FS 700 PP matching help needed

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seanadoyawanna

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Hi everyone.

I need some real help. I need a PP setting to match my Canon 5D MKII footage. I want to match the Sony to this since
i need to shoot some quick run and gun stuff and don't have time for CC in post.

I can't get a great setting. I have used some of the profiles on here which are great for a flat image. I need the image to
look like the 5D.

Any help would be appreciated

Sean
 
Start with the still image gamma setting pp2 is set up that way to start. This should get you in the ball park. Crushed blacks and saturated.

Then play with the settings to match the Canon footage.

It depends a lot on how your 5D is set up.
 
How are you white balancing? And I mean both cams, do it the same way off the same white/gray card.

You can adjust color temp in the PP setup if need be, there are lots of controls. The easiest way is to shoot a color chart and use a vector scope to match the pictures by adjusting the color controls in the camera. Doing this live is the easiest way. But it can be done with just a NLE.

Once you have a match, and you may not be able to get it exactly perfect save the PP. Just white balance both cams for every scene off the same card with the same lighting, sometimes moving a card just a couple feet will be radically different.
 
I have been white balancing the same way. However, when i am correcting color i seem to have to drag the green/yellow down a bit on the sony footage. I thought that possibly this was a sony sensor issue.
In addition, i am finding it a lot more difficult to get that "movie look" with FS700 footage. It seems a lot more videoy utilizing the same techniques as with the 5d or 7d footage. i am using zeiss lenses with novoflex adapter on it, 24 frame per sec, 48 shutter speed. etc..

I will try and rent a vector scope... I am assuming i would run the hdmi out of 5d.

and thanks for the advice!!

Sean
 
Best way is to get two matching monitors you can put next to each other that both have wfm/vectorscopes. Ideally also with a color chart. If you have those things and know what you are doing you can get about as good a match as possible in a couple minutes. Otherwise, not knowing what 5D settings you are using, it'll be tough to give you a good match. If you can't do that you may just have to shoot knowing that one camera might not completely match the other. Even with picture styles and profiles matched as close as you get it will never be a perfect match, as ISO goes up they cameras will differentiate, they will always differ in resolution, and they will differ a lot in DOF and moire if you are not careful.
 
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