Our first film with the GH1 at DVinfo.net

Kevin Hill · May 14th, 2010, 03:11 AM

My wife and I recently started a wedding videography business. After renting cameras for a few years, we purchased two GH1's a few months ago. Now that wedding season is again upon us, we had our first opportunity to try them out.

Everything was filmed in "Smooth" mode and with the 1.7 pancake lens. About 75% of the shots are from the Steadicam Merlin (often braced against my shoulder rather than "flying").

As the video will show, we had some user-errors which we're learning from. (The camera was auto-white balancing at one point while filming.) Before next time we're going to work on manual focusing and setting exposure better.

Kevin

Jay Bratcher · May 14th, 2010, 05:11 PM

Hi Kevin -

I really like this - especially the coloring and post work you have done... Nice job!

Kevin Hill · May 15th, 2010, 04:02 PM

Thanks Jay! I had to spend quite a while on the colour grading because we haven't found optimal settings for skin tones on the GH1 yet. Grading was done in Color. We are going to be tweaking the My Film settings and color adjustments on the White Balance menu this month, in preparation for next months' weddings.

So far, for incandescent lighting I'm happiest with settings moving towards blue with a hint of green.

May 14th, 2010, 03:11 AM	#1
Kevin Hill Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 55	Our first film with the GH1 My wife and I recently started a wedding videography business. After renting cameras for a few years, we purchased two GH1's a few months ago. Now that wedding season is again upon us, we had our first opportunity to try them out. Everything was filmed in "Smooth" mode and with the 1.7 pancake lens. About 75% of the shots are from the Steadicam Merlin (often braced against my shoulder rather than "flying"). As the video will show, we had some user-errors which we're learning from. (The camera was auto-white balancing at one point while filming.) Before next time we're going to work on manual focusing and setting exposure better. Amanda and Luke on Vimeo Kevin

May 14th, 2010, 05:11 PM	#2
Jay Bratcher Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 110	Hi Kevin - I really like this - especially the coloring and post work you have done... Nice job!

May 15th, 2010, 04:02 PM	#3
Kevin Hill Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 55	Thanks Jay! I had to spend quite a while on the colour grading because we haven't found optimal settings for skin tones on the GH1 yet. Grading was done in Color. We are going to be tweaking the My Film settings and color adjustments on the White Balance menu this month, in preparation for next months' weddings. So far, for incandescent lighting I'm happiest with settings moving towards blue with a hint of green.