FS7: Match FS7 to 2 EX3s for 3 camera interview set-up

gkantziper

gkantziper

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Anybody done this before and get a decent match? FS7 settings? (Two people on camera, EX3s on tights and FS7 on 2-shot.) EX3s are set picture profile off. Thanks.
 
I've matched FS7 to EX3's many times and it should make a nearly perfect match . In my case I use my own matrix and they are exactly the same in both cameras though on the FS7 for some reason I need to dial the phase toward the green a bit. Aside from that I just visually match the black level and the saturation and find the Sony colirimtry is the same in both cameras. The FS7 will deal with highlights better but that's about the only difference. Its harder to match an FS700 because they have different internal settings altogether.

I've never tried it with picture profile off though because that takes off your ability to make any changes to even the EX3's which may not be a perfect match. In any case if you do that just make sure on the FS7 you are standard 5 gamma, that your matrix is all O's and then set saturation, black level and possibly phase to match the EX3's. usually I use white balance A & B rather than preset. If you choose preset then you may need to adjust that to match since the K numbers may not be exactly the same.
 
Thanks Lenilenapi. I have used my client's EX-3s in past along with a rental EX-1 and they all look close enough without any tweaking whatsoever. I'm just trying to use my FS7 so I don't have to rent for this job. We aren't after a certain look, just an acceptable look and match. So, if I set my FS7 to STD 5 and adjust the FS7's sat, hue and black to the EX3s, you say they'll look very close?
 
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