Gordon Laing: Fujifilm X-H2 for PHOTOGRAPHY review: 40 Megapixel vs X-H2S! – Commentary

“My in-depth Fujifilm X-H2 review for photo quality vs the X-H2S.”

Fujifilm X-H2

Fujifilm X-H2 with VG-XH vertical battery grip and Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4.0 R OIS WR zoom lens. Image courtesy of Fujifilm Global.

Fujifilm X-H2 with Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4.0 R OIS WR zoom lens. Image courtesy of Fujifilm Global.

Fujifilm X-H2. Image courtesy of Fujifilm Global.

Commentary

Fujifilm X-H2 offers 4:3 and 5:4 aspect ratios, at long last! We love making portraits in both formats. Image courtesy of The Fuji Guys.

Fujifilm X-H2. Base ISO is 125, perfect for ultra high quality stills given its 40 megapixel sensor. Image courtesy of The Fuji Guys.

Fujifilm X-H2. Pixel Shoot Multi Shot is terrific for cityscapes, landscapes and architectural photography. Image courtesy of The Fuji Guys.

Text and video reviews by Gordon Lang of Camera Labs in Brighton of any new camera or lens are a must and no less so the first of his two reviews of the Fujifilm X-H2, on its photography capabilities.

Mr Laing’s test photographs with the X-H2 are divided between his usual Brighton haunts and New York city, where he presumably attended Fujikina NYC 2022 last month.

Gordon Laing does the techie type tests and reviews so that you don’t have to, and I’m always grateful for it.

I’m also looking for in-depth hands-on reviews of the Fujifilm X-H2’s photography features by my favourite sort of reviewer – female, a documentary photographer or photojournalist as first choice, but both this year’s Fujifilm flagship cameras are equally well-suited for fashion photography, portraiture and in the X-H2’s case more technical applications like architectural photography.

In the latter case, the X-H2’s 40 megapixel sensor and 160 megapixel pixel shift feature make it a great fit and both camera’s advanced autofocus functionality make them well-suited for genres and subjects involving plenty of motion and some degree of unpredictability.

I’m especially pleased that Fujifilm has heeded requests over the years and has finally added 5:4 and 4:3 still-image aspect ratios to the more usual 3:2, 16:9 and 1:1.

I hope that both will be included in a coming firmware update to the X-H2S and will be default in the X-Pro4, X-T5 and all future Fujifilm cameras.

I’ve never been a fan of 2:3 in portrait aka vertical orientation and have often switched over to my Panasonic Lumix M43 cameras despite their smaller sensor compared to the Fujifilm X System’s APS-C.

Fujifilm GX680 III Professional 6cmx8cm 120 roll-film camera. Image courtesy of Danny Burk.

Although I shot full-page magazine portraits in 4″x5″ sheet film during the analog era, with 6cm x 7cm in 120 roll-film as second choice, I would have preferred the Fuji GX680 cameras with their “tilt, shift, and swing knobs and locks”, choice of 15 lenses, and 56mm × 76mm negative or transparency size so much closer in aspect ratio to many magazines of the era.

The GX680 cameras weren’t available in Australia back then but if they were I may well have traded my large and medium format cameras and lenses in for one.

Tilt, shoot and swing in a wide range of focal lengths with Fujifilm’s superb optics… nice!

Supplement a GX680 with one of Fujifilm’s interchangeable-lens Texas Leicas and you have a great combination for handheld and tripod-based magazine editorial portrait photography.

Kind of like Fujifilm’s X and GFX digital cameras nowadays.

Gordon Laing’s review of the Fujifilm X-H2 as a video camera is coming soon and I’ll link to it here at Unititled.Net.

I’m curious as to whether he’ll share the sentiments CineD’s Johnnie Behiri expressed in his review of the X-H2 as a video camera especially for documentary video.

