GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! at DVinfo.net

Joe Ogiba · August 9th, 2011, 04:50 PM

"GH2 24P and 720P
Voigtländer 25mm 0.95
1/50 shutter speed
everything is shot @ 0.95 with a L.C.W variable ND filter"

Download the 1.5GB video file and play it on a large HDTV, the quality is fantastic !

Oleg Kalyan · August 10th, 2011, 12:20 AM

Nice, love the lens!

Jeff Harper · August 10th, 2011, 12:59 AM

Beautiful!

Kevin McRoberts · August 10th, 2011, 09:52 AM

Seb has long been my inspiration towards the m43 system, c-mounts, and just shooting your kids when you can.

Joe Ogiba · September 24th, 2011, 06:50 AM

Here is a great GH2/Nokton F0.95 video shot in Vietnam under many daylight/night light conditions:

"Our holiday in Vietnam, Summer 2011.
Enjoy!

Shot with Panasonic GH2 + Voigtlander 25mm F 0.95"

Oren Arieli · September 24th, 2011, 04:17 PM

Love the editing and sound design too. Well played sir!

Tim Akin · September 24th, 2011, 08:22 PM

Very good footage Joe, fantastic edit....I'll say again..... FANSTASTIC EDIT!!

Jeff Harper · September 25th, 2011, 06:19 AM

It's nice Joe, but at effective 50mm the lens is much too susceptible for jitter, IMO for walking shots. There is a difference between the handheld look and jittery footage, and some of your footage is very jittery. It is not avoidable with the 25mm on the GH2, I know, but it is not a good look, IMO.

Try using your 20mm and see what happens; you'll lose some jitter, and if you miss the softness of the Nokton you can alway soften the F/1.7 in post, though I know it wouldn't be the same.

Chad Haufschild · September 26th, 2011, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

It's nice Joe, but at effective 50mm the lens is much too susceptible for jitter, IMO for walking shots....

Jeff, I was under the impression that the lens was made for micro 4/3 rigs and therefore has no crop factor. This is true 25mm. Am I wrong?

Awesome image, Joe. Thanks.

Brian Luce · September 26th, 2011, 03:50 PM

Looks great! Keep up the good work!

Kevin McRoberts · September 28th, 2011, 01:32 PM

I don't think Joe's trying to pass off others' work as his own, just showing us what the very famous Nokton is capable of rendering.

Jeff Harper · September 28th, 2011, 03:56 PM

Chad, 25mm lens, no matter what it's made for will still be 50mm effective on the GH2.

Joe Ogiba · September 28th, 2011, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

It's nice Joe, but at effective 50mm the lens is much too susceptible for jitter, IMO for walking shots. There is a difference between the handheld look and jittery footage, and some of your footage is very jittery. It is not avoidable with the 25mm on the GH2, I know, but it is not a good look, IMO.

Try using your 20mm and see what happens; you'll lose some jitter, and if you miss the softness of the Nokton you can alway soften the F/1.7 in post, though I know it wouldn't be the same.

The 25mm F0.95 is as sharp or sharper than 20mm F1.7 @ F2 or slower and between F2 and F4 it's sharper than any other lens that I seen tested on Lenstip.

Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95 Image resolution

Panasonic G 20 mm f/1.7 ASPH. Image resolution

If you want steady video with the 25mm then the Steadicam Merlin will do it.

BTW the Vimeo videos above were shot by Seb Farges and Leon Visser without any Steadicam and I thought they did a good job keeping the image steady. I am sure the much wider Oly 12mm F2 would work much better for a steady image and if the new Panasonic 12-35mm X lens with OIS is an F2 lens that would be great but I think it would be an F2.8.

Jeff Harper · September 28th, 2011, 09:31 PM

Joe, yeah the videos cool and stuff, but as said, too shaky for my taste. There's the trendy camera movement common in many videos and television, and even hollywood films, and it does add to realism, but uncontrolled jitter is a different to me, and that's what too many of the shots seemed to have. Whatever, not important.

