Dennis Hingsberg is a freelance Director of Photography, consultant, and owner/operator of the Sony F55 camera based out of Toronto experienced working on the 35mm digital video format since 2003. Dennis is also the author of the ‘Ultimate Exposure Guide for Sony F5/F55’ which unravels various exposure methods for S-Log gamma curves, standard and hyper gammas and the Sony RAW format. The guidebook also offers an in-depth look at CineEI mode, LUT/Looks, and working with Light Meters. It's available from www.hingsberg.com.
My test started out to see if I could replicate the underlying look and color space from the ‘CineEI Mode’ in the ‘Custom Mode’ on the Sony F55 camera. There are several reasons why this might be desired and in…
For those looking at alternative options to Sony’s SXS Pro Plus cards (recommended for best performance on the F5/F55) fortunately as of the October version 2.0 firmware release Sony added support for the Sony XQD memory card format. Not only…