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GH4 video judder/strobing - a solution

Started Nov 15, 2014 | Discussions thread
Rollo145 New Member • Posts: 1
Re: GH4 video judder/strobing - a solution

Was pleased to find your thoughts on gh4 judder. Have been using gh4 for 3 months and have spent the last week in forums etc trying to find solution to that problem that's been bugging me every time I shoot video. Your thoughts are the only one having any sense. The many who claim this judder is normal film-making issue for all panning  in low frame rate regrettably do not understand the problem. I live in a 50Hz PAL country and shooting in 1080p.  I tried some shots last night using your suggestion to change to 60hz system frequency and yes, all was smooth again. So today I took it out in the street and did a series of comparisons at 50 and 60Hz sys frequency at different frame rates.

On viewing the clips it is quite obvious to me that the 60Hz clips are totally smooth and buttery, both at 60 fps and almost as good at 30fps. Exactly what you would hope for in high quality video/film output. The clips at 50Hz are all totally unacceptable having that pumping frame jerk on pans and things passing through the frame. My conclusion is that the whole system is 60Hz and the data is converted to 50Hz in-camera. I think they just knock off one frame every 5 (to make 60 fit 50). That would make jerks at 5 per second (at 25fps) or 10 per second (at 50fps). And that's what it looks like to me.  Guess I'll contact Panasonic next to see if they other ideas or what.

I will try editing my footage to demonstrate the issue.

Many thanks for your explanations in DPReview.

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