Red One, Canon 5D Mk II, and Panasonic Lumix GH1 Footage Comparison from marty meyer on Vimeo.
A videographer, Marty Meyer, shot a short video using the Red One, the Canon 5D Mark II, and the Panasonic GH1. The resulting music-/test-/sad girl in the rain-video is quite nice even if you can’t really tell the difference among the three cameras.
However, I do like watching ladies walk around in black dresses.
Can’t tell the difference? The deuce, you say. The Red footage is gritty, pixelated, and too loaded with contrast. The Canon footage looks like typical Canon digivid — creamy, superb brown tones, kind to skin. The Panny footage looks surprisingly good — clean, smooth, natural colors — considering price of the camera.
Actually Marty isn’t a shooter. She works at Birn and Sawyer. Byron Shah is the DP, you can read his note on the test over here, http://www.hotrodcameras.com/2009/08/02/lumix-gh1-canon-5dmk2-and-red-intercut-test-notes-from-dp-byron-shah/