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Originally Posted by candyflip
I was hoping you'd chime in, because my next question is:
How does it compare to the GH2 and then how about 5D to GH2?
Seems the GH2 is gaining some popularity due to the hacked firmware and expanded features it gets from it.
Also, I don't shoot porn...if that makes any difference to your answer. 
I just got my FS100 and would like something to possibly replace my 60D in the near future, for use as a backup. |
hehehe yes I must have been one of the first pornographers shooting video with DSLR. I saw a 5D sample on the web and was hooked immediately, I started with the GH1 about 2 years ago.
Comparisment between 5D and GH2:
Most important, image: colors of the 5D tend to be better but the 5D also has a moire problem, moire is hardly present in GH2 footage. You'll see a lot of moire when doing close ups of nylon stockings, which is problematic if you shoot fetish porn
Advantage of the 5D: you can work with top quality Canon lenses and still have auto focus etc. You can put ANY lens on the GH2 using adapters but you won't always have auto focus and electronic control of aperture then.
Apart from that, for me the 5D only has disasvantages: it's bigger and heavier than the GH2. If you work with a handheld rig with light and LCD screen, weight is an issue. I've been sweating like a pig holding the 5D last summer in mid France, it was so fucking hot and that thing was so heavy.. on top of that:
5D overheating problem. It gets very hot.
12 minute clip duration limit. The USA version of the GH2 doesn't have a duration limiit, with a 32GB card you can shoot 3 hour clips or longer (if you power camera from mains adapter)
The hacking of the GH2 is a great advantage too.
The video on the top
of this site was shot with two GH2s, the videos below that with GH2 or GH1 and 5D. I'm happy with this content, it sells well, I like the image quality and will never shoot with ordinary videocams again, the only thing I would like to improve is the color correction, I'm studying on that right going through thick books and it's not easy. My respect for professional film graders grows by the day lol. This image is actually a frame grab from a 5D videoclip and imo it looks like a still photo:
This is a still grab from a GH2 clip:
Compare the skin tones. For me the 5D is a winner, skin tone of GH2 is green/pale. Now this was also my problem with the AF100. I hope I will be able to correct skin tone of the GH2 properly using color correction in post soon otherwise I'll seriously consider getting that new Canon DSLR movie cam.
Will post two overcranked slow motion samples of the AF100 tomorrow, both will have pissing as well so if your virgin eyes can't cope with that, don't watch those videos. But trust me, girls pissing on each other's faces looks awesome in slow motion, I had to stop watching it due to all the blisters I got on my left hand and cock
By the way if you don't shoot porn what the FUCK are you doing on GFY?