3 ways I use Open Gate, and why you should too

Todays word of choice is clearly “wiggle room” 🤣 hope you found this helpful! Feel free to add your own tips and tricks in the comments and we can all help each other

Is open gate available on the new G9II? Mine just arrived and I can't seem to find it. Thank you!!

Love this vid

Out of every video I’ve watched on the topic of open gate you actually made this make so much sense lol. Thank you

I’ve been looking at the new open gate BMCC 6k, now I get why you'd shoot using this system. Thanks for posting

If I wanted to keep the 4:3 ratio what timeline resolution would I use?

Thanks , very nice done !!! Beautiful ❤

I watch all your videos and love the great attitude and information you share. My GH6 will be here tomorrow so I'm super excited.

Hi nice video.. I have some doubts though. Recently I wa steering the s5M2. I shot in 6k open gate. But I am not sure how to edit it. I use fcpx. I am not sure what should be the project timeline resolution and all that. If you can make a video on that, especially the editing part .. that will be a huge help. 🙏

Thanks for the very explanatory video. You highlighted three advantages to open gate. I suggest there is a forth:

Open gate leaves wiggle room not just for re-reframing, but for shake removal in post. IMHO, the decisions of most camera companies to limit video saves to EXACTLY 1920,x1080 or EXACTLY 3840 x 2160 pixel resolutions makes no sense. With exact in-camera crops to delivery resolution, ANY shake removal done in post involves a crop followed by an upres. ANY reframing in post involves a crop followed by an upres. In either case, image quality inevitably suffers.

With open gate, or even a mathematically simple down-res/resampling to something beyond delivery resolutions, more of the resolution of one or both of the sensor dimensions can make it to post. Consequentially, a degree of "wiggle room" is available is available during editing.

Kudo's to the hybrid manufacturers who are providing open gate. I suspect it, or something approaching open gate, will be eventually be a ubiquitous option on ALL higher end hybrid cameras.

You are great.

Is this all applicable to the LUMIX S5ii that is now released with 6K open gate? Or is anything different from your camera you're using here?

Do you know any external monitors , that fit the size of the open gate?

Do you convert the files ? What format do you use ?

For open gate, In post what software do you use and do you just crop it vertical for Tiktok and Instagram. First time open gate shooter.

Thank you so much for this valuable video. This helped me a lot. Cheers Michael

Great tips my friend.

Does open gate work in full hd? I need this extra vertical space but don't need 4k.

great video

The dog is following you! its so cute :)

IMHO, being able to shoot in 4:3 open gate gives us another reason for the MFT being a great format. 👍Although you can also do this with full frame (A la S1H, which is an even more amazing camera), it allows a MFT camera to be capable of up to 6K resolution, which is simply amazing ! I loved the running swish-pan sequence you did for that industrial video you showed ! This was quality work.👀👌

Great video as always. We just got the GH6 and open gate footage just does not play well on our PC with Resolve Pro. What are you using to edit successfully (software and hardware)? Are you transcoding at all before editing, or direct import? Thank you so much

on the GH5 Open Gate is trash, very poor codec. Sure it's 10 bit, but the bitrate is ridiculous and it's 4:2:0.

Grreat video! Love this! Do you have videos about editing Opengate and which camera do you use? Subscribed!

Thank you so much for the video! I am looking into buying a GH6 mainly beacuse I want to take advantage of open gate but I at this point quality anamorphics are out of my budget so I am looking into Meike lenses, can you still get a 4:3 image using Meike? Is there a crop? Thank you so much, and keep on the great content!

yeah great way

I used to have a Kind of open gate function when making time lapses - I Pan and tilt slowly to make it more interesting .
And I feel so restricted when this feature is not available with my older Panasonics. So I decided to make all videos only in HD Quality so I can add movements when filming in 4k.

I have a question, Can I record in open gate without an anamorphic lens? I mean, I can use any lenses and record in open gate?

Riddle me this, will Sony ever release a firmware update for the A7S3 that allows for open gate. If they claim there is a hardware limitation... They're lying. So very annoying

Hey there thanks for this video it is really insightful, appreciate it! I have a question as a GH5m2 owner. If I shoot open gate in 4k and crop in post am I losing quality as opposed to just shooting in 4k with the regular 16:9 aspect ratio? Does Panasonic do any enhancing when cropping in 16:9 that is missed when going open gate? Or am I just doing in post what the GH5m2 does for me when selecting a 16:9 aspect ratio. Thanks!

Thank you for another informative video about my beloved GH5! Just tried this with my Meike 3.5 Circular Fisheye, and wow! Now I can actually record video of the full circle! No more crop, woohoo!

Does the IBIS work if I want to record in open gate 4:3 in 5.8k (on the GH6) but without using anamorphic lenses?

Just found your channel, with a lens review. Was not really looking for excuses to spend even more money so very pleased to find videos about how to get more out of what I already own! Am now going to binge watch everything :)

I'm new to the channel. Do you edit in Resolve, by chance? If so, I'd love to see how you approach setting up your timelines to use open gate.

I've watched one other tutorial on the subject and it was good but I'm always down to see another educator teaching the same thing, as your presentation may resonate better with some people

Hi, stupid question : can we display both horizontal and vertical guides on the GH5?

I really like the iphotography 1-shot take you shared with us here. I am hoping to use open gate with my BGH1 as I want to capture a little more of an image.

Do you shoot everything in open gate?

Thank you, great tip.

I watched a 20mins video on open gate /gh6 just before yours (I have a GH5ii). I have to say: yours makes it very easy for someone with no clue about what open gate is to make sense of it! Thanks!

Strange that Panasonic haven't created a multi social media markers grid

Thank you for all your videos they always make me smile and feel good and I never fail to learn something from each one.

I enjoyed your video - very inspiring. I want to use this technique on a project but I am only see 4:2:0 color available in 5.8 "Open gate" - am I missing something in the settings? I require 4:2:2 for color.

Really interesting stuff. Didn't know about it. Thank you very much!

Mind blowing! I am going to rent a gh5 or gh6 and try this!

It would be good if a firmware update for the G9 included this feature. I occasionally film Rock Choirs and edit the 16:9 footage in an anamorphic format and also pan and zoom the 4K footage.

Yup. I shoot anamorphic, and open gate on the GH5 is EVERYTHING

I can't believe I've been using my GH5 for so long and had no idea this was a thing! I just thought that setting was for anamorphic lens shooting. This is a gamechanger.

Are the downsizes just that the files are a bit bigger? I guess less frame rate options too.