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I bought a 320 a few months back. I use it to shoot mostly interviews and some odd b-roll. Does anyone have any good scene settings for the camera? I see lots for the PMW-350 but unfortunately those won't load into the 320. Thanks for your help!

-Nathan

You can use the same numbers and settings for the 350 on a 320. They are not exactly the same but the overall look would be similar. You could try these:

File One: Aimed at giving high latitude with deep almost crushed blacks and the image well saturated and slightly warmed up.

Detail: ON Aperture: ON Detail Level: -15 Aperture Level: -10 Detail Frequency: +24

Matrix: ON Matrix (User): ON Matrix (Preset): ON Matrix (Prst) Sel: 6

R-G 1, R-B 12, G-R 2, G-B 11, B-R 0, B-G 0

Gamma: ON Gamma Table: STD Gam Table (STD): 5

Black Gamma: ON Black Gamma Range: HIGH Master BLK Gamma -24

Knee: ON Knee Point: 85.2 Knee Slope: -14

White Clip: ON White Clip Level: 109.0 (If will be graded) 104 (if not graded or for broadcast)

Master Black: -2

File Two: Aimed at giving maximum latitude with deep but not crushed blacks and vivid slightly warmed up colours.

Matrix: ON Matrix (User): ON Matrix (Preset): OFF Matrix (Prst) Sel: 1

R-G 8, R-B 10, G-R 0, G-B 15, B-R 5, B-G 6

Gamma: ON Gamma Table: HG Gam Table (HG): 4

Black Gamma: ON Black Gamma Range: H.MID Master BLK Gamma -28

White Clip: ON White Clip Level: 109.0 (If will be graded) 104 (if not graded or for broadcast)

Master Black: -3

Detail: ON Aperture: ON Detail Level: -15 Aperture Level: -10 Detail Frequency: +24

Hi Alister, as a long time visitor to your excellant website I was very sorry to see the recent problems you've had. A query on the knee slope of File One Std (5) scene file above. I have a copy of some of your old articles and you generally quote knee point at 90 or 88, with a slope at +20. Above you're using a slope of -15, is this a new and refined scene file. Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this site over the years, it's been a mine of information to me and many others.
David

The slope at -15 is there to get the most lattitude possible, however there is a bit of a trade off as it can make highlights look a little flat.