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This is perhaps the first of my videos that really begins to use light in a way that takes advantage of HDR rather than being a video that just happens to be mastered in HDR. Not that there aren't numerous benefits to uploading even videos with limited dynamic range as HDR, including greater perceived sharpness,... Continue Reading →
According to lenstip, Sony’s 35mm f/1.4 is pretty sensational. The only serious flaw I see is focus breathing, but I’m not pulling focus, so no biggie. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get my hands on one next month! Have a look at the MTFs:
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... Continue Reading →
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. 🙂 https://youtu.be/XKq2prHAvVg
Go to settings, click on Apple ID, iCloud, Media & Purchases. Sign in to Media & Purchases. Tap on Music app. Sync Library 'On'. Your Cloud library should now be visible.
Does your ColorChecker look like the one on the left? It might be time to replace it! X-Rite designs the Passport to last two years and I purchased my first one in 2017, so I guess that's about right. Now it comes with a nifty lanyard to help keep it from getting destroyed in my... Continue Reading →
Part I: The iPhone 12 Pro Max as a Consumer Reference Monitor Part II: iPhone 12 Pro as a Consumer Reference Display (cont’d) Part III: iOS Devices as Client Reference Monitors Part IV: Consumer Displays: When Your Client is David Fincher It’s industry practice for outfits like Technicolor to use OLED televisions as consumer reference displays when grading... Continue Reading →
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?’ https://youtu.be/GJY22Y67do4
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... Continue Reading →
In our untiring commitment to being the ultimate resource for those seeking factual information on uploading HDR videos to YouTube, we’ve added another comparison that aspires to settle the question: should you be transcoding XAVC S-I to HEVC or to ProRes 422 when uploading to YouTube? This 10-second clip took 83 seconds to finish processing... Continue Reading →
My first long format HDR video, things didn't go so well... After playing the video for a couple of minutes, ASBL kicks in and pretty soon the picture is too dark to watch comfortably. I believe that lowering contrast to 80 and turning off Peak Brightness prevents ASBL from activating, but that defeats the whole... Continue Reading →
This morning when I woke up I was greeted with a brainless comment on one of my YouTube videos basically saying that Sony colors suck and that the Venice is the only Sony camera with decent colors. I promptly deleted the comment, but rather than making another rant video, I thought I'd just upload a... Continue Reading →
RAW video benefits from noise reduction. However, because denoising can end up softening the image, we've got to determine whether or not to add sharpening and if so, how much. In this video, we test drive Final Cut Pro's built-in noise reduction software. This is one aspect in post where it is really advisable to... Continue Reading →
Some have complained of fan noise from the UltraStudio 4K Mini, so I'm sharing a recording of the sound, first from right up against the unit, then after sitting at my desk just a couple feet away. Compared to my MacBook Pro and LaCie hard drives, the unit is virtually silent. Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K... Continue Reading →
This is just a superficial comparison between Sony a7s III S-Log3 and ProRes RAW HQ. Jump here for a more in-depth appraisal. Because I was recording them simultaneously, one internally, the other to a Ninja V, I had to settle on a compromise exposure. For S-Log3, I normally use the camera's own zebras set to... Continue Reading →
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