Links

• B&H Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing items from B&H.
• B&H Affiliate Link – Fujifilm X Series Cameras –X-H2 – X-H2S
• B&H Affiliate Link – Fujifilm X Series Lenses – Fujinon XF 18-120mm f/4.0 LM PZ WR
• DxO – DxO PhotoLab, DxO FilmPack, DxO ViewPoint, DxO PureRAW² and Nik Collection – the first two is an excellent raw processing pairing for documentary and photojournalism work while DxO PureRAW² offers a great raw processing first step for those relying on other companies’ image processing software.
• Leeming LUT Pro – “Leeming LUT Pro™ is the world’s first unified, corrective Look Up Table ( LUT ) system for supported cameras, designed to maximise dynamic range, fix skin tones, remove unwanted colour casts and provide an accurate Rec.709 starting point for further creative colour grading.”
• Camera Labs – Fujifilm XH2 review – “The Fujifilm X-H2 is a high-end mirrorless camera with a new 40 Megapixel APSC sensor, 15fps bursts, 8k video, built-in stabilisation, and the chance to generate 160 Megapixel images using a pixel-shift composite mode. Announced in September 2022, the X-H2 becomes the joint flagship in the X-series alongside the existing X-H2S which launched four months earlier.”
• Fujifilm USA – Understanding Fujifilm X-H2S versus X-H2 – video – “Michael explains the big and small differences between these two Fujifilm mirrorless cameras released 3 months apart from each other, both built on the same magnesium alloy body.”
• Gordon Laing – Fujifilm X-H2 for PHOTOGRAPHY review: 40 Megapixel vs X-H2S! – video – “My in-depth Fujifilm X-H2 review for photo quality vs the X-H2S.”
• Joe Allam  – BACK IN NEW YORK — Hands-on with Fujifilm X-H2 – Searching for New York views — Fujifilm X-H2 vlog – Vlogging with Fujifilm X-H2S in New York — I love this camera! – videos – “Exploring New York with the Fujifilm X-H2 and X-H2S, visiting Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Greenwich Village in Manhattan. This is the first time I’ve vlogged entirely on a Fuji camera!”
• SmallRig Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing from SmallRig.
• Unititled.Net – CineD: FUJIFILM X-H2 Review – Are We Looking at the APS-C Mirrorless Camera of the Year? – Commentary – video
• Wikipedia – Fuji GX680 – “The Fuji GX680 is a series of single lens reflex system cameras for medium format film produced by Fujifilm with interchangeable camera lenses and interchangeable film holders for the unusual film format 6×8 cm on 120 and 220 roll film. The distinguishing feature of the Fuji GX680 is the articulating front standard, which runs on a rail connecting lens and camera body by a bellows; the interchangeable lens is permanently mounted to a lens board.”

DPReview TV: What is ‘open gate’ video and why should you care? – Commentary

“Several recent cameras like the Panasonic GH6 and Fujifilm X-H2S are offering high resolution ‘open gate’ video recording modes. You may be curious, what is ‘open gate’ video and how can it help your video projects? Chris Niccolls will fill you in.”

Two affordable current open gate hybrid cameras: Fujifilm X-H2s & Panasonic Lumix GH6

Fujinon XF 18-120mm f/4.0 LM PZ WR stills + video zoom lens on Fujifilm X-H2S. Image courtesy of Fujifilm Global.

Panasonic Lumix DC-GH6 with Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspheric Power OIS zoom lens. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Commentary

Panasonic added open gate video capability to the GH5 in a firmware update and interest in combining anamorphic lenses with open gate recording has been growing from then onwards.

Lens makers have been adding more and more anamorphic lenses in Micro Four Thirds, APS-C/Super 35 and for 35mm sensor equipped cameras, so-called “full frame” aka “full format”.

The latter two terms are marketing man talk intended to persuade consumers that 35mm sensor cameras are somehow the standard to aim for instead of there other two but they may be more useful in another context, the use of the full sensor for video recording instead of a segment cropped out of the sensor.

Jordan and Chris at DPReview TV have suggested a third term, “full sensor recording”, and it makes sense when used in place of “open gate”.

Digital cameras don’t have gates.

“Open gate” dates back to the days of analog movie cameras where one had to check the camera’s film gate for hairs or dust and then clean it out before the next take.

The term isn’t really applicable to digital movie cameras and hybrid cameras so we support a more sensible and realistic alternative.

“Full sensor recording” has value as an explanation in an owner’s manual, for example, but perhaps “full frame” makes way more sense as “open gate” is recording using the whole frame, the whole of the sensor, and not a part of it.

