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    5d mk2 709 color space flag

    Posted by Stefan Bergfors on May 31, 2012 at 10:15 am

    Hi,

    Is it possible to change the color space flag to RGB without transcoding or converting?
    Correct me if I’m wrong. 5d is recording in RGB color space, but when I check the files with MediaInfo it says
    Color Space: YUV
    Color Primaries: BT.709-5
    And so on.

    And why is the Matrix coefficients 601? Shouldn’t it be 709 as well?

    -Stefan
    Confused, but not yet dazed

    Everest Mokaeff replied 13 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Everest Mokaeff

    May 31, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    Since Mark III Canon 5D records in bt.709 color space. Mark II uses bt.601. You can change it to 709 while transcoding at your peril – from my own experience I can testify that consequences are dramatic color shift – in cases of mixed sources of light 5DtoRGB, for instance, rendered it almost unusable.

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