Absolutely beautiful work! Good luck on 2010 IWFF !

Karl-David Arvidsson

Don,

Great work, and your custom preset is.......?

Here it is, and I have been using this one for over 2 years.

GAMMA CURVE [GAM] GAM2
KNEE POINT ADJUSTMENT [KNE] L
BLACK STRETCH/BLACK PRESS [BLK] M
MASTER PED. [PED] 0
SETUP LEVEL [SET] -2
SHARPNESS [SHP] 1
HORIZONTAL DETAIL FREQUENCY [HDF] M
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL DETAIL BALANCE [DHV] 0
CORING [COR] 0
NOISE REDUCTION 1 [NR1] OFF
NOISE REDUCTION 2 [NR2] OFF
COLOR MATRIX [CMX] 1
COLOR GAIN [CGN] -1
COLOR PHASE [CPH] 0
R GAIN [RGN] -1
G GAIN [GGN] -1
B GAIN [BGN] 0
R-G MATRIX [RGM] 0
R-B MATRIX [RBM] 0
G-R MATRIX [GRM] 0
G-B MATRIX [GBM] 0
B-R MATRIX [BRM] 0
B-G MATRIX [BGM] 0

Don,
I tried your settings and still got burn out. My problem is this. I am shooting for a movie (ie, it's going to be integrated with film). The producer insists on a shutter speed of 1/60 for everything. Needless to say, lots of light comes in. I have put in a 3 stop ND filter and set the gain to +3dB. Still not good enough. So I took your settings to the extreme to lighten shadows, thus allowing for a small aperture (f/16 to f/22) for light birds in bright sun. Here are the settings, if you are interested. It works against burnout, but, boy is everything flat. Lo and behold, the movie guys like that!!

GAMMA CURVE [GAM] GAM2
KNEE POINT ADJUSTMENT [KNE] L
BLACK STRETCH/BLACK PRESS [BLK] Stretch
MASTER PED. [PED] +5
SETUP LEVEL [SET] +5
SHARPNESS [SHP] 3
HORIZONTAL DETAIL FREQUENCY [HDF] M
HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL DETAIL BALANCE [DHV] 0
CORING [COR] 0
NOISE REDUCTION 1 [NR1] OFF
NOISE REDUCTION 2 [NR2] OFF
COLOR MATRIX [CMX] +3
COLOR GAIN [CGN] -1
COLOR PHASE [CPH] 0
R GAIN [RGN] +3
G GAIN [GGN] +2
B GAIN [BGN] 0
R-G MATRIX [RGM] 0
R-B MATRIX [RBM] 0
G-R MATRIX [GRM] 0
G-B MATRIX [GBM] 0
B-R MATRIX [BRM] 0
B-G MATRIX [BGM] 0

Steve,
Glad you figured out what worked for you, and especially making the film people happy, which in your case is important. I'm sure you will be interested in what your stuff will look like after it's transferred to film, assuming that is the next step. I, and I'm assuming others, would be interested in seeing a short clip with this preset and the difficult lighting conditions you were confronted with. Again, glad to hear your going forward instead of backwards....