Latest GH2 hack unlocks stunning ISO 12,800 with film-like grain

jogiba · 11-10-2011, 05:00 PM - **1 Like**

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Vitaliy Kiselev revealed his latest version 3.63 GH2 hack yesterday. In it is a innocuous patch that removes the ISO limit (3200) in video mode allowing us to go all the way to ISO 12,800. Now at first I didn’t think much to this, since the image would be unusable at ISO 12,800 right?

Well it turns out I was wrong.

“Seeing in the dark is an understatement, it is like having Infra Red!” was overheard on Vitaliy’s forum so I went out in a hurry to test it and recorded the footage above at ISO 12,800. What I found amazed me. The amount of detail still present in the image is just astounding. No noise reduction is applied to the footage, and it is turned off in-camera. Not only that but noise has a very fine film-like grain because of the accompanying high bitrate hack. The look of the noise is similar to the Nikon D3S’s video mode at high ISOs but with far more resolution.

Latest GH2 hack unlocks stunning ISO 12,800 with film-like grain | EOSHD.com

JohnBee · 11-10-2011, 05:12 PM

Wow that's impressive!
Thanks for sharing.

joe.penn · 11-10-2011, 05:18 PM

The GH2 has been on my radar for a bit. I just posted a blurb about it on this thread -> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-video-hdslrs/164780-video-k5-5d-ma...ml#post1707410

11-10-2011, 05:00 PM - 1 Like	#1
jogiba Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Millstone,NJ Posts: 6,491	Latest GH2 hack unlocks stunning ISO 12,800 with film-like grain Quote: Vitaliy Kiselev revealed his latest version 3.63 GH2 hack yesterday. In it is a innocuous patch that removes the ISO limit (3200) in video mode allowing us to go all the way to ISO 12,800. Now at first I didn’t think much to this, since the image would be unusable at ISO 12,800 right? Well it turns out I was wrong. “Seeing in the dark is an understatement, it is like having Infra Red!” was overheard on Vitaliy’s forum so I went out in a hurry to test it and recorded the footage above at ISO 12,800. What I found amazed me. The amount of detail still present in the image is just astounding. No noise reduction is applied to the footage, and it is turned off in-camera. Not only that but noise has a very fine film-like grain because of the accompanying high bitrate hack. The look of the noise is similar to the Nikon D3S’s video mode at high ISOs but with far more resolution. Latest GH2 hack unlocks stunning ISO 12,800 with film-like grain \| EOSHD.com Vimeo

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11-10-2011, 05:12 PM	#2
JohnBee Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newrfoundland Photos: Albums Posts: 4,667	Wow that's impressive! Thanks for sharing.

11-10-2011, 05:18 PM	#3
joe.penn Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland (Right Outside Washington DC) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,902	The GH2 has been on my radar for a bit. I just posted a blurb about it on this thread -> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-video-hdslrs/164780-video-k5-5d-ma...ml#post1707410