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https://youtube.com/shorts/VhSA1i4t-B4?si=HQXH85XYS9ayhGM8 RED KOMODO bug prior to the fix Back in March, after installing firmware version 1.8.3 on the Komodo with any of the recently released Sigma RF DC DN lenses mounted, the physical buttons and the controls on the LCD would become unresponsive, the aperture indicator on the LCD would begin spinning like a casino... Continue Reading →
Clashing Philosophies As HDR displays push peak brightness beyond 4,000 nits, the calibration industry faces a pressing challenge: how to accurately measure extreme luminance ranges without compromising color accuracy. Light Illusion, led by CEO Steve Shaw, and Portrait Displays hold diametrically opposed views on using ND filters to extend probe capabilities. Shaw champions ND filters... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/43NwBvCT1gk?si=I5Zu2Z6HmQpizsuD Incidentally, in the video, Dave says, “It’s important to note that on the Asus monitor, the internal pattern generator is not not supported for HDR.” 😱 Why 8-bit in HDR? What's the point of a 10-bit colour monitor then? Some are asking why Dave Abrams sets the test pattern generator to 8 bits rather... Continue Reading →
A dangerous consensus is forming that threatens to neuter HDR's creative potential before it even matures. Industry gatekeepers are reframing technical limitations as virtues—and filmmakers must recognize the subterfuge. False Equivalencies: The "Gimmick" Gaslight Joshua Pines’ (Color Scientist, Picture Shop) assertion is alarming: “Every year there’s some new technological thing that’s going to change... Continue Reading →
Why starting in SDR shortchanges your HDR Picture this: Your DP and director walk into the grading suite for their first HDR review. Instead of excitement, you see confusion. The shadows feel "off," highlights seem "aggressive," and the contrast ratio jars their vision. They're not reacting to HDR-they're detoxing from SDR. This is the inevitable... Continue Reading →
The visual benefit of HDR is mainly “about increased shadow detail.” Joshua Pines, Color Scientist, Picture Shop “HDR is about shadows and all the nuances we can now play with thanks to the extra bits available. I don’t understand why there is so much interest in brightness that it can be about special effects at most.” Mike... Continue Reading →
Wondering why so many of Steve Yedlin's ardent fans conflate transfer functions with color spaces, we were able to trace it back to this interview on the Go Creative Show: “Let’s compare two different color spaces. You know, like a Mac computer uses Display P3 color space and most HD TVs or HD monitors are... Continue Reading →
“If you come to me tomorrow and you say ‘Hey, I’ve got an HDR project I’d love to grade with you,’ I’ll say ‘Okay cool’, and very early on in the process I’m going to say ‘Let’s set our speed limit in terms of luminance.’ And if you ask me for my take and you... Continue Reading →
On The Cinematography Podcast, DP Adam Newport-Berra laid bare his lighting approach on the Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series The Studio: “I really tried not to be too fussy with the lighting in the show. There’s just no way to specifically light people with the kind of camera moves we were doing in the amount of... Continue Reading →
Evaluation of High Dynamic Range TVs using Actual HDR Content. Sungjin Kim, Yongmin Park, Dongwoo Kang, Jongjin Park, Jangjin Yoo, Jonguk Bae and Sooyoung Yoon. LG Display Co. © 2018, Society for Imaging Science and Technology A couple years ago, the Classy Tech Calibrations YouTube channel used the Spears & Munsil UHD disc to demonstrate... Continue Reading →
Kevin Miller, President of ISFTV: Display & Video Source Product Development Consultant and ISF Calibrator and Level III Instructor for the Imaging Science Foundation, doubted me when I said that my Sony A95L QD-OLED TV had atrocious artifacts when playing Dolby Vision content, writing; “I have calibrated at least 20 Sony A95Ls and not seen... Continue Reading →
The best practice is to enable EDR when there is both HDR content and potential EDR headroom available. Disable EDR when this is not the case. - Ken Greenebaum, Engineering Manager, Apple Apple engineering manager Ken Greenebaum advises developers to enable EDR only when the user will see the difference. EDR stands for extended dynamic... Continue Reading →
Leon Barnard, a certified Blackmagic Design trainer and host of Team 2 Films, a YouTube channel with over 76K subscribers, continues his track record of passing along bad advice and misinformation. Last year, he claimed that ARRI Log wasn’t suitable as a timeline color space and implied that commercial program material is mastered in BT.2020.... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/LIssWVQbiX0?si=VvWdQRZNRNX9LO5r Analysis of "HDR" Netflix Shows At a two-day Mini LED TV workshop hosted by TCL in Warsaw, the manufacturer put together a demonstration illustrating how Netflix shows aren’t taking advantage of the capabilities of HDR. Vincent Teoh reports: “This is a very cool demonstration by TCL about how some Netflix shows are graded so... Continue Reading →
Steve Yedlin Wages War On HDR “When it comes to "formats" (i.e. colorspaces) as opposed to hardware, with the exception of one thing (how we use the excessive screen brightness available) which is a trade-off more than an advantage, the things that are actually different about HDR compared to SDR are all detriments, not advantages.... Continue Reading →
At NAB 2025, Larry Jordan spoke with Bram Desmet, CEO, Flanders Scientific, about color gamuts, brighter displays, monitoring HDR on set, future display technologies, color volume & more. In this excerpt, Bram explains why we don’t want Rec. 2020 as native device primaries. Larry Jordan: The big challenge we've got with HDR is, we've got... 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 →
A reddit member writes that Samsung is deliberately witholding support to sell new TVS: “Samsung has made it clear on its blog that HDR10+ will only be available on TVs from the 2025 line and that it will be supported in other models in the future (unknown). This means that we can forget about it... Continue Reading →
Picture: Netflix delivery specs. Garcia claims Dolby Vision is Rec.2020, which is a falsehood. YouTuber Patrick-Pierre Garcia intentionally misleads the public into thinking that Dolby Vision is streamed at 12 bits. Dolby Vision is streamed at 10 bits. Also, contrary to the illustration shared in the video, nearly all commercial Dolby Vision content is mastered... Continue Reading →
"Zipper durability has indeed been a challenge across certain product generations. And while we've made improvements over the years, upgrading materials, tweaking stress points and refining construction, we clearly still have work to do." - Peak Design "Every single one of my Peak Design bags that I've used daily has experienced the same failure. After... Continue Reading →
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