Hello.
I asked this question in the Micro For Thirds section 2 weeks ago got no help there. I hope I am at the right place now. I observe 2 problems using focus transition (the video function) with the G9M2 for which I did not find an answer in the manual nor other forums:
1) When I use focus transition I miss always the first 0.3-0.5 seconds of the video, it seems as if the record of the video would start 0.4 s to late or the objective lens starts moving to early. Is that only me or do you also see that effect? This problem is most obvious for fast transition speed (e.g. H). Could you please check and tell me if this is a bug or what I do wrong?
One can put in a delay of 0 or 2 seconds before start but unfortunately not the needed delay of about 0.4-0.5s. So it is difficult for me to time the right moment in scenes with some action – either I miss the first 20-30 frames (0 sec delay) of the video or I miss the right timing because I need to click 1.6s (setting 2 sec delay -0.4s intrinsic delay) secs before action starts…
If someone from Panasonic reads here: In case this is a bug it could be repaired e.g. by putting 0.4 sec as option between 0 and 2 sec. – or an adjustable value in case this delay depends on objective lens type?
2) This second problem is caused by me but I could need help from Panasonic to get it solved: When I do focus transition with the PL100-400 on the G9M2 I hold the lens to better stabilize the camera. Often that results in a tiny change of zoom which deletes my focus transition settings (perhaps the zoom of the PL100-400 is not stiff enough anymore? LOL!!). So I have to set the limits again using the manual focus while action continues and I have to reframe using zoom and I am just screwing the things instead of taking video…
I kindly ask: Could you please stop the reset of the focus transition parameters when zoom is changed? That would help me a lot during video recording especially and fast reframing.
Best regards,
Jens
I asked this question in the Micro For Thirds section 2 weeks ago got no help there. I hope I am at the right place now. I observe 2 problems using focus transition (the video function) with the G9M2 for which I did not find an answer in the manual nor other forums:
1) When I use focus transition I miss always the first 0.3-0.5 seconds of the video, it seems as if the record of the video would start 0.4 s to late or the objective lens starts moving to early. Is that only me or do you also see that effect? This problem is most obvious for fast transition speed (e.g. H). Could you please check and tell me if this is a bug or what I do wrong?
One can put in a delay of 0 or 2 seconds before start but unfortunately not the needed delay of about 0.4-0.5s. So it is difficult for me to time the right moment in scenes with some action – either I miss the first 20-30 frames (0 sec delay) of the video or I miss the right timing because I need to click 1.6s (setting 2 sec delay -0.4s intrinsic delay) secs before action starts…
If someone from Panasonic reads here: In case this is a bug it could be repaired e.g. by putting 0.4 sec as option between 0 and 2 sec. – or an adjustable value in case this delay depends on objective lens type?
2) This second problem is caused by me but I could need help from Panasonic to get it solved: When I do focus transition with the PL100-400 on the G9M2 I hold the lens to better stabilize the camera. Often that results in a tiny change of zoom which deletes my focus transition settings (perhaps the zoom of the PL100-400 is not stiff enough anymore? LOL!!). So I have to set the limits again using the manual focus while action continues and I have to reframe using zoom and I am just screwing the things instead of taking video…
I kindly ask: Could you please stop the reset of the focus transition parameters when zoom is changed? That would help me a lot during video recording especially and fast reframing.
Best regards,
Jens
