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Cinematone colour?

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Brian

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Jan 17, 2012, 3:31:11 AM1/17/12
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I have an option on my video camera called Cinematone which clains to give
a film like quality to colours. I've tried this option but can see very
little difference apart from red's going a bit deeper in colour. I'm not
certain if I should use this option or not.
If someone has this on option on their camera then do you use it? What are
the pros and cons in using this option?

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ushere

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Jan 17, 2012, 4:48:31 AM1/17/12
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avoid using ANY fx in camera - you can always do it in post.

David Ruether

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Jan 17, 2012, 12:19:17 PM1/17/12
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"Brian" <bcl...@es.co.nz> wrote in message news:
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See "ushere's" response - I also would not use that. I do, though,
modify to taste the way my cameras shoot (balancing color, sharpening,
contrast, exposure biasing, etc. using the camera's controls) once
I know what I want through experimentation.
--DR

Brian

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Jan 17, 2012, 6:15:07 PM1/17/12
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Thanks guys.
I would not use the built-in fader either. I am considering turning on the
x.y colour camera option as my TV supports it.

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Martin Heffels

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Feb 12, 2012, 7:28:44 AM2/12/12
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:48:31 +1100, ushere
<removethis.lesl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>avoid using ANY fx in camera - you can always do it in post.

Sorry ushere, but I don't agree on that ;) While it is possible to do a lot in
post, the disadvantage you have is that the highly compressed codecs don't
have much leeway. So if you push your video too much, you will start seeing
nasty artifacts. If you *do* know what you want your video to look like, it is
better to do the "painting" on camera, so that you only need to make tiny
adjustments later on in post.

Brian

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Feb 12, 2012, 8:28:37 AM2/12/12
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But you do need to be careful as once you have added an in camera effect
and find you don't like it then it may not be possible to remove the effect
in post production. Lots of experimenting is needed.

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David Ruether

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Feb 12, 2012, 8:38:13 AM2/12/12
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"Brian" <bcl...@es.co.nz> wrote in message news:
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YES! But once you have established what (subtle!) modifications
you want to make to your camera's video output, doing this can
be useful. For the TM700, shooting mostly natural things in
sunshine, I prefer adding slight sharpening, a slight hue shift
away from blue and toward yellow, and a slight increase in color
saturation as "normal" (not that I won't increase those while
editing, and/or add other biasing filters to the images...).
--DR

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