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Kona 2 Component levels
Hello,
Dual 2.7, 8 G RAM, Kona2, Breakout Box. I’m using component video to monitor to a Sony PVML5. All looks nice in the 525i29.97 footage (DV), but when looking at Varicam footage DVCProHD 720p59.94 (24fps), it looks noticeably darker, in fact, all HD timelines are dark. The gamma and coloursync (I think that’s the term, not at my setup right now), are set to auto, and moving them to rec 709 doesn’t make a difference. I’ve used the monitor in other situations and it was fine so it must be the card or it’s settings.
Many thanks,
Ken -
3 Replies
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without a scope, I can’t give you an honest answer, but much SD footage has setup (black levels) at 7.5 IRE, and that same material (or all SDI and HD-SDI footage) has black set for 0 IRE (no setup level) – so the SAME material looks DARKER when you observe it via a SDI or HD-SDI path. This has tormented people long before the AVID was invented.
Bob Zelin
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When you move to the HD color space then you must take into account that you are cutting in Zero Black land. Therefore you do need to set the monitor up with HD 720P bars from final cut. Bob is right, there is a gamma shift between SD and HD. Maybe you can save a couple of user set-ups on the monitor and flip between them.
David
Peace and Love 🙂
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Found this great word document on it here:
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=HD+color+bar+setup&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
David
Peace and Love 🙂
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