The absurd and wildly inaccurate use of “full frame” to refer to 35mm sensor cameras will need to be jettisoned, but frankly that’s no bad thing as marketing man gibberish like “full frame” and “full format” has done little but constantly bewilder the uneducated and confuse the unwary.

Links

• B&H Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing items from B&H.
• B&H Affiliate Link – Anamorphic prime and zoom lenses – Arri PL – Canon EF  – Canon RF – DJI DL – Fujifilm X – Leica L – M43 – Nikon Z – Sony E
• B&H Affiliate Link – Atomos – Atomos Ninja V+ 8K HDMI Camera-Ready Bundle
• B&H Affiliate Link – Fujifilm X Series Cameras –X-H2 – X-H2S – Open gate aka full sensor recording in 3:2 aspect ratio.
• B&H Affiliate Link – Fujifilm X Series Lenses – Fujinon XF 18-120mm f/4.0 LM PZ WR
• B&H Affiliate Link – Panasonic Lumix Digital Cameras – GH6 – Open gate aka full sensor recording in 4:3 aspect ratio.
• B&H Affiliate Link – Panasonic M43 Lenses – Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm f/1.7 Aspheric Lens – Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm f/1.7 Aspheric Lens
• DPReview TV – What is ‘open gate’ video and why should you care? – video
• EOSHD – Shooting 5K on the Panasonic GH5 with the new ‘Open Gate’ mode
• LUMIX Cameras – LUMIX Live : A Starter on Open Gate filming – “Sean is discussing the benefits of shooting in “Open Gate” with the new GH6! This “starter” discussion will be a basic intro into what Open Gate is, how it is different (and in some ways the same) as Anamorphic mode, and how we’ve implemented this capability in the brand new LUMIX GH6. More often these days, professionals are being asked by clients to deliver multiple output versions of projects. The GH6 (as well as other cameras that support the “Anamorphic” modes) is one of the only cameras leading this charge for modern creators!”
• Micro Four Nerds (Emily Lowery) – 3 ways I use Open Gate, and why you should too – video
• PhotoJoseph – Open Gate Changes Everything — so much MORE than 16:9 – “What is Open Gate, and why should you care? In this video, learn about Open Gate mode on the LUMIX GH6, and why if you deliver content both in 16;9 and 9;16, then you should DEFINITELY be shooting in Open Gate! UPDATE: The LUMIX S1 also has Open Gate, in the form of (for larger-than-4K), “6K” 5952*3968 (3:2) 24p as well as a “5.4K” 5376*3584 (3:2) 30p modes! Both are 4:2:0.”
• SmallRig Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing from SmallRig.
• Steven Litton – Shooting Open Gate on the Panasonic GH6 | Why Shoot Open Gate Video Outside Of Anamorphic Lenses – “In this video, we cover the benefits of shooting 5.8K open gate video on the Panasonic GH6 outside of using Anamorphic lenses….”
• studiobinder – Film Gate — What “Check the Gate” Means & Why It’s Important
• Unititled.Net – Search results for “anamorphic”.
• Videomaker – What is open gate? – Why should you shoot with an open gate. – “Life just got a little easier with this new camera feature. With the right camera, like the Fujifilm X-H2S, you can shoot open gate and decide what size you want to crop it in post-production. Take advantage of this by shooting with an open gate for both vertical and horizontal formats.”
• Wikipedia – Film gate – “The film gate is the rectangular opening in the front of a motion picture camera where the film is exposed to light. The film gate can be seen by removing the lens and rotating the shutter out of the way. The film is held on a uniform plane at a calibrated distance in the gate by a pressure plate behind the film.”
• Zack Arias – Crop Sensors vs Full Frame :: Crop Or Crap?

A slow day in Pymble at the start of private and public school holidays

It was a slow day in Pymble running up to the start of private and public school holidays following the federal government’s national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II. 

Social class differences and similarities revealed themselves in play in another way through the window of our local hairdressing salon. 

The salon and the adjacent bakery are located on the edge of an old social housing estate in the midst of some of the wealthiest suburbs in Australia with rich and poor often living cheek by jowl in block-filling grey or mud-coloured multi-storey MacMansions next door to little old weatherboard cottages. 

