C100: Shot in C-Log, but everything is super contrasty

[chris f]

I normally shoot everything in Wide DR mode and have done so with success for the past year, but I wanted to get a bit of extra information in the shadows for a short I shot on Friday so I shot in C-Log and everything looked great on set, both in camera and in external monitor. When I captured the footage however, all of the .MTS files were very contrasty with almost no information in the shadows, but for whatever reason we when transcode to ProRes using 5DtoRGB, the flat profile and information in the shadows reappear.

Ps. A lot of my night scenes are underexposed by like 2-3 stops, however my interior day shots are right on.

*edit - interlacing problem was fixed*

 

[Doug_EX]

Can you show us a screengrab of the footage? Did you modified the c-log profile?

 

[chris f]

Hey Doug, I didn't modify the c-log profile. Below is a screengrab from my premiere timeline, same shot - the top one is the original .MTS file and the bottom is the transcoded ProRes file:

 

[stefanhuberfilms]

looks like you have to set your clips in premiere to show the full range... premiere usually just displays just 16-235 instead of 0-255 values.

see here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthrea...he-gamma-shift-with-a-simple-task!&highlight=