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Canon C300 Log workflow
Just curious how exactly the latest version of DaVinci (8.2b?) now supports the C300. Is there a Log to Lin (rec.709) conversion preset somewhere?
I may possibly get my hands on a C300 job sooner than expected which is why I ask and I want to be prepared for how to deal with this Log footage. I honestly have not be so happy with using LUTs on Alexa projects as a starting point, and have yet to use ACES because of the mixed results I have read about at this point – instead in my first node I will do an s-curve and then grade from there, so I guess I am curious to hear thoughts from people about this.
I know some people say to just back out of the crushing or saturation that the LUT does to Log footage in Resolve but I find I am working backwards in a way so is it ok that I am instead just starting with an s-curve node??
Thank you for your thoughts
Best
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[Sean Kapleton] “Is there a Log to Lin (rec.709) conversion preset somewhere?”
Yes, there is a Log-to-Lin in the right-click LUT selection dialog that you can attach on a node-by-node basis, and of course the usual global LUT options also exist. The one that comes up for me seems to be tailored to the Alexa, though, and even though the manual mentions Canon, I can’t find any other references to linearizing Canon’s Log approach. I’m wary, as well, of the ARRI transform, since everybody seems to have their own secret sauce, and I’m framing the opinion based on an early experience with PanaLog, which in practice seemed to slide up and down the exposure scale in amazingly creative ways. Yeah, maybe that’s a politic way of expressing it.
As a “neg test” for an upcoming project, I’ve requested some charts — MacBeth or EIA grey scale exposed up and down a couple of stops, because I’m at least as interested as any film cinematographer in seeing how the pixels crawl up and down the roller coaster.
jPo
You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?
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I’ve heard that it seems that Canon’s own C-log is not as flat, as – for example – Sony’s S-log.
Almost sure it’s not “alexa flat”, so, an alexa log-to-lin would be too much for the C-log footage.https://wiegaertnerfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/comparison-slog-clog.jpg
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I would also love to hear about how other attempt at dealing with Log if they dont use the Alexa Lut or whatever..special sauce needs to be shared!
I am also curious if anyone has info on the latest version of Resolve and how it incorporates Canon C300 workflows? Does it just mean it can now read those ‘raw’ log files or do i also need some kind of Lut??
thanks
andrew -
I got my first log canon shots..
I agree that the arri log to Lin is too aggressive ..
Does anyone have the canon log to Lin lut ?
Thanks
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