I’ve been running a lot of workshops recently looking at creating LUT’s and scene files for the FS7, F5 and F55. One interesting observation is that when creating a stylised look, almost always the way the footage looks before you grade can have a very big impact on who far you are prepared to push your … Continue reading From a good looking image to a stylised look. It’s not easy!
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
It’s very easy to create your own User3D LUT for the Sony PXW-FS7 using DaVinci Resolve or just about any grading software with LUT export capability. The LUT should be a 17x17x17 or 33x33x33 .cube LUT (this is what Resolve creates by default). Simply shoot a correctly exposed Slog3 clip at the native ISO. You must use … Continue reading How to create a User3D LUT for the PXW-FS7 and load it in to the camera
A very useful feature not well documented on the FS7, F5 and F55 cameras (and the F65 too) is the High/Low Key feature. The High/Low Key function works by changing the brightness range of the image displayed in the viewfinder, this is very useful when shooting in the Cine-EI Mode and using a LUT to … Continue reading Using the High/Low key function on the PXW-FS7, PMW-F55 and PMW-F5.
So you have a PXW-FS7 and your looking for more information on how to get the very best from it. This page is the place to start. I will be adding a number of guides and information pages specifically for the Sony PXW-FS7 to the site over the coming months. You will find links to … Continue reading Guides and info for the PXW-FS7
Ultimate Guide to CineEI on the PXW-FS7 (Updated May 2016). INTRODUCTION: This guide to Cine-EI is based on my own experience with the Sony PXW-FS7. There are other methods of using LUT’s and CineEI. The method I describe below, to the best of my knowledge, follows standard industry practice for working with a camera that uses … Continue reading Ultimate Guide for Cine EI on the Sony PXW-FS7
So with the FS7 now shipping and the first units landing in peoples hands I have put together a comprehensive guide to using S-Log3 and CineEI on the PXW-FS7. Please follow this link to read or download the guide to CineEI on the PXW-FS7. It’s important to note that S-Log3 has a peak recording level of … Continue reading How to use S-Log3 on the Sony PXW-FS7.
Just a quick note to remind those eagerly waiting the arrival of their FS7 cameras that the CineEI mode of the FS7 is just about identical to the CineEI mode of the F5 and F55. SO if you want to know how it works then take a look at my guides to CineEI and LUT’s … Continue reading Shooting guide for the PXW-FS7
If you have followed my guide to shooting S-Log2 on the A7s then you may now be wondering how to use the footage in post production. This is not going to be a tutorial on editing or grading. Just an outline guide on how to work with S-log2, mainly with Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve. … Continue reading Using S-log2 and S-Log3 from the A7S (or any Alpha camera) in post production.
I was lucky enough to get a chance to go out and shoot with a pre-production PXW-FS7 in Amsterdam during IBC. Guess what? It makes some very nice pictures! In case you’ve had your head in the sand the last couple of weeks the PXW-FS7 is a new super35mm camcorder from Sony. It uses the … Continue reading Sony’s new PXW-FS7. First Impressions.
