GH2 Cheat Sheet for videographers new to still photo cameras at DVinfo.net

James Campbell · January 22nd, 2011, 12:50 PM

I've been trying to wrap my head around the various buttons/functions of the Pansonic GH2 , as my experience has been solely with videocamera work. I always create a "cheat sheet" of the various functions of each piece of equipment that I work with, so that I'm not breaking out the manual flipping through all the pages in the middle of either practice work or a real project.

If it helps anyone else out, I attached a doc and a pdf version of the GH2 notes I created. I apologize if any of the photography information is incorrect; I'm just getting used to the terms/artistry of photography and its concepts. Also, I had to save my docx version in doc; it appears that none of the formatting of the information was scrambled in translation, but let me know if anything is garbled (besides my English!).

Dan Clark · January 22nd, 2011, 02:17 PM

James,

Nice work. I haven't gone through it completely, but it looks like a great reference and much better than the Panasonic users guide.

Thanks,

Dan.

Brian Luce · January 22nd, 2011, 07:20 PM

Thank you. I find the camera's menus difficult and confusing and the manual impossibly convoluted. Worst manual since the Zoom H4N.

Thanks! Very helpful.

Rob Katz · February 10th, 2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by James Campbell

I've been trying to wrap my head around the various buttons/functions of the Pansonic GH2 , as my experience has been solely with videocamera work. I always create a "cheat sheet" of the various functions of each piece of equipment that I work with, so that I'm not breaking out the manual flipping through all the pages in the middle of either practice work or a real project.

If it helps anyone else out, I attached a doc and a pdf version of the GH2 notes I created. I apologize if any of the photography information is incorrect; I'm just getting used to the terms/artistry of photography and its concepts. Also, I had to save my docx version in doc; it appears that none of the formatting of the information was scrambled in translation, but let me know if anything is garbled (besides my English!).

james-

thanks for sharing.

be well

rob

Jeff Harper · February 10th, 2011, 10:40 PM

Manual is awful, I completely agree. I don't have my camera yet and I'm already confused. The name for various movie modes make absolutely no sense. Why isn't 1080 called 1080? The list goes on.

Nice work, thank you!

Brian Luce · February 12th, 2011, 02:16 PM

I agree that the manual is worthless. This camera begs for a training video as nothing is very intuitive and the muddy matrix of controls between the menus, and the two manually controlled dials on the camera top.
Maybe a FAQ would be a good start to sticky.

David Grinnell · March 3rd, 2011, 09:43 AM

hey thanks for putting the work into this!! I will use this for a while :)

February 10th, 2011, 10:40 PM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Manual is awful, I completely agree. I don't have my camera yet and I'm already confused. The name for various movie modes make absolutely no sense. Why isn't 1080 called 1080? The list goes on. Nice work, thank you! __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

March 3rd, 2011, 09:43 AM	#7
David Grinnell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Owensboro, ky Posts: 96	Re: GH2 Cheat Sheet for videographers new to still photo cameras hey thanks for putting the work into this!! I will use this for a while :)

January 22nd, 2011, 02:17 PM	#2
Dan Clark New Boot Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bellevue, WA USA Posts: 10	James, Nice work. I haven't gone through it completely, but it looks like a great reference and much better than the Panasonic users guide. Thanks, Dan.

January 22nd, 2011, 07:20 PM	#3
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Thank you. I find the camera's menus difficult and confusing and the manual impossibly convoluted. Worst manual since the Zoom H4N. Thanks! Very helpful.

February 12th, 2011, 02:16 PM	#6
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	I agree that the manual is worthless. This camera begs for a training video as nothing is very intuitive and the muddy matrix of controls between the menus, and the two manually controlled dials on the camera top. Maybe a FAQ would be a good start to sticky.