Glass - Worth it?

[Jordan Scott Price]

Some of it will depend on the camera and recording format.

With cameras that record in a highly compressed format, use 4:2:0, only 8-bit color, etc., the camera is making assumptions about the footage in order to determine what information to throw away. The closer you can get while shooting to what you intend to have in the end, the less likely you are to have thrown away the data that is needed to get a clean grade later on.

Always a good point. I believe in doing this when you need quick turnaround or are achieving a visual effect (better done in-camera).

On the other hand, with cameras like the REDs, or which use a higher bit rate for output, there is more room to adjust things later without losing overall quality, so you can afford to be further off with the colors and still end up with good results after grading it.

Of course, but it can also cost way more time and money in post. As long as this is understood beforehand, who cares!

Cheers.