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Gediminas Sulcas · February 25th, 2011, 03:57 AM

Hello, one my friend asked to shoot his evening show in one nightclub, where will be lot of lightning, blinking lights, maybe even lazers. Can you give me advice, is there is no risk to film in the place like this? I am asking because, i have red before, that someone has broken his dslr shooting like this, But there was real dslr with mirror (5d/7d). As you all know, gh2 has no mirror. And i thought maybe here comes some benefits of mirrorless against mirror true dslr. Have someone expierece ? I try to google, but i realy need fast answer, so i hope i can find it here.

Jeff Harper · February 25th, 2011, 10:41 AM

You should be fine, except MAYBE for the lasers, but I don't know. Try googling some terms like "laser damage camera", etc and see what happens...good luck!

Jeff Harper · February 25th, 2011, 10:43 AM

According to some threads, YES lasers CAN damage your camera, if it shines onto sensor directly.

Gediminas Sulcas · February 26th, 2011, 04:45 AM

well , i was lucky, there were no lasers. But their was lots of lightning, sometimes i must to close aperture fully. All footage was at max 320 ISO, but i still see some noise. Maybe its just because there were so difficult place, so dark, but with lots variable lightning. O maybe i will find better quality after compression/decoder. we will see. I could post link from vimeo, from dark music nightclub if here someone finds it interesting ;]

Jeff Harper · February 26th, 2011, 08:58 AM

Post it please. Which lens did you use?

Gediminas Sulcas · February 26th, 2011, 11:52 AM

now it's rendering, after i will upload to vimeo. And after i'll update this thread
btw, it was nokton 25mm f0.95 , without any postproduction, shooting without any support rig
footage will be decompressed twice, to fit 500mb limit at vimeo :] and i was shooting at 720p. so after this, i prefer not to use fullscreen mode ;]

Gediminas Sulcas · February 26th, 2011, 07:01 PM

Jeff Harper · February 27th, 2011, 01:15 AM

Looks like eveyone had a blast! Thanks for posting...very difficult shooting conditions, but you did a good job. Great camera, I love it!

February 25th, 2011, 03:57 AM	#1
Gediminas Sulcas New Boot Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 22	gh2 at music club Hello, one my friend asked to shoot his evening show in one nightclub, where will be lot of lightning, blinking lights, maybe even lazers. Can you give me advice, is there is no risk to film in the place like this? I am asking because, i have red before, that someone has broken his dslr shooting like this, But there was real dslr with mirror (5d/7d). As you all know, gh2 has no mirror. And i thought maybe here comes some benefits of mirrorless against mirror true dslr. Have someone expierece ? I try to google, but i realy need fast answer, so i hope i can find it here.

February 25th, 2011, 10:41 AM	#2
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: gh2 at music club You should be fine, except MAYBE for the lasers, but I don't know. Try googling some terms like "laser damage camera", etc and see what happens...good luck! __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 25th, 2011, 10:43 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: gh2 at music club According to some threads, YES lasers CAN damage your camera, if it shines onto sensor directly. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 26th, 2011, 04:45 AM	#4
Gediminas Sulcas New Boot Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 22	Re: gh2 at music club well , i was lucky, there were no lasers. But their was lots of lightning, sometimes i must to close aperture fully. All footage was at max 320 ISO, but i still see some noise. Maybe its just because there were so difficult place, so dark, but with lots variable lightning. O maybe i will find better quality after compression/decoder. we will see. I could post link from vimeo, from dark music nightclub if here someone finds it interesting ;]

February 26th, 2011, 08:58 AM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: gh2 at music club Post it please. Which lens did you use? __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

February 26th, 2011, 11:52 AM	#6
Gediminas Sulcas New Boot Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 22	Re: gh2 at music club now it's rendering, after i will upload to vimeo. And after i'll update this thread btw, it was nokton 25mm f0.95 , without any postproduction, shooting without any support rig footage will be decompressed twice, to fit 500mb limit at vimeo :] and i was shooting at 720p. so after this, i prefer not to use fullscreen mode ;]

February 26th, 2011, 07:01 PM	#7
Gediminas Sulcas New Boot Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vilnius, Lithuania Posts: 22	Re: gh2 at music club M-Theory @ Aparat on Vimeo

February 27th, 2011, 01:15 AM	#8
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: gh2 at music club Looks like eveyone had a blast! Thanks for posting...very difficult shooting conditions, but you did a good job. Great camera, I love it! __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."