Bear in mind that I only watched the concept trailer once, but I didn't come across a moment where I felt like I needed more information in the shadows to tell me more. I think you achieved that look, some very beautiful stuff!Īside from stylistically not having a problem with the alleged 'crushed' shadows, I didn't see any problems compositionally/graphically with that either. The choice of 'crushed' shadows (not really crushed, check waveform, but strong compression and pulled down to 0-3 IRE range) was an artistic one to achieve a very vibrant, dark and colorful look.

The codec is just great and miles better than my GH4/V-Log experience tbh. I didn't have any worries about doing extreme colorgrading on the internal 10 bit GH5 footage, grades like butter without introducing any artifacts. However, when I shoot in the V-Log profile the transcoded footage is simply black video with the recorded audio. I honestly would love to work with a Varicam LT instead, or a GH5 with the Varicam sensor and processing, lol.Ī bigger camera would limit me in many situations, but would be a great option for a way bigger budget (with assistance, another operator etc.).ģ times better wouldn't be the case, some images would profit (way better color science, better DR, better lowlight, no noisereduction nor sharpening etc.) others would be worse (this camera is just big and heavy and would therefore limit my work I guess). Normally for 10 Bit footage I need to transcode it into something like DNxHD before Premiere will work with it, which is a bit of extra hassle but at least I can get there in the end. (Unless you're doing some wild grade with RAW for more extreme effects)Īren't we to the point where it all looks good if you know what you're doing? Not being snarky here, truly interested at how images these days could be '3 times' better?Ĭertainly cameras can have more IQ over others, but to what end? Would images in this sort of narrative be all that much discernible? Lensing, composition, cinematic craft are strong already in this example. Since this work looks great already what would be improved exactly by using a different camera? Maybe extra stops of DR or better color in some respects, but what would that really accomplish?

Editready transcoded gh5 footage darker