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The Panasonic GH1 can do some great video for its size, thanks to that fancy micro four-thirds optical setup, but it's been held back the low bitrates it uses when
recording. Now some enterprising hacker named "Tester 13" has reversed engineered the GH1's firmware and unlocked the true power of the camera (much like Magic Lantern has done for the 5D Mark II). In fact, the main trouble now is that Tester 13's firmware uncovers too many options: users are trying out different configurations to maximize quality without bumping into the camera's buffer limitations. The current flavors of choice include 50Mbps MJPEG at 1080p (the stock camera caps out at 720p in MJPEG), to be augmented by 32Mbps AVCHD when the crazy high-end MJPEG causes the camera to buffer overflow. It's all very technical and video-nerds-only in theory, but results speak for themselves: check out a sample video after the break. And try out the new firmware if you dare.
Longshan's People Part II - 50Mbit GH1 MJPEG from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.
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 http://www.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. http://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. http://www.vimeo.com/9176830
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