Being playing with my GH1 for a few days, need some help!

There is logic there.
30 frames at 1/30 makes 1 second.
30 frames at 1/10 makes 3 seconds : which cannot be done in one second no matter how Einsteiny we want to get.

 

That doesn't seem to make much sense? If your shutter speed is 1/2 sec then it's physically impossible to shoot at anything faster than 2 frames per second...

 

You might want to do a moonlit scene using a tripod.

 

Shooting at 2 fps is not what I'd call video (which was what the OP was asking about)!

 

Why not? Many of these scenes are extraordinarily effective.

 

The video modes on the camera have fixed frame rates of 25, 30 or 50 fps, so I'm not sure how you're supposed to shoot at 2fps. I've tried setting slow shutter speeds of, for example, 1/2 sec on my GH1 (in all the modes that will let me set the shutter speed), and it doesn't affect the frame rate - the video is still nice and smooth. Therefore, the camera is not using 1/2 sec shutter speed, which was kind of my point Now I'll admit I'm no expert on shooting video on the GH1, so it's possible I've missed a setting somewhere. If it is possible then the OP must realise that the video will become 'jerky', and not at all smooth, at slow shutter speeds.

 

You are absolutely right. I was away from my GH1 at the time and had imagined that I remembered that it was possible to set the very long shutter speeds - but it must revert to 25 or 30 (depending on your region) when you start the video recording. A shame, I fancied some easy timelapse style video.

 

Interesting - how did you set that? Have you tried shooting a subject that needs long exposures, like moonlight, because that was what I was hoping was possible.

 

I'd like to know that too!

 

You can shoot long-exposure stills, then turn them into video. I use QuickTime Pro (v7) "Import Image Sequence"