Panasonic GH 2 body (1 Viewer)

I wait new panasonic GH 2 body which shall be good choice to videoscoping.

I am also looking forward in excitement for this body. I plan to use it with my Nikkor 180-600 mm f8 lens together with a front lens converter (1.5X) and backside converter (2X). In these combination(s) there will be 360 to 7200 mm (7.2X to 144X) magnification, that will use 50+ mm very high quality glass and about half of 35 mm film surface area cmos. I believe I can use this combination in 800+ ISO without any significant image degradation. And if I can crack Panasonic's internal software and get a higger bit rate (i.e. 38mbps or more) and 60 fps fullHD (progressive), I assume this body will give a higher quality ultra televideography footage than Sony EX3+same lens(es) combination. New digital devices bring old lenses to life

Murat Ozcelik

musti said:

I wait new panasonic GH 2 body which shall be good choice to videoscoping.

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I tested a prototype a few weeks ago and it looks really good. It is the first photo camera I have seen with somewhat more advanced video mode setup possibilities. I was impressed by the 45mm objective, but the 20mm pancake is likely to be the bread-and-butter lens for most digiscopers.

here is my first review on the GH2 for digiscoping: http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-panasonic-lumix-gh2-for-digiscoping.html

Actually come to think of it, it is a really nice camera and very tempting with some significant improvements over the GH1 and G2.

Happy digiscoping,
Dale

a question: what is the best solution to connect a panasonic gh1 (or gh2 or gf1) to a kowa tsn-883?

a) tsn-883 +[/B] tsn-pz or tsn-pa6 + tsn-cm2 (for 4/3) + panasonic DMW-MA1 (adapter 4/3 to m4/3) + panasonic camera body

or

b) tsn-883 + tsn-va3 + adapter ring tsn-ar + panasonic lens + panasonic camera body

first solution
pro: less number of lenses => bigger image quality, lightness
con: no autofocus

second solution
pro: autofocus
con: weight, more lenses => worse image quality

Marsh Warbler said:

a question: what is the best solution to connect a panasonic gh1 (or gh2 or gf1) to a kowa tsn-883?

a) tsn-883 +[/B] tsn-pz or tsn-pa6 + tsn-cm2 (for 4/3) + panasonic DMW-MA1 (adapter 4/3 to m4/3) + panasonic camera body

or

b) tsn-883 + tsn-va3 + adapter ring tsn-ar + panasonic lens + panasonic camera body

first solution
pro: less number of lenses => bigger image quality, lightness
con: no autofocus

second solution
pro: autofocus
con: weight, more lenses => worse image quality

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This shall be best choice
tsn-883 + tsn-va3 + adapter ring tsn-ar + Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH OIS + panasonic camera body
see test result
http://www.photozone.de/olympus--four-thirds-lens-tests/490-leica_45_28