I seem to be developing two defined video work flows

For the paper, my stills are set (RAW to Capture 1), but video has had a transformation based on realistic needs and my own expectations and observations.

It is hoped that we will be making a small clip for every job, which even if we can get the processing down to 20 minutes each is unworkable. Travel time, taking and processing of stills and video for an average of five jobs a day does not fit into the time allowed and that assumes the jobs are evenly spaced (rarely) and five is the lot (also unlikely).

Level 1 is for fast turn around for above shooting Standard profile (contrast maybe a little reduced for safety) cuts out a lot of grading time and matches across all my Panasonic cameras as well as the OSMO Pocket well enough. It also looks similar to Iphone footage if I need to blend. This goes to DaVinci then out to 1080 .mov.

For “better” work, like school projects, personal stuff and commercial work, I lift to one of two levels. There is an expectation for both of the below that processing will be for quality, not time constraints.

Level 2 is employing the Flat, Cine-D or modified Natural modes (as available*) which, across all my cameras, even the Olympus, can be aligned well enough. This has plenty of processing room if I am careful and allows me to use what ever tool is the best for the job. I do the work podcast in Flat on the S5.

Level 3, saved for pro jobs is the 14 stop dynamic range Vlog. Limited to the S5, this is the top end and will rarely be used, but nice to know it is there. If there is a call, I will front up for Vlog-L on one of the G9’s which matches reasonably, maybe get a S5 Mk2 or just shoot in the above for supporting footage.

Both of course help develop skills for the other.

*Flat on the S5 and EM1’s, Cine-D on the OSMO, G9 or Natural on the G9.