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When Portrait Displays acquired Patterns, they announced: “Patterns™ by Portrait Displays is the first and only macOS test pattern generator to support High Dynamic Range (HDR) on the market. The application uses the latest Metal APIs to support both SDR and HDR color spaces, including (but not limited to) sRGB, BT.709, Adobe RGB (1998), DCI-P3,... Continue Reading →
Since removing the input and output DRTs from all the RCM project settings in our Monster guide (Dolby Vision says to set them to 'none'), we were sort of at a loss as to what to do, since we learned from Cullen Kelly how critical it is to keep 18% gray where it belongs -... Continue Reading →
"In film photography, highlight roll off refers to the gradual transition from the highlights (the brightest parts of the image) to the shadows (the darkest parts of the image). This transition is not abrupt, but rather it occurs gradually, giving the image a smooth and natural-looking tonal range." - Quora "On film, if you were... Continue Reading →
Although a chromaticity diagram is useful for 2D representations, the color gamut of a display actually needs to be evaluated using a 3D color space that includes the lightness axis. Gamut rings representing a 3D color gamut solid using a 2D diagram are a solution to this problem and have been adopted as an international... Continue Reading →
“I discovered, to my amazement, that IRE stands for the International Radio Engineers,” Lachman says. “They developed the system in 1895, before film even had sound. So as strange as it seems, we’re basing our exposure on radio signal voltage, not photographic exposure of light.” Why are we basing our exposures on sound waves? In... Continue Reading →
Typical luminance levels of the titles in our videos. The titles of HDR videos on YouTube are often far too bright for comfortable viewing.
Phil Holland's shotPrep is a handy tool for quickly figuring out delivery resolutions for non-standard formats, like 6K 17:9.
Portrait Displays has teamed up with MediaTek to create the world’s first premium smart TV chip with Calman Ready functionality, greatly simplifying implementation of Calman AutoCal. "On the calibration side, MediaTek Pentonic smart TV chips with Calman Ready integration will support a wide variety of professional calibration and display profiling solutions, from 3×3 color correction... Continue Reading →
"On QD-OLEDs, the peak brightness is the sum total of the red, green and blue outputs.... By contrast, [...] WRGB OLEDs use white subpixel boosting to achieve higher brightness, so if we do the same measurements of red luminance, green luminance and blue luminance on a WRGB OLED television, you will see that they only... Continue Reading →
"Unfortunately, I'm changing my mind on grain and I'll explain why. First of all, I love grain. I love the idea of grain; and for me, it reminds me of film. I mean, there is really nothing more obvious than grain to tell you this has been shot on film, and Interstellar was shot on... Continue Reading →
"I've got no great love lost for film grain and I think I can say I think I've managed to go all of 2022 without using film grain once. It's something you know, if the client says, 'Hey, we're doing film grain, give me your best version of it', then my answer is of course... Continue Reading →
“As cinematographers we have to manage every aspect of motion imaging amid continuous advances in imaging technologies such as greater resolution, and high dynamic range. But these imaging technologies are affected by the way they are rendered via the camera frame rate combined with movement of the camera [such as panning and, tracking], along with... Continue Reading →
Some pretty spectacular test footage of the Great Joy 50mm 1.8X anamorphic prime: unusual sets, evocative lighting, rich color, precise exposure, great shadow detail and correct export settings... a feast for the eyes. Shot on the Z Cam F6. https://youtu.be/mVLHoS4orD0
This rumor is too wild! A Canon EOS C700 Mark II with user swappable sensor (s35 5K global shutter/FF 8K DGO rolling shutter), a new gamma curve designed expressly for HDR (!), the ability to shoot XF-AVC, ProRes and Cinema RAW Light internally, BRAW and ProRes RAW with the Blackmagic Video Assist and Atomos Ninja... Continue Reading →
A little while back, we wrote that the Fujifilm X-H2S would be one of the very first cameras to feature frame.io Camera to Cloud integration, enabling uploading files to the cloud for remote collaboration without the need to purchase expensive, bulky transmission devices that add extra weight, draw more power and require cables. What was... Continue Reading →
This is huge! VMWare Fusion has announced that their software now supports both Intel and Apple silicon Macs, allowing users to access Windows 11 virtual machines. As of this writing, Intel Macs offer full support for Windows 11 while Fusion 13 on Apple Silicon is only the first round of features with more to come... Continue Reading →
Color film presents an interesting challenge and has some potential advantages, but I’m not sure that current B&W film stocks are a real drawback — just because the technology allows us to use color doesn’t mean that cinematographers will benefit from it. Synchronized audio also appears to be a solution looking for a problem. Talkies... Continue Reading →
The absence of motion blur nearly made me violently ill. https://youtu.be/VwiC0xtTkcE
Several camera review websites are bending over backwards trying to justify the added expense of the a7R V. The question is, why? “The A7R V will have a body-only price of $3,899 / £3,999 (around AU$7,150). That's a little more than the Sony A7R IV's launch price in 2019, which was $3,500 / £3,500 /... Continue Reading →
Apple is expected to announce updates to the 14” and 16” M1 Max and M1 Pro MacBook Pros featuring the more powerful M2 silicon chip any day now. Prices of last year’s models are at their lowest ever, with discounts ranging from $200-$700 depending on the configuration. Supposedly, the new M2 Max and M2 Pro... Continue Reading →
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