I was recently asked by Sony to produce some videos to help users get the most from the PXW-FS5. The videos and articles can now be found on Sony’s website by following the links below. Part 1 covers the camera setup including using Picture Profiles to change the way the images look. Part 2 covers the … Continue reading Video Tutorials for the FS5. Picture Profiles and Raw Recording.
The Sony PXW-FS5 is a great little camera. It’s a camera I really enjoy shooting with as I can just grab it and go, picking up some great pictures with the minimum of effort. The built in Picture Profiles offer a wide range of different looks that can be quickly selected by pressing the P … Continue reading Picture Profiles for the PXW-FS5.
The new Sony PXW-X200 is externally very similar to the old PMW-200, but under the hood it is a very different camera. For a start it has new and much improved sensors and processing. That combined with 10 bit 422 XAVC means that there is a noticeable improvement in image quality, in particular noise levels. … Continue reading Picture Profiles and scene settings for the PXW-X200
See also my latest LUT’s for BOTH the PXW-FS7 and PXW-FS7M2. One of the great features of the PXW-FS7 is the ability to be able to change the look of the images when shooting in Custom Mode. You can change many settings including the gamma curve, matrix and sharpness setting. The gamma settings change the … Continue reading Scene Files (Picture Profiles) for the PXW-FS7
IMPORTANT PLEASE ENSURE YOU USE THE REVISED SETTINGS UPDATED ON 24th JULY. After my recent side by side look at the F3 and FS700 and seeing how different the two cameras look, I decided to try to match them a bit better. There will be many shoots where I will use them both together so … Continue reading Picture Profiles to match PMW-F3 and NEX-FS700
Here’s a quick reference guide to what the various settings in a Picture Profile do. Not all of the settings are available on every camera. Detail Level: Changes apparent image sharpness by artificially boosting contrast around edges and coarse image details by adding a black or white edge. Does NOT actually increase resolution, only apparent … Continue reading Quick Reference Guide to Picture Profiles.
Just a quick note from NAB that firmware version 1.4 for the PMW-F3 will include S-Log as a selectable gamma curve within the picture profiles. This will be a free update, due out some time before the end of June (it’s in beta now, the F3’s at NAB have it installed). S-Log will function in … Continue reading PMW-F3 Firmware V1.4 to include S-Log in Picture Profiles.
I’ve just added some more seen files and picture profiles to my new camera setup section of the forum: https://www.xdcam-user.com/forum3/viewforum.php?f=40
I’ve added a new section in the xdcam-user.com forum for listing details of my various picture profiles. You will need to be a registered forum member to view or comment, but registration is free. I hope to add many profiles to this forum over the coming weeks for many of the XDCAM cameras as well … Continue reading XDCAM Picture Profiles and setups, also C300 coming soon.
First of all let me say thanks to Ben Allan on CML list for getting me thinking about this. He has already started experimenting with creating a log style Picture Profile for the EX1. All the setting you’ll find here are my own work and based on tests done with real scenes and some dodgy … Continue reading Log Style Picture Profiles for PMW-F3 and EX1R