Anyway, after reading your post, I took a look around at more info about the lens, it's clear Panasonic really is not in the same league, and my statement was really inaccurate. I happened to not like many of the videos I've seen in the past shot with the 25mm that I've seen, but after your comment I went looking for more reviews and saw some amazing photos, they were stunning. The 20mm could never come close to what I saw produced by the Voightlander.

For video, it would be, I imagine, a very difficult lens to work with, hence the reason I've not seen much video shot with it that I cared for. It would be an interesting lens for wedding work for sure, but tough to maintain focus with a moving subject, for sure. At least it would be for me.

August 9th, 2011, 04:50 PM	#1
Joe Ogiba Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 194	GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! "GH2 24P and 720P Voigtländer 25mm 0.95 1/50 shutter speed everything is shot @ 0.95 with a L.C.W variable ND filter" Life goes on... Goes to London... With Nokton on Vimeo Download the 1.5GB video file and play it on a large HDTV, the quality is fantastic !

August 10th, 2011, 12:20 AM	#2
Oleg Kalyan Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MOSCOW Posts: 860	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Nice, love the lens!

August 10th, 2011, 12:59 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Beautiful! __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

August 10th, 2011, 09:52 AM	#4
Kevin McRoberts Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 700	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Seb has long been my inspiration towards the m43 system, c-mounts, and just shooting your kids when you can. __________________ Freelance pudgy bearded lighting camera operator www.mcbob.tv

September 24th, 2011, 06:50 AM	#5
Joe Ogiba Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 194	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Here is a great GH2/Nokton F0.95 video shot in Vietnam under many daylight/night light conditions: "Our holiday in Vietnam, Summer 2011. Enjoy! Shot with Panasonic GH2 + Voigtlander 25mm F 0.95" A Journey Through Vietnam on Vimeo

September 24th, 2011, 04:17 PM	#6
Oren Arieli Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 919	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Love the editing and sound design too. Well played sir!

September 24th, 2011, 08:22 PM	#7
Tim Akin Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Newbern, TN Posts: 414	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Very good footage Joe, fantastic edit....I'll say again..... FANSTASTIC EDIT!! __________________ Tim

September 25th, 2011, 06:19 AM	#8
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! It's nice Joe, but at effective 50mm the lens is much too susceptible for jitter, IMO for walking shots. There is a difference between the handheld look and jittery footage, and some of your footage is very jittery. It is not avoidable with the 25mm on the GH2, I know, but it is not a good look, IMO. Try using your 20mm and see what happens; you'll lose some jitter, and if you miss the softness of the Nokton you can alway soften the F/1.7 in post, though I know it wouldn't be the same. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

September 26th, 2011, 03:50 PM	#10
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Looks great! Keep up the good work!

September 28th, 2011, 01:32 PM	#11
Kevin McRoberts Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 700	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! I don't think Joe's trying to pass off others' work as his own, just showing us what the very famous Nokton is capable of rendering. __________________ Freelance pudgy bearded lighting camera operator www.mcbob.tv

September 28th, 2011, 03:56 PM	#12
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Chad, 25mm lens, no matter what it's made for will still be 50mm effective on the GH2. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."

September 28th, 2011, 09:31 PM	#14
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Re: GH2 video shot @ F0.95 ! Joe, yeah the videos cool and stuff, but as said, too shaky for my taste. There's the trendy camera movement common in many videos and television, and even hollywood films, and it does add to realism, but uncontrolled jitter is a different to me, and that's what too many of the shots seemed to have. Whatever, not important. Anyway, after reading your post, I took a look around at more info about the lens, it's clear Panasonic really is not in the same league, and my statement was really inaccurate. I happened to not like many of the videos I've seen in the past shot with the 25mm that I've seen, but after your comment I went looking for more reviews and saw some amazing photos, they were stunning. The 20mm could never come close to what I saw produced by the Voightlander. For video, it would be, I imagine, a very difficult lens to work with, hence the reason I've not seen much video shot with it that I cared for. It would be an interesting lens for wedding work for sure, but tough to maintain focus with a moving subject, for sure. At least it would be for me. __________________ "The horror of what I saw on the timeline cannot be described."