FS5 Picture Profiles

Cinegamma 1 and 2 are good for bright situations. Cinegamma 2 is limted to 100% IRE and can be considdered broadcast safe. Cinegamma 3 has more contrast and a little less dynamic range. Cinegamma 4 is good for lower light shoots and raises the shadows slightly. S-Log 2 and S-Log3 gives you the best dynamic range. When shooting S-Log2/3 DON’T underexpose. It will give you some nasty noise in the shadows. Alistair Chapman recommends to overexpose between 1-2 stops. S-Log 2 and 3 are in picture profiles 7, 8 and 9.

When shooting S-Log remember to engage the Gamma Display Assist! It makes setting the exposure a whole lot easier.Gamma Display Assist can be turned on in the viewfinder menu.

for direct download and use in Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere and others: Sony S-Log 2 LUT and Sony S-Log 3 LUT and An Introduction to Log Shooting

If you want to go deeper into this, and get good picture quality for the FS5, a good starting point is to watch one of my Sony heroes, Alistair Chapmans, walk through picture profile tutorial:

There is also a writeup of all these tips here from Sony.

More Alister Chapman picture profiles.

Doug Jensen Vortex Pro picture profile is a great sooc profile, which requires minimal grading. You can find it here in in chapter 12 about half way in. Here is first chapter for free. The whole 6 hours can be watched here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/FS5

from Erwin van Dijck Videoproducties

Black Level 0 Gamma CINE 3 and sometimes CINE 4 or CINE 1*) Black gamma RANGE MIDDLE and  LEVEL 0 Knee AUTO (default) and Auto SET MAX POINT 95%, SENSIVITY MIDDLE Color Mode CINEMA Saturation +1 Color Phase +1 Color Depth R=0 G=-1 B=-1 and C=+1 M=-+1 Y=0 Color Correction OFF WB Shift Filter Type LB-CC, LB +2 and CC +1 Detail -4 —> this is personal, you might want to set this to -7 and do only sharpening in post production.

*) Note: The gamma determines the dynamic range of the camera. Cinegamma settings give a nice wide dynamic range. There are 4 versions to choose from:

CINE 1 – For very bright light situations (goes up to 110%) like outdoor, sunlight CINE 2 – Just like CINE 1 except it goes only to 100% (use only if you need broadcast safe exposure) CINE 3 – This one I use the most and is suited for general shooting and for both inside and outside use (goes up to 110%) CINE 4 – Seems to be better in low light situation (goes up to 110%) Exposing with the CINE gammas should be done a tiny bit darker than you would normally do. Skin tones are usually around 65%. Use the Zebra 1 function for this if you want.

Since we are talking about picture and picture quality, it could be a good idea to watch Doug Jensens B&H 90 min. video “How to Get Perfect Exposures and Beautiful White Balances with Pro Video Cameras”

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