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Posted January 15, 2010
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Sleeper Reader

I often see guys crashed out on the London Underground. Not being a Londoner myself the scene always fascinates me. I wonder if the person parties hard, works hard, or both.

I imagine a few sleep past their stops and some have nowhere to get off at.

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Posted January 14, 2010
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Panasonic Lumix GH1 (Quick Test)

This is a small test with the Lumix GH1. It's a 'hybrid' camera I have only just bought, initially with the intention to videoblog with.

I know this may seem like a bit of overkill but as I normally take a pro SLR and a video camera out on assignments I was thinking that this may finally be the device that takes decent photos and video while at the same time is reasonably compact. By consolidating my kit I have fewer cables accessories and can travel lighter. there is no reason why with the additional microphone I cannot use the GH1 for pro audio, video and stills. As it records to an SD card I can pop that in the side of my mac and do away with a card reader too.

I am still getting me head around the AVCHD format. Files have to be imported and not simply dragged and dropped, but it is a sacrifice I am willing to take for the extra quality.

As well as being able to auto focus the Panasonic will of course record video at 1080p but in this test I wanted to have a quick look at what 720p 50 fps looks like at half speed (25fps).

The camera was set to intelligent auto (IA) and continuous auto focus.

Please keep in mind that this was filmed indoors, with little window light, in one take, using the internal microphone. I edited it in iMovie in about 5 minutes.

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Posted January 8, 2010
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Panasonic Lumix GH1 (Quick Look)

This is not a cheep camera. Without the HD video option it's around £500. And with it it's around a £1000. Seems to me to be a steep hike in the price but I imagine with decent Panasonic HD video camera fetching around £800, this camera had to find a position in the range.

The quality of the image with both stills and video looks spectacular and the internal and external mic options look pretty competent.

If i had the money I would be picking one up if only to make use of my Leica M series lenses.

If you know anyone at Panasonic who can get me one of these.. I have a cunning plan as to how it can be used in an amazing project.

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Posted October 17, 2009
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