This little stretch of pavement and street is usually densely packed with people and cars waiting to buy pastries and coffee during non-holiday periods but today it started off with a sparse crowd and grew very little by the time we exited the area.

A nearby suburb is one of the less wealthy around here but in recent years it has been invaded by large packs of corporate-liveried competitive cyclists using its streets as a training ground, to the dismay of the locals who have proven powerless against it.

Australia is not the egalitarian place it pretends to be and the conflict between rich and poor can be a bitter one with feuds and brutal power games occurring between neighbours of different social classes.

We moved out several years ago due to the packs of cyclists and mistreatment of locals by parents from the wealthiest suburb nearby dumping their skateboarding offspring off at the top of speed ramp-like streets to spend the day competing, fighting, urinating in our gardens and hurling their garbage into our front yards.

Complaining to the parents about their offspring’s misbehaviour drew threats of court action and worse, much worse – said parents turned out to be lawyers, judges or the spouses of lawyers and judges.

Old friends get a workout, as it were

Today I was carrying our beloved Panasonic Lumix GX8 Micro Four Thirds camera with tilting electronic viewfinder and Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro zoom lens attached.

I haven’t been carrying this combination as much as I’d like lately given COVID-19, the locals’ lack of interest in social distancing and mask-wearing, our own illnesses and often dreadful La Niña cold rainy days and dim grey light.

I love how the GX8 can become a waist-level camera like our old Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex cameras with a simple tilt of its electronic viewfinder.

I really like the 4:3 and 3:4 aspect ratio of the Micro Four Thirds sensor format and how it works so much better than the 3:2 and 2:3 of the APS-C and 35mm sensor formats for so many photographic genres, subjects and styles.

I absolutely love the 12-40mm f/2.8’s manual clutch focus mechanism that’s shared by almost all the rest of the Olympus and OM System M.Zuiko Pro prime and zoom lenses as well as several M.Zuiko Premium range lenses.

I’m saddened and concerned that OM System appears to be abandoning the manual clutch focusing functionality that convinced so many videographers, cinematographers and Directors of Photography to invest in Olympus lenses for their Panasonic Lumix M43 cameras.

I’ve been waiting so long for Olympus and then OM System to expand their wide-aperture M.Zuiko Pro prime lens range beyond the initial three – the M.Zuiko 17mm, 25mm and 45mm f/1.2 Pro lenses.

I’ve been hoping for M.Zuiko 14mm, 20mm and 52.5mm Pro lenses with manual clutch focus and when OM System released its M.Zuiko 20mm f/1.4 it made it into a semi-professional lens at best by failing to include the legendary Olympus manual clutch focusing ring.

Little wonder, then, that videographers, cinematographers and even Directors of Photography have now turned their attention to Panasonic’s revolutionary Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm f/1.7 Aspheric and Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm f/1.7 Aspheric zoom lenses.

The final feature of the GX8 that makes me love it so is its in-body image stabilization, even if it’s an early version of IBIS that’s 3-way instead of the now more common 5-way IBIS.

It allows me to use low ISOs in poor light and slow shutter speeds in situations where our other daily carry camera, Fujifilm’s X-Pro2, would be challenged.

IBIS needs to be built in to every new hybrid “stills+movie” mirrorless camera from now on just as manual clutch focus must be in every new hybrid “stills+movie” prime and zoom lens.

My recurring question to Panasonic is, when are you going to release a professional-quality successor to the GX8?

My new and about to be recurring question to OM System is, when are you going to give up on these semi-professional “M.Zuiko Pro” lenses without manual clutch focus and go back to making real professional primes and zooms with the manual clutch focusing capability that we all love and that has proven its value for so long?

Links

• B&H Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing items from B&H.

1854: Invisible island: How rural working-class photographers are building an ethical contemporary vision of British identity – Commentary

https://www.1854.photography/2022/08/regional-working-class-documentary-photography-brexit-ethics/

“Over the past two decades the social landscape of Britain has shifted with many provincial regions facing economic hardship and a loss of belonging. It is these places – where Brexit resonated – that many photographers with an affinity to the area are now turning their lens….

This is a Britain always described, often slandered, and frequently cited as evidence for various theories of social renewal. But it is also a Britain that is rarely seen. Photography has a crucial role to play in this dilemma….”

Commentary

The British journal of Photography’s 1854 website is on our recommended reading list for the magazine’s regular documentary photography issues.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already limited availability of printed magazines on all subjects where we live and most of the newsagents have closed or no longer stock magazines at all.

Worse, the few newsagents left in this city no longer stock the imported photography and filmmaking magazines we used to buy and the two photography galleries in this city closed several years ago.

We badly miss living in cities that have great galleries, museums, newsagents and bookstores and are mindful that as creative people we need to immerse ourselves in creative work by others.

The only alternative to doing it in real life now that is no longer possible here is to do it online and every so often we will share some links on online galleries, museums and publications that we have found useful and inspiring.

Meanwhile I wanted to share this article with you on one new trend in the great tradition of British social documentary, the depiction of rural working class people by rural working class photographers.

Links

• B&H Affiliate Link – click here to help us with costs for creating  this website and its contents by pre-ordering and purchasing items from B&H.
• 1854 – Invisible island: How rural working-class photographers are building an ethical contemporary vision of British identity
• Another Place Press – website
• Chris Killip – website
• Dan Wood – website
• Iain Sarjeant – website
• Joanne Coates – website
• Tessa Bunney – website

Press Release: LUMIX BGH1: New Box-Style Mirrorless Cinema Camera: Featuring live streaming, C4K/4K 60p/50p and 10-bit Video Recording, by Panasonic Australia

LUMIX BGH1: New Box-Style Mirrorless Cinema Camera: Featuring live streaming, C4K/4K 60p/50p and 10-bit Video Recording 

Sydney, 14 October 2020 – Panasonic is proud to announce the release of its first box-style cinema camera, the LUMIX BGH1 Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Camera.

The BGH1 offers professional moviemakers and documentary cinematographers/videographers a professional cinema camera in a small cube form factor that is easy to install in a wide range of scenarios. It supports tight shots requiring a camera that can fit into a limited space, the connection of additional peripherals for camera control, and has fittings to attach accessories such as cages, gimbals and handles.

Supporting today’s flourishing streaming and broadcast opportunities, the compact, lightweight LUMIX BGH1 has high expandability with multi-camera control of up to 12 units. Its versatile operation includes shooting mounted on drones, IP remote control, direct live streaming and more.

James Choi, Product Marketing Manager, Imaging, Panasonic, explained: “This new box cinema camera boasts the class-leading video that Panasonic has built its reputation on with products like the flagship LUMIX GH5S. The BGH1 is ideal for filmmakers who require a compact body that they can easily deploy and control in an array of situations – capabilities that can’t always be met with traditional camera bodies.”

Using the Micro Four Thirds System mount, the new LUMIX BGH1 takes advantage of high mobility, an extensive interchangeable lens lineup, and Panasonic’s history of expertise in the development of professional cinema cameras, camcorders and the renowned LUMIX GH Series.

Key features

High user convenience for film production and scalability with external devices

The BGH1 has a new heat dispersion structure designed to achieve unlimited video recording. The durable, lightweight body is composed of aluminum and magnesium alloy, and the camera weighs just 545 grams.

The BGH1 complies with Power over Ethernet (PoE+), which allows the camera to be operated and powered using a single Ethernet cable through compatible peripherals. Control over a maximum of 12 BGH1 cameras[i] will be available using Panasonic PC software LUMIX Tether for Multicam[ii]. A future firmware update will support wired IP streaming (RTP/RTSP).

Terminals include USB 3.1 Type-C; plus 3G-SDI and HDMI Type-A which can be used for simultaneous output. GenLock IN and Time Code IN/OUT functions enable multi-angle synchronised video recording and support a scalable system with third-party external monitors, rigs and gimbals – making the camera ideal for virtual reality video, bullet time and homography. The BGH1 is equipped with two SD Card slots for backup or relay recording.

Professional-level video quality

The BGH1 integrates a 10.2-megapixel Live MOS Sensor with Dual Native ISO technology and Panasonic’s Venus Engine. The sensor can leverage a dual-base ISO setting, resulting in minimised noise and outstanding image quality from low to high sensitivity. This feature teams up with the Venus Engine processor to deliver a maximum ISO of up to 51200.

The BGH1 enables 4:2:0 10-bit C4K/4K 60p / 50p internal video recording as well as C4K/4K 4:2:2 10-bit output over HDMI. The camera records video with a designated gamma curve compatible with ITU-R BT.2100, and Hybrid Log Gamma is available with a low-bit-rate recording mode C4K/4K
HEVC /H.265. The camera is pre-installed with V-Log L gamma profile, offering a wide dynamic range of 13 stops.

Variable Frame Rate lets users record overcranked/undercranked video in C4K/4K (60 frames per second, maximum 2.5x slower in 24p) and FHD (240 fps, maximum 10x slower in 24p[iii]). The minimum frame rate for quick motion video is 2 fps.

The camera also incorporates an improved Deep Learning autofocus algorithm that offers greater accuracy in detecting specific subjects – including humans, people’s faces, and fast-moving animals. In addition to the eye, face and body, the head is also separately recognised by real-time detection technology to provide even more precise focusing. The camera keeps tracking subjects when they move quickly, turn away, tilt their head or move far away from the camera.

Other practical features

• Supporting anamorphic lens (4:3)
• Tally lamps (front 1 and rear 1)
• Φ3.5mm microphone and headphone jacks
• Compatible with XLR microphone DMW-XLR1 (sold separately)
• φ2.5mm remote control input
• 2.4GHz Wi-Fi connectivity and Bluetooth 4.2 (BLE)
• Bundled accessories including a Cable lock band, AC adapter and AC cable
• Remote camera control using application software (LUMIX Tether for Multicam[iv] and LUMIX Sync)
• Tethered photo shooting with LUMIX Tether for Multicam software
• A SDK[v] (Software Development Kit) for camera control via USB will be provided free.

LUMIX BGH1 Australian Pricing and Availability

The BGH1 is priced at $3099 RRP[vi], and will be available in late November 2020 from leading photographic specialists.

For further information, please visit www.panasonic.com.au or call 132 600.

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Media Enquiries

Shona Hannon
(Panasonic Australia)
(02) 9491 7629
Shona.hannon@au.panasonic.com

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(Porter Novelli Australia)
(61) 400 335 460
tscambler@porternovell.com.au

• Some accessories are not available in some countries.
• Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

[i] Operation may be unstable depending on the connection environment and performance of the connected PC.

[ii] LUMIX Tether for Multicam will be released when the BGH1 goes on sale.

[iii] The angle of view is reduced when the frame rate is set to 201 fps.

[iv] LUMIX Tether for Multicam will be released when the BGH1 goes on sale.

[v] The SDK will be released for compatible LUMIX cameras (BGH1, S1, S1R, S1H, S5, GH5S, GH5, G9) at the following site https://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/soft/tool/sdk.html on 14 October, 2020.

[vi] Battery not included. An optional Panasonic AG-VBR59 battery is required to be purchased to operate the camera when not using the supplied AC Adaptor or an optional compatible Ethernet cable.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Panasonic Lumix BGH1. Image courtesy of Panasonic Australia.

Links

• Panasonic Australia – Lumix Box-Style Cameras

Nick Driftwood Releases Free BGH1 Driftwood Settings for Panasonic Lumix BGH1 Box Cinema Camera

Panasonic UK Lumix Ambassador Nick Driftwood has released a free collection of his custom settings for Panasonic’s versatile and eminently programmable Lumix BGH1 Micro Four Thirds cinema camera and they are available via his website at this page: 

• Nick Driftwood – Lumix BGH1 Launch Plus FREE BGH1 Driftwood Settings

“The DWDBGH1 settings are programmed to best suit each scenario. The manual settings have the Shutter programmed for the bottom right ‘programmable’ function button. The ‘P’ (aperture/Shutter Program Control settings keep the WB (White Balance on the bottom right because they don’t need shutter control (it does it for you). Inside you will find ideal settings and frame rates for all scenarios. It’s simple to switch between them from the Custom setting menu.”

Links

• Facebook – Lumix BGH1 Video Filmmakers Group
• Nick Driftwood – website

B&H Explora: Panasonic Lumix BGH1 Cinema Camera, the Little Box that Does So Much

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/panasonic-lumix-bgh1-cinema-camera

“Like a gift box that gets better the deeper you go into it, the Panasonic BGH1 is a perfect blend of technology, invention and wonder in an unassuming shape designed to help you realize your creative dreams. Smaller and lighter than many DSLR or mirrorless cameras yet equipped with cinema-quality 4K60 video recording and pro features, the BGH1 is capable of being the one camera that is all things to all people.”

Panasonic Lumix BGH1.

Links

• • B&H – Panasonic LUMIX BGH1 Cinema 4K Box Camera
  • B&H Explora – Panasonic Lumix BGH1 Cinema Camera, the Little Box that Does So Much

DPReviewTV: Panasonic BGH1 Hands-on Review: Panasonic’s new box camera – videos

“Watch our Panasonic BGH1 review to find out why we think Panasonic’s new box camera has so much potential: flexible rigging, small size, SDI connections, updated V-Log L, remote operation and more!”

Panasonic Lumix BGH1.

Links

• B&H – Panasonic LUMIX BGH1 Cinema 4K Box Camera
• DPRreview – DPReview TV: Panasonic BGH1 review
• DPReview – Hands-on with the new Panasonic Lumix DC-BGH1
• DPReview – Many things to many people: Panasonic launches DC-BGH1 modular ‘box’ camera
• DPReviewTV – Panasonic BGH1 Announcement and Q&A with Chris and Jordan – video
• DPReviewTV – Panasonic BGH1 Hands-on Review: Panasonic’s new box camera – video

PanasonicLumixVideo: Introducing LUMIX BGH1 | The brand’s first Box-Style Mirrorless Cinema and Live Camera – video

“Panasonic is now proud to introduce LUMIX BGH1, featuring C4K/4K 60p/50p and 10-bit video recording. It also provides the V-Log L featuring log characteristics with 13 stops of wide dynamic range. The new LUMIX BGH1 takes advantage of high mobility, an extensive LUMIX G interchangeable lens lineup, and even crystalized all technologies Panasonic has ever acquired though the development of professional cinema cameras, camcorders and the LUMIX GH series. LUMIX BGH1 is our proposal to be an easy-to-install camera with high expandability allowing multi-camera control. It provides a versatile way of use – shooting on drones, IP remote control, live streaming and more.”

Panasonic Lumix BGH1.

Links

• Panasonic Cinema Camera Global – Lumix BGH1 – official product website
• PanasonicLumixVideo – Introducing LUMIX BGH1 | The brand’s first Box-Style Mirrorless Cinema and Live Camera – video
• PanasonicLumixVideo – LUMIX New Product Launch Event | LUMIX BGH1 – video
• PanasonicLumixVideo – LUMIX BGH1 – “Unbox your creativity – LUMIX BGH1” – video

Lumix Experience: Panasonic LUMIX Introduces New BGH1

https://lumixexperience.panasonic.co.uk/whats-on/news/panasonic-lumix-introduces-new-bgh1/

“A New Mirrorless Box – Style Cinema and Live Camera Featuring C4K/4K 60/50p and 10- Bit Video Recording

13^th October 2020 – Panasonic is proud to announce the release of the its first box-style LUMIX Mirrorless Camera, DC-BGH1. Based on the Micro Four Thirds System, the new LUMIX BGH1 offers increased flexibility and access to an extensive lens lineup, bringing together technologies Panasonic has acquired though the development of professional cinema cameras, camcorders and the LUMIX GH series.

With today’s increased demand for streaming in addition to traditional broadcasting, the LUMIX BGH1 provides a versatile solution in the form of an easy-to-use expandable camera that can be used in multi-camera, drone, IP remote control and live-streaming environments….”

Panasonic Lumix BGH1.

Links

• B&H – Panasonic LUMIX BGH1 Cinema 4K Box Camera
• Lumix Experience – Panasonic LUMIX Introduces New BGH1