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February 8th, 2012, 02:18 PM | #1 |
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Test of Alister Chapman's Flat Profile in Color
Testing Alister Chapman's flat setting for the PMW-F3 to see how it hold up in Grading with Color.
I used an old Nikon 50mm f1.4 @ 2.8 with a Fader ND. Recorded to KiPro Mini ProRes HQ. Shot is the old 7 Mile Bridge on my way back from Key West, FL. You must see the before to really appreciate it. Thanks to Alister Chapman for the Flat Setting.
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Is it just me that thinks this doesn't look too good! Sorry, but that's just my opinion.
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Overstaurated springs to mind, the sort of colouring you would see on a 1960 - 1970's postcard . I like the original better.
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Taste is depending on the environment where you were raised and reside mostly. For example Mark McCarthy has made comments that he likes the Slog before grading and Vincent Oliver likes the un graded version of this video better. Someone from the kind of weather they have in London would be used to seeing most of the time what someone like me on sunny Miami weather would call milky. Somewhere in the middle would be 709, but London and Miami are two extremes as far as colors. So now you know, if you are from London and you can't afford Slog you can always use Alister's Flat Setting without grading. Everyone else can use it and grade it to taste.
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We do get some sunshine in London, and our postcards are also oversaturated. Not sure what a Slog is, although I do slog away at work each day.
Here is my version of your shot, maybe I have lived in the dark for too long.
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever
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As someone who lives in London and Miami... can't say I've seen the sea that colour in either place!!!
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I agree Douglas, I shall always remain a fool.
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Here is attached a picture that I just went outside and took. By the way, I said I over saaturated for the grading test. "The reason the original has the Allister Chapman's FLAT setting is to record a wider latitude and get detail where otherwise there would have been crushed or blown. The idea of the test is too see how it can handle grading. It is purposely over saturated too show it can handle grading extremely well." Edit: By the way Paul the sky was actually gray without a Polarizer. There are 3 different places where the color was purposely altered, the sky and ocean violet, the piling on the bridge warmer and the grass greener.
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No nerves have been touched, we are just green with envy at all that sunshine in Miami.
I think we were just surprised at how much saturation pushing you applied, I don't think you would ever need to apply this much, unless you intend to include some Disney characters. However, you have shown that it is possible to go to an extreme and yet still be able to grade. Can we Brits have a holiday with you out there in Miami?
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Sorry, It was someone else.
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Key West for those that don't know is the southern most place in the continental US and it is about 150 miles from Miami. I had one of those days where the advertising agencies drive you insane, so I grabbed my F3 and started driving south just to relax. I bought the F3 for a feature I shot in October that was all shot inside, so I've never shot with it outside. On my way back I stopped at the old bridge on the video. I wasn't the only one there. As you can see there were locals fishing on the rocks and a whole bunch of tourist from all over the world taking pictures. So if you are ever in Miami I'll drive you there.
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Thanks Doug,
I will look you up when I am next in Miami. Remind me is it North or South of Washington ?
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Speaking of Key West, here's my take on the city with my F3.
No grading. No S-LOG. Just easy shooting with a properly setup camera.
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