replacement for the GH1 (just released today at Photokina)- big improvements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVnUeEdYQrI
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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I could have gone with the Canon 5d, but didn’t because of the requirements of the wide variety of video projects that my company takes on. As far as Panasonic, their current GH1 (with 3rd party firmware), produces excellent results and the choices in alternative lenses is great. My Canon, Nikon and Olympus lenses adapt just fine to the Micro 4/3 standard, and the folks over at Adobe provide my PC based edit stations with all of the latest, integrated tools (now in CS5) to handle post requirements. No transcoding drama – everyone plays together nicley.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore