5 camera shoot - gamma curves

[ROne]

I did this live shoot last year.

With a DVX (on a lock-off) along side some betakit, it worked fine.

This year it will be 1xDVX, 2XHVX + 2xlong lens DSR cameras.

The show is an evening stage peformace, very intensily lit, but with audience shots required.

I found that HIGH GAMMA worked well to flatten things out a little, boosting the darkend and allowing iris down so there aren't too many highlight blowouts.

Would this be the best GAMMA curve for this kind of show (horrendously contrasty)?

[Barry_Green]

For "horrendously contrasty" you would probably be better served with Cinelike-D, but high does help you control highlights a bit better than some of the other gammas.

[ROne]

Hmm ... never really considered using cinelike-D in an interlace mode.

Is there any difference between highligh protection with clikeD and High?

thanks, barry - just ordered the book and DVD - looking forward to it.

[dvollrath]

There is no knee protection for controlling highlights in cine-d, but there is in high mode even though cine-d boosts the dynamic range. You just have to be more careful about overexposure when you use cine-d.