At the moment, with just two manufacturers currently occupying the consumer HDR monitor space – Asus, with their ProArt series and Apple’s Pro Display XDR – LG looks poised to leapfrog them both with their newly announced 32” OLED display. Both the Pro Display XDR and ProArt series use mini LED technology, which suffers from… Read More
Sony 135mm GM Sample Footage
There’s not really much I can add to what’s already been said about the 135 GM, a spectacular instrument that we nevertheless seldom see being employed by filmmakers. I’ll confess it was a challenge trying to navigate the narrow passageways of 14 Ton That Dam in district 1 and shooting in seriously cramped quarters with… Read More
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Not that anyone would notice, but this is the first video shot with the Sigma FE 85mm f/1.4 DG DN where I bothered to turn on in-camera distortion compensation. 🙂
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PQ 24p On The Way!
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The iPhone 12 Pro Max as a Consumer Reference Monitor
It’s industry practice for outfits like Technicolor to use OLED televisions as consumer reference displays when grading shows for streaming content providers, so why not? The picture quality of the iPhone 12 Pro Max is virtually perfect, making it ideal for checking how video graded on an LG OLED will look to your YouTube audience.… Read More
Why Are HDR Shows So Dark?
In this video, we discuss the experience of watching HDR content on smartphones and try to answer the question ‘why are HDR shows so dark?’
a7s III HDR10 Grading Breakdown
Grading tools in Final Cut Pro may be seriously limited when compared to DaVinci Resolve but that doesn’t mean there’s not a whole lot that can still be done to improve the look of your videos. Up till now, I haven’t done any grading of my HDR videos at all (apart from neutralizing the green… Read More
