(FT3) Is the new GH2 video feature nothing else than “Progressive Segmentes Frame” recording?

[shoplink 16254][/shoplink]As you know Panasonic announced a “new video mode which is suitable for editing video recorded at high bit rate (24Mbps)“. But what does it mean exactly? Sources from the German website Slashcam said that this is nothing else than a 1080/25p signal recorded as 1080/50i with 24Mbit/s. If you want you can easily convert that 50i video in 25p. De facto this means you can now record 1080/50p in 24Mbit/s. That “trick” is called “Progressive Segmentes Frame” recording.

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Reminder: A new GH2 firmware update is coming in December. There are many new features and fixes:

• – New video mode which is suitable for editing video recorded at high bit rate (24Mbps)
• – New functional option with Power Zoom Lens ([DISP FOCAL LENGTH (Display of Focal Length)], [STEP ZOOM], [ZOOM RESUME], [ZOOM SPEED] and [ZOOM RING*])
• – Full area enlargement of AF area setting
• – Improvement in the speed of consecutive shooting when shot with auto bracket
• – Increased number of recordable images in consecutive shooting
• – [EX.TELE CONV. (Extra Tele Conversion)] can be set ON/OFF separately in photo or video recording
• – More accurate light adjustment of built-in flash
• – Improvement in the AF performance in video recording
• – Synchronization of alarm volume for low battery with [BEEP VOLUME]
• – New [HALF-PRESS RELEASE] function
• – Improved NR (Noise Reduction) in high sensitivity shooting
• – ON/OFF control of the touch-screen

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