Our next HDLSR masterclass: Saturday, February 25th
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What’s it all about?
It’s a comprehensive half day seminar–we like to call it a master class, really–on shooting HD video with the Canon 5DMKII. It’s geared towards intermediate and advanced shooters, as well as producers and directors, who want to learn how to get the most out of the camera in a professional production and post-production environment, and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.
When and where is it?
Saturday, January 14th, from 1PM-6PM, at Endless Picnic’s great new space in midtown Manhattan. There will be a one hour break for lunch.
How much does it cost?
The price is $250. Participants will also receive a lifetime 15% discount on rentals and post production services at Endless Picnic.
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eco_bach 4:49 pm on December 12, 2011 Permalink
interesting and thanks for posting. Have you considered also considering Jorgen Escher’s latest Marvel’s CInestyle in your tests? http://colorbyjorg.wordpress.com/
Samuel Hurtado 7:10 am on December 13, 2011 Permalink
“I found that the CineStyle, while protecting the shadows and highlights admirably, desaturated the image to such a point that trying to return the saturation to skin tones resulted in a kind of unpleasant look–as if the footage had been pushed too far”
Same findings here. And still, I found a way to use CineStyle without suffering all these issues: these are the 3 custom picture styles I carry in my camera:
* CineStyle, with contrast = 0 and saturation = +3 (sometimes only +1)
* CineStyle, with contrast = -2 and saturation = +3 (sometimes only +1)
* CineStyle, with contrast = -4 and saturation = +4 (sometimes only +2)
Extended dynamic range, but just as much as I need for each shot, and pretty nice colors right out of the camera. Have you tried something similar to this? Did you like it, or you still find issues? (I’m not a pro, my eyes are still not well trained to find every IQ issue)
much more here:
http://www.similaar.com/foto/picturestyles/picturestyles.html
Alex Ricciardi 1:23 pm on December 13, 2011 Permalink
@eco_bach – Thanks for the tip! I hadn’t heard of Jorgen’s Marvels Cinestyle, but I’m a big fan of his DSLR Moire removal plugin. I’ll certainly check it out!
Alex Ricciardi 1:25 pm on December 13, 2011 Permalink
@Samuel – To be honest, I hadn’t done really extensive testing with modifying the CineStyle preset. Your post about it is extremely informative, thorough, and clear. Thanks for doing the heavy lifting. We’ll be sure to play around with some of those settings you suggested.
Samuel H 6:21 pm on February 15, 2012 Permalink
wandering around the web, I found this again today, so I thought I could post an update to my thoughts on picture styles: unsatisfied by the noise with CineStyle, and with the difficulty grading Marvels Cine, I ended up creating my own suite of picture styles: Flaat 1 through 4:
http://www.similaar.com/foto/flaat-picture-styles/index.html