Looking for Sony F900 Scene File Settings

Mike Krumlauf

Mike Krumlauf

Award Winning Filmmaker
I recently found out that my F900 does not have the current ROM Software to allow me to experiment with custom gamma curves using the CVPeditor, but, I do have the ability to load in scene files via a memory stick and I was wondering if anyone on DVXuser who use to work with or owned an F900 still has some scene files lying around that I could experiment with? I also reached out to Panavision to see if they had any settings from their F900 days and the chicago office is looking into it for me :).
 
I can't find my old set-up cheat-sheet for the series at the moment and my emails don't go back that far, because I was still using Windows in 2003-2004, but going by memory, we shot with the camera essentially "zero'd out"/factory default. It was one of the first Sony cameras that looked good out-of-the-box.
 
I plugged in the BBC settings for the camera and it seems to look nice. I'm so bummed the firmware is out of date so i can't take use of the CVP software and load custom gamma curves in.
 
Don't I need to be able to load custom gamma curves into my F900? My ROM version is too old to allow that, hence the scene files.. if there is a way i can use these curves with my camera i'd gladly spend the money on it.
 
Hi Mike,

Not for the 900 but here is one for the PMW-500 which I also used on the PMW-800.

Paul Cronin Studios PMW 500 scene file 26 April 2011
Note this is with Fujinon ZA17x7.6 lens and Fujinon OS
I am using two settings HG2 and HG3:

Must Black Balance prior to every shoot!

Master Black -2
Flare ON
HG #2 for outside and #3 for inside
Black Gamma on
Black Gam Range H.Mid
Master BLK Gamma -12
Detail 1 > ON
Detail 1 > Detail Level 0
MTX Linear > Matrix ON
MTX Linear > Matrix (User) ON
MTX Linear > Matrix (Preset) ON
MTX Linear > Matrix (prst) Sel 2
V Modulation > On
Saturation > Low Key Sat ON
Saturation > L Key Sat Level 10
Saturation > L Key Sat Range H. Mid
Noise Suppress > On
Saturation > Y Black Gamma ON
Saturation > Y BLK Gam Level 0
Saturation > Y BLK Gam Range High
White Clip Level 100.0 on HG2 and 108.0 on HG3
 
Thanks for the share paul. I dont know how well this will transfer over to my 900. I know my 900 does not have any of the hypergammas.. im running i believe version 1.41 or so in terms of software so its one of the older 900s... not even a 900/3.
 
I wonder if the HD900F's scene files would work on the F900? Anyone from Panavision on here that should shed some light on that?
 
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