Panasonic GH3 - wow!

Are these clips you plan on putting up for sale, or are you just uploading them to Pond5 for the sole purpose of posting examples here?

@ODesigns: Most of them will go for sale. Examples is to show the capabilites of this camera. How did your test go?

The only things I see room for improvement is

critical ones:
(1) add focus peaking,
(2) add audio turn off command

non-critical:
(1) add 60p All-Intra,
(2) add screen magnification in auto-focus modes
(3) add tele-converter in 60p mode
(4) add the function for turning-off the viewfinder in the turn-off screen function button.

Final conclusion: This camera buries my T2i. My T2i bit the dust with the GH3.

I was doing a test? I can't recall what I said I'd do.

I did shoot my niece's wedding reception with it. That went very well. It was great not worrying about sensor overheats causing the video to stop during an important time.

" It was great not worrying about sensor overheats causing the video to stop during an important time."

Great! The T2i overheats a lot in our hot Caribbean weather. I'll be filming my granddaughter's birthday party next weekend where I have always used a regular camcorder. I'll see how the GH3 manages the challenge of constant recording at 90 degrees + temperatures.

Sensor noise is still an issue if you submit to microstock still photo's, I agree Panasonic is awesome at video on 60p but still photos in shadow areas is still a concern until proven false the GH1 and GH2 were unusable. I'm a microstock photographer since 2004 and have discounted the Nikon D70, D200, D300 with photoshop help was OK, the Canon 7D terrible for stills in microstock. The noise is a problem, I now have the Canon 5D MK ll and find it amazing for stills and video, looking for the next upgrade.

Funny - you mention Caribbean weather - I was in a frigid ice rink shooting hockey with the T2i borrowed from my wife (in addition to the other cams) and the dang sensor overheated even then! At VERY inconvenient moments.

Normstock, I bought the GH3 for it's acceptable video capabilities and because it was in the price bracket that was inside my expected ROI. Everybody knows that Canon and Nikon are the leaders in photography unless, like Juri Arcurs, if you own Hasselblads then you are an Olympian God.

So if anybody ask me. ¿What do you think is the best video capable DSLR type camera four under $1,500? My answer right now is GH3. If somebody ask me ¿What is the best DLSR photographic camera for under $1,500? I would say: I do not know, I am not a photographer.

Anyway I shot this time-lapse yesterday.

40 minutes - made with Movie Studio Platinum 12 - no filters applied

I agree with the GH3 for video as being the best available at this price, I'm wanting a camera to do both stills and video at a high quality and be light. It seems convergence in DSLR's has taken a back seat.

Completely agree, T2i -T4i (all versions) and even the 7D are terrible for noise for photos. Not useable at all. The 5D MK II and III do both very well. The main reason I stopped carrying two cameras was because the dslr finally had the quality to do both photo and video. For this reason the GH3 just does not make the curve. Likewise the Black Magic cams still don't overly excite me. When a better mouse trap than the MK III is built that can do both photos and videos I'll be first in line.

CONSTANT VIDEO RECORDING TEST - with full battery charge - 32 gb / 92mbs Scandisk Pro card - using All-Intra 72mbs @ 29.97 fps

RESULTS:

1) No overheating or at least I did not feel the camera getting hot.
2) It does not create a single file. It creates files of about 4.1 gb in size of 7 minutes 58 seconds.
3) At the end of the test the battery still showed a full battery charge.
4) If you are going to use this camera for interviews a 32 gb card is not big enough. I think I will have to buy the 64GB SDXC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I. If you are going record a full concert; take a few cards with you.

So, using All-Intra, a 32 gb ($60) card is equivalent to a camcorder's 1 hour DV cassette.

5) THE 32 GB CARD RECORDED 59 MINUTES AND 50 SECONDS OF ALL-INTRA FULL HD 30 FPS. I am sure that if I had the 64 GB card it would keep going for another hour until the card gets full and I will have plenty of battery life left.

6) NO FRAMES LOST BETWEEN NEW FILES. I shot a clock with a seconds pointer and saw no frames lost. NO SOUND LOST EITHER since I had a movie running in the background.

For me this test was a success and speaks very well of Panasonic.

I won't do the 5 foot concrete drop test !!! LOL

No more testing.....and my final conclusion is: