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Here's a screen grab from the model shoot yesterday, shot with the Sony a7 III, FE 85mm f/1.8, Hoya ND8, S-log2, ISO 800, f/6.3 and graded with Leeming LUT Pro. Very excited about the new LUTs, and S-log2 is now my very favorite picture profile; but the banding in the sky just kills it for... Continue Reading →
If the 8K RAW sample footage I downloaded and imported into Resolve last night was indeed from the R5, it is a dream to work with. Just a few points though about the RAW craze, ProRes RAW, Sony and what exactly we are looking for in a hybrid camera: 1. Most people cannot grade RAW.... Continue Reading →
While it may be difficult to believe, many in the online community bristle at the very idea of adding video features to Sony cameras, preferring instead that Sony remove any and all video capabilities whatsoever from their mirrorless bodies. Any mention of the word 'hybrid' makes these fanboys quake in their penny loafers. Just four... Continue Reading →
Kenji Tanaka, VP and Senior General Manager of Sony's Business Unit 1, Digital Imaging Group, in an interview with DPReview’s Barney Britton, affirms that video is among the company’s greatest opportunities and that demand worldwide for video is strong. Better late than never! Where do you see Sony’s biggest opportunities in today’s market? Video is... Continue Reading →
I still see lots of YouTubers grossly underexposing their S-log footage, which leads to a bunch of noise to deal with in post. Here's an example of a correctly exposed clip along with a screen grab from the same video on YouTube. Incidentally, prior to Athena, whether shooting Cine2, HLG or S-log, previous LUTs required... Continue Reading →
With the release of Paul Leeming's 'Athena' LUT, Sony Alpha cameras now have dazzling color. The video was shot with the a7 III, Sony 85mm f/1.8, Cine2 picture profile and edited in DaVinci Resolve using an LG OLED as a grading monitor. https://youtu.be/GC3kx9BJW_o
Alongside the newly released Pro II LUTs, Paul Leeming has also given us Athena LUTs, which he says "are a brighter version of Pro II, designed around placing middle grey (also known as 18% grey) at the 50% IRE level after the LUT has been applied, while retaining the same perfect colorimetry". Both Athena and... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/be8DDa-1aq8 If the audio sounds a little better in this tutorial, it's thanks to Serge M's wonderful guide to using the Audio Compressor effect in Final Cut Pro.
Here are a few screen grabs from a recent project, shot with the Sony a7 III, FE 85mm f/1.8, Cine2 and graded with Leeming LUT Pro and RocketStock LUTs. Straight out of camera. Waveform (Luma). RGB Parade. Vectorscope. Leeming LUT Pro, pulled down shadows, boosted saturation. RocketStock LUT (Korben). RocketStock LUT (Arabica). RocketStock LUT (Fusion).... Continue Reading →
All shot with the Sony a7 III and 85mm f/1.8, ISO 100, sharpening at -7. I was working in ultra-harsh lighting from around 9:00 - 10:30AM, no reflector. Since I'm having serious banding issues because of YouTube compression, it's going to be a while before I sort it out and upload. This also happens to... Continue Reading →
Waveform (Luma) RGB Parade Vectorscope Graded Graded Graded Graded SOOC SOOC SOOC SOOC
https://youtu.be/fiNxXXDKoCk Custom white balance using the X-Rite color checker. This will give you consistent results. Unfortunately, Sony makes doing custom white balance much more tedious than it needs to be.ND Filters. In broad daylight, exposures can be in the thousandths of a second at f/9 or f/10. This might be fine for architectural or landscape... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/aFYkotwoEj4 Since shooting HLG 3 and properly exposing, I've had to re-evaluate my attitude towards Sony's implementation of HLG, also known as instant HDR. HLG requires no color correction, though it can still hold up to a very tiny bit of manipulation in post. The LCD on Sony's a7 III is too dark even in... Continue Reading →
I almost always shoot Cine2, but a question from a forum member over at DPReview about noisy footage at ISO 3200 inspired me to whip out my a7 III and try out S-Log2 for only the second time in two years. I dragged the clip into the Final Cut Pro timeline, threw on Paul Leeming's... Continue Reading →
I traded in my gargantuan Sony Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 for the newly released Sony 35mm f/1.8. https://youtu.be/-jF_7IWThcU
Lloyd Chambers as well as some forum members over at DPReview say the latest updates have killed a7R III eye autofocus, so I was concerned about whether a7 III video autofocus might also have been affected. Anyhow, face detect AF seems to work the same as before: which is to say that if my chin... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/IETNQ-rJTn8 "Capella" by SPCZLicense
In DPReview’s interview with Kenji Tanaka, VP and senior manager of Sony’s Business Unit 1, Digital Imaging Group, the executive candidly name-drops the now-legendary Blackmagic Pocket 4K (the ultimate expression of Grant Petty’s lifelong quest to bring filmmaking to the masses), which in itself is a bit extraordinary in a setting like this: and a... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 