This video takes us for a leisurely early morning stroll around the Bund, a waterfront area and protected historical district in central Shanghai. It was shot in HLG3, 4K 60p with the Sony 20mm f/1.8 G lens and audio was captured with the Sony ECM-B1M shotgun microphone. To the best of my knowledge, this is… Read More
Revised Opinion of Sony’s Fake 8-Bit HLG
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 the… Read More
Exposing for Skin Tones, HLG HDR
Having watched Gerald Undone’s outstanding guide to exposing for low noise when shooting HLG for SDR delivery, I was curious whether the figures he arrived at were also applicable to HLG HDR video. Because even in graded HDR content, the bulk of the image should still fall within the standard 0-100 nit range, I wouldn’t… Read More
Just Go Out and Shoot!
In December of 2017, I purchased the Ninja Inferno to get 4K 60p out of my GH5 and to be able to use the recorder as an HDR grading monitor but things didn’t quite go as planned…
How to Upload Sony HLG HDR to YouTube from Final Cut Pro X in 2 Minutes
Note: Apparently, FCPX update 10.4.6 was supposed to finally address the stability issue that has plagued Final Cut for so long, whereby sharing to YouTube from within the app would inevitably fail; nevertheless, as of this writing, I still suggest making a master file. Update: Occasionally, my master files weren’t recognized as HLG HDR videos by YouTube… Read More
Workflow: Leeming LUT One – Sony HLG BT.2020 for Rec.709 in FCP X
Note: If you’d like to upload HLG HDR videos to YouTube, click here.
Leeming LUT One Panasonic HLG to rec.709 v.801 Beta (RC10)
Leeming LUT Pro
Coming Soon – Vol. II: Best Cinema Lenses for GH5s, X-H1, a6500 & Pocket 4K
Below are some screen grabs from a series of videos shot with the Veydra Mini Primes. Camera: Lumix GH5 Lens: Veydra Mini Prime 85mm T2.2 Settings: HLG, ISO 400, ALL-Intra, 400Mbps, T2.2 Leeming LUT Pro Beta v602
Nomad Cafe
“Easy” by SPCZ Source License
Shogun Inferno Unable to Record HLG
The reason I bought the Inferno in the first place was to be able to record HLG for delivery in HDR as well as for use as an HDR grading monitor. So it came as quite a surprise after importing the footage from today’s shoot to discover that the Prores HQ files I’d imported into… Read More
