do you use flat presets (picture style)on your dslr?

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deleuze3

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Some use flat presets on their camera (Vincent Laforet for example, and others) and color grade, color correct in post.

Its an additional step. I guess some people directly use a presets that put more saturation and more sharpness to the image, to avoid postprocessing the image. This way it takes a bit less time, especially for quick project where you don't want to work too much in post.

What are your thoughts ?

thanks in advance,
 
I use Flaat_10 : http://www.similaar.com/foto/flaat-picture-styles/
Samuel H (fellow DVXuser) created it and I really like it. I dont think I would ever deliver any video without color correting it first, so I take that step anyway. After all, its part of the ''joy'' for me:-) Sharpen from the other hand, is nothing interesting and takes much more time, but I like the results better when I do it in post, so thats another step for me.
 
There's something to be said for getting the look in-camera. Y'know... the way they (mostly) did it back in the film days.

Besides, DSLR codecs are generally fragile creatures, and the more they are pushed in plst the more they risk falling apart. If you don't know what you're doing, you can kill your image in grading. If your grading skills match Laforet's, then go right ahead.

For me, it really depends on the project. There are plenty of videos I have shot recently where I used an in-camera profile to get the look I wanted with minimal post processing (CineLook is one that I go to often). But for a project where I know the look I want is not as easily attained in-camera, and I know that I will be color grading for an intentional look, I will shoot flat (Flaat_10).
 
I only roll with the stuff from VisionColor these days. I run Magic Lantern and have it setup using Cinetech when not recording (a pretty good representation of the final look) and have it switch to VisionTech for recording. IMO, you can't go wrong with this.
 
Yes I am still using Technicolour's Cinestyle. I just find it the most pleasing, personal preference. I actually use Cinestyle which is very flat in contrast but I increase saturation to +2, and also sharpness to +2, this flat yet quite colourful (non grey) image is thr closest I could get with my Canon DSLRs to the C100 Log Gamma which I love.

Anyway this subject is one of the few ones that depend completely personally on your taste and preference. Everyone of us will have a different profile and a different tweak, some of us like the in-camera sharpness, some hate it, some of us like flat image with minimal contrast and add it in post, and some of us like having contrast high and normal straight from the camera, some of us like saturation a bit high and some like it a bit low, some of us like a bit magenta skin and some like a bit greeenish colour tone.

So sorry, you'll have to try everyone!

But my personal:

For delivering straight from the camera quickly:

Portrait picture style, sharpness +2, contrast -4, saturation at 0, and colour tone at 0. This gives a good pleasing image that doesn't look videoish and burned out, can ne viewed directly, but still has room to grade slightly. It's like the best balance. And Portrait I choose for the good looking skin colour compared to other profiles.

For editing and grading and intercutting with other pro cameras:

Cinestyle picture style, +2 sharpness, -4 contrast, +3 saturation, 0 colour tone. This profile gives a very very similar image to Canon Log on the C100, quite saturated but flat. I love it.
 
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