Some Video Profile And Filter Tests
A quick test of a few things.
The 7 Art 35mm as a 50mm in crop mode
The Neewer 1/8 mist filter (mat box one)
S5 with cropped 35 T2 Spectrum wide open, Flat 1080 with Neewer 1/8 mist filter and a very light grade.
Same, no filter. With the filter the background does look a little softer and Meg gets a bit of Netflix magic. Highlights were also nicely controlled and there is a slight warmth added. A good use would be to shoot with a slightly smaller and safer aperture (T2.8-4) and use the filter to add background softening.
A stronger grade for Flat, closer to Cine-V, but with a lot more options. I do not think I would ever use Cine-V over it as the extra headroom is worth the grading.
My grade by eye of Vlog. Lots of headroom, but I need to apply a LUT I think as it is much harder to get your base line.
Cine-V SOOC and you do not want to grade this much as it simply does not respond. It looks a little too hard for me and the lack of grading potential just feels very jpeg-y to me. Maybe a dark and gloomy projects.
I still like Flat. The loss of a stop or two of dynamic range compared to Vlog is a fair swap for good out of camera results that grade easily (-5 contrast set in camera).
Pushing a bit harder with the Vlog file.
The starting Vlog file. I will admit to needing some practice exposing Vlog and I think I need to expose for the highlights more. The Lift, Gamma and Gain sliders in DaVinci are obviously calibrated for this type of profile, because they had full range.
Flat, more contrasty grade. Yep Flat it is.
Happy with the lens wide open.
Oh and thanks to Meg for being my muse yet again.