Q&A; GH5 Monitor Dimming, HDMI Output, Battery Grip and More!
Photo Moment - May 08, 2017
Did you post a question in the comments in the past week that I tagged for this Q&A session? Here's where the answers shall come!
6:39 — Skip to the actual show start
WAS YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED TODAY?:
7:50 - Lary Cheuk — GH5 Monitor Dimming (plus, impression of the GH5 from a high-end cinema user)
18:14 - SkateTube — Clean HDMI Output for video with the GH8?
20:28 - Sivakumar L Narayan — GH5 Cage with Battery Grip
25:24 - Big Jake — Adjusting High Pass Audio
PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PHOTO MOMENT (MANY ARE AFFILIATE LINKS… affiliate links make me a little bit of $ but cost you nothing more!):
•• Panasonic DMW-BGGH5 Battery Grip ••
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•• Panasonic LUMIX GX8 ••
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•• Panasonic DMW-XLR1 XLR Microphone Adapter ••
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VIDEOS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S PHOTO MOMENT:
XLR1 XLR Adapter for LUMIX GH5 Explored — https://youtu.be/-E1DC6bI7G4
Q&A: GH5 “What is Flicker Decrease? Is it Synchro Scan?” — https://youtu.be/N0dMn0JO50c
Q&A: “Can XLR1 Adapter Be Stereo?” — https://youtu.be/qqR6Rp7qtlw
I would like to buy the V-log but I'm waiting because I don't want to buy it, install it and then realise that my camera is not ok and having to change it or something and lose the V-log and having to buy it again.
I've generated a "false color" LUT to be used for exposure control while shooting (that LUT needs to be set as display LUT in camera while shooting in VLog-L profile). Works like charm! :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/6a168znzgnqgbgu/Rec709fc.vlt?dl=0
PS. I've used LUTCalc (https://cameramanben.github.io/LUTCalc/) to generate it from "VLog-L to Rec709 LUT".
I've just been tweaking the live view settings as you've suggested here as I too was having issues with the screen dimming. Unfortunately it's still dimming, I'm wondering if there's some other setting I could be missing?
1. On 6K photo, the exposure meter is always at 0. I can't quite remember if it shows exposure before recording, but during recording its always at 0 and I would like to see my exposure during recording. Is there a way to show this?
2. This is another exposure meter issue. On Focus transition mode, there is no exposure meter, so there is no way to know how much you are exposed, unless you set the exposure first, then switch to focus transition. I mostly shoot outdoors, so no controlled lighting and I like doing some focus pulls, so would find it important to see my exposure as the light could change easily. I don't know if there is a way of showing the exposure meter on this?
3. I don't use Auto ISO mode often since I want the least noise as possible, but there are times when it could be useful so would like a fix for this. When you set the ISO to Auto ISO you can't see which ISO the camera has set since it doesn't show any ISO on the screen, but it does when you choose an ISO. It would be very useful to know which ISO the camera chose. You can set ISO sensitivity so you the camera doesn't go under or over a certain ISO, but does the GH5 Auto ISO stay within those ISOs you set?
34:58: For T-Stop information (T-Stop is how much light leaves the back of the lens and get to the camera sensor). I don't rely on DXOMark tests, but on their site they do show T-Stops on lenses, they didn't test lenses with the GH4 or GH5, but I don't think the T-Stop will change from one camera to another.
Also, from what I understand, balanced stereo xlr cables are 5-pin cables.. From a 5-pin balanced xlr, use this adapter strait into xlr1:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/859618-REG/Cable_Techniques_CT_PYF_18_1_SET_of_CT_PXR_18_CABLE_5_1.html
From an 1/8" unbalanced stereo cable use this DI box for dual xlr into the xlr1:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/442952-REG/Radial_Engineering_R800_1115_ProAV2_Direct_Box.html
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