C100: Matching C100 and 5D2 picture and color profile

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shemster

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Anyone has issue with matching the picture profile and color of c100 and 5d2? My c100 in DR profile has a green tint on the skin tone. Of course the dynamic range is also way superior to 5d2 in flaat 10 profile.
Any advise on how to match these 2 closely? Bring down the dynamic range of the c100? That will defeat the purpose of using this cam.....
 
stevedocmaker said:
I've had surprising success using the Shutter-down-pancake picture style (http://shutterdown.com/how-to/video-tips/dslr-video-tips/shutter-down-pancake-canon-picture-style/) combined with C-Log. Of course there's more detail and range in the C100 image, but this is a VERY gradeable picture style and by far the best low-contrast style out there, IMHO.
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I just tried the pancake style....it looks like neutral profile and is nowhere near c log...even my flaat 10 and cinestle is much flatter. What is your settings like?
 
I'm using the default settings. I should have qualified, the comparison was after the C-log clips and Pancake clips were graded (s-curve applied). Flaat 10 is nice, but way to noisy for my taste. I don't like cinestyle at all - it's a terrible color match. I'm mostly looking at color tone and highlight handling. I can grade for contrast in a few clicks of the mouse, but if the reds shift toward yellow or blues toward purple, or the highlights blow apart, it's much more complicated to get a match. I think Pancake is a much better match to C-log with color tone than any other style I've tried (even neutral), and holds a tad more DR than neutral, and is very low noise. It may be a matter of taste, but for me it's by far the best.
 
I am interested in this too. I will be shooting 2 camera interviews more and more, with the C100 and a 5Dm3, for companies that don't grade at all. I need to get them as close as possible.

Should I go EOS standard on both?

Your feedback/tips would be much appreciated.
 
AbelCine had custom profiles to match with the 5D for the C300. I duplicated the settings directly into C100 picture profiles, so you can try it and see how it looks (might be some differences from out it renders out on the C100 vs 300).

I would just ask that you share your experience with it if you try it out.
 
I've tried to match Visiontech with Wide DR. I set both cameras to 4000k, although the C100 seems to look pretty blue-ish on the LCD compared to a 600D.

My findings are that 1) Wide DR is definitely not as flat, which makes sense because Visiontech was meant to be graded...and DSLRs need all the help they can get to retrieve the most information. 2) Color temperature seems ok when files are on the computer, even though the C100's LCD is blue biased.

In post I added some saturation to the curves and contrast back to Visiontech and it seems to get much closer. I'd post results but I may contact them first to see what they may suggest.
 
If you want the two cameras to match, then match the C100 to the MK3. Don't try to match the MK3 to the C100. Abelcine eos match profile is pretty darn good.
 
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