Since I'm going to post some comparison videos I will put them on an own thread.
Some general remarks. Compared to Gitup Git2 I would say that the audio quality is better in Git2 which can especially capture high frequencies clearer. That said, both of them suffer from noticeable background hiss /noise and wouldn't call neither of them as "High Fidelity" audio recording devices. Overall, as it has been mentioned on many previous reviews, Firefly 7s can produce sharper image and better color reproduction, but on the other hand it seems to compress the video more, at least on 2160p mode (about 24 versus 32 Mbit/s).
These are taken without gyro and are quite shaky, sorry about that. As usual, Youtube's compression disregards a lot of the the colors and details compared to the originals if not post-processed with better compression algorithms.
The above ones are taken with gyro. Compared to Git2 which has excellent stability Firefly's gyro seems not to do much about anything else than stretching the image a bit here and there and I would call it practically useless. Also the sound quality is significantly worse compared to Git2.
Where the Firefly excels is the clarity of details / sharpness and color reproduction as mentioned before, while the Git2's color reproduction is plagued with turquoise tint almost in every lighting conditions. As you can see Firefly uses slightly more exposure on default settings while producing brighter and clearer image which on the other hand is more prone to overexposure on bright areas.
Other remarks. Git2 has 1.6b firmware and Firefly "1017_001" which came with the camera and is the same as dated as 2016-10-19 on Hawkeye's download page. Oddly the previous firmware is numbered just by its date 2016-09-28. Overall Hawkeye's tech support seems to be light years behind what Gitup can offer.
Some general remarks. Compared to Gitup Git2 I would say that the audio quality is better in Git2 which can especially capture high frequencies clearer. That said, both of them suffer from noticeable background hiss /noise and wouldn't call neither of them as "High Fidelity" audio recording devices. Overall, as it has been mentioned on many previous reviews, Firefly 7s can produce sharper image and better color reproduction, but on the other hand it seems to compress the video more, at least on 2160p mode (about 24 versus 32 Mbit/s).
These are taken without gyro and are quite shaky, sorry about that. As usual, Youtube's compression disregards a lot of the the colors and details compared to the originals if not post-processed with better compression algorithms.
The above ones are taken with gyro. Compared to Git2 which has excellent stability Firefly's gyro seems not to do much about anything else than stretching the image a bit here and there and I would call it practically useless. Also the sound quality is significantly worse compared to Git2.
Where the Firefly excels is the clarity of details / sharpness and color reproduction as mentioned before, while the Git2's color reproduction is plagued with turquoise tint almost in every lighting conditions. As you can see Firefly uses slightly more exposure on default settings while producing brighter and clearer image which on the other hand is more prone to overexposure on bright areas.
Other remarks. Git2 has 1.6b firmware and Firefly "1017_001" which came with the camera and is the same as dated as 2016-10-19 on Hawkeye's download page. Oddly the previous firmware is numbered just by its date 2016-09-28. Overall Hawkeye's tech support seems to be light years behind what Gitup can offer.
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