A7S II best pp

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Polaroid22

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Hey,

I have a A7S ii, and I shot some stuff at night with cine4 (standard settings). But I did not like the colors at all. I prefer the look slog2, but at night is too noisey, even during the day it is quite noisey. But what other pp's and settings can you recommend?

Thanks!
 
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Polaroid22 said:
Hey,

I have a A7S ii, and I shot some stuff at night with cine4 (standard settings). But I did not like the colors at all. I prefer slog2, but at night is too noisey, even during the day it is quite noisey. But what other pp's and settings can you recommend?

Thanks!
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Based on this article it's not recommended to use log profiles in low light situations. You are wasting the data.
http://www.xdcam-user.com/2016/01/log-is-a-poor-choice-for-low-light/

What slog2 settings do you use during the day? You should overexpose it by 1-2 stops and underexpose later in post.

After I upgraded from A7s to A7sII I'm still trying to find a proper way how to overexpose properly without any grey cards around. What I'm currently do I set the zebras to 63 and +-5. I also set the exposure dial to +1.5 stops on the camera. When I see zebra lines on the skin tones I assume it's overexposed by around 1.5 stops.

According to this article skintones should be between 54%-72% (1-2 stops).
http://www.xdcam-user.com/2014/08/e...-on-the-sony-a7s-part-one-gamma-and-exposure/

If anyone has a better overexposing workflow, please share.
 
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Yeah I expose 2 stops over(unless it clips, then I go back down). But my problem is not exposure on the A7S. But the colors/noise. Despite the Slog2/slog3, I do also like the look of PP off. All the other cine pp's seem to make colors incorrect, more reddish/orange.
Has anybody tried the EOSHD pp already, and is it worth it?
 
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Autumn leaves -3 contrast/0sat/-3sharpness is a pretty solid picture profile.

Also dont be afraid to play with your custom white balance(not just the kelvins, but also the HUE diagram that comes after) - it can help fix your colors, especially when your indoors.

Iv'e had good success with slog2/sgamut3cine/saturation+24 but not a lowlight profile.
 
I like the result I get with settings based around these parameters:

Cine2 gamma and S-Gamut3.cine colour space
Black level at -15
Saturation at +32

Low light look nice and the image doesn't need to much push in post. White balance can be a bit tricky under certain ugly streetlights but I found a bit of trial between the different white balance settings and it looks good.
 
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I use the same settings, but at saturation set to default. How comes you boost saturation so much in camera?
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Iv'e had a hard time recovering saturation when i leave it at zero - and with the a7sii sensor+Sgamut3.cine, i have yet to encounter a situation where i clip on a color channel(aside from dance club Blue LEDs, but almost every sony camera clips there no matter what). I find that in cam the saturation holds better.
 
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