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Pana HVX 200/ 17″ pana monitor and gamma settings for cuts/color
I have the pana 17″ (720) monitor and the HVX and get a bit confused when monitoring.
I’m currently working on a 1080i 50 project shot on the HVX. The monitor is calibrated.
The camera is shot with one of the cine gammas and the shots were monitored through the component out from the HVX during shooting.
I use SDI from FinalCut to monitor the edits.
The monitor was adjusted with “normal” gamma during shooting.As far as I can see, the shots looks like the ones I thought I saw during shooting, when the monitor is set to film-gamma, but the luma and croma looks totally different when viewed in “film” and “normal” modes.
The material is to be viewed on TV’s and on web.
1. Which to trust (most) for post?
2. How do I avoid this kind of surprises?Gunleik
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[Gunleik Groven] “the luma and croma looks totally different when viewed in “film” and “normal” modes. “
Hmm… you say that when you have it set differently, it looks different? well, that sounds normal, doesn’t it?
I’d recommend that you read the manual that came with the monitor. It explains (though not too well) what the difference is between the 2 gamma settings.
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What I’m sorta wondering, is how big the differnece between the component and SDI signal is.
What I’m getting from the component out of the hvx with a “normal” gamma on the monitor, looks pretty much what I get from FCP with the “film gamma” preset on the monitor played through SDI.
I agree they should be different, (Maybe, at least… from the monitor gamma presets), but which am I to trust?
Gunleik
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Keep the monitor at normal gamma.
The “film” gamma is for previewing film rec mode on a varicam. Don’t use it to view what the final output will be. Keep the monitor in normal gamma.
If the image doesn’t match your on set image, perhaps on set the monitor was accidently set to “film” gamma?
Or, perhaps you might have a workflow (editorial) issue?
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