part of the reason this works is that the X70 can never be fully aligned on a vectorscope, so multiple vectors will ALWAYS be off in one direction or another. Yeah, the master phase is a bit weird! I think I even recommended in one post that the master phase can/should be played with prior to a shoot, sort of an adjustment by eye to match your lighting conditions. However, I hear that the native import and editing of XAVC-L is imminent, perhaps even coming around NAB - may be added in an FCPX or Pro Codecs update or may be a Sony plugin. I have a late 2013 27" fastest iMac w/24gb ram and an external Thunderbolt raid. Yes, the conversion takes a few minutes, but I just set all that to convert and go do something for 15 minutes and come back. If ever needed again, the ProRes can be re-generated. I just keep the disk image of the card, which is of course on a drive that is backed up daily. The converted clips are large, so I leave them in place and don't optimize when importing to the Library in FCPX, but once I'm totally done with a project I don't keep the ProRes versions. I insert the camera card in a usb3 card reader, make a disk image of the card with Disk Utility for backup, then mount that disk image and open the clips in EditReady. I have no idea if the MXF generated by Catalyst Browse or EditReady can be imported directly into FCPX, but it will either work seamlessly or not at all :-) My previous camera was a Canon XF100, and despite that update all clips from Canon XF series cameras still require a plugin from Canon to work. A recent FCPX update added MXF import, but not for every flavor of MXF. MXF is complicated - I think it's just a container that can have various codecs within it. It's a great editing codec, and unless needed for broadcast things, I don't know why one would use MXF. I convert from XAVC-L to ProRes 422 with EditReady. And I use these color correction settings from Paul AndereggĬolor Phase: +1 (Paul's setting is -2, but I find with my flatter settings I prefer +1)Īnd then I of course do a manual white balance. Ray - just remember these settings are for a fairly flat look that will be graded a bit in post. I know most people need to go for a finished look in-camera, but these settings do seem to help stretch the effective dynamic range a bit. The highlights are easily blown but you can't just underexpose because the blacks are already (for my taste) way over crushed as well. I just find the exposure/dynamic range to be tricky. I'm also finding that the X70 can handle a fair amount of sharpening either in-camera or in post without artifacts. And I'm pleased with the relatively clean gain and would use that (in-camera) to avoid having to lift levels too much in post. But one of the things I like about shooting flat is that I'm never raising shadows in post but adjusting them *down* to 0 IRE so maybe that masks noise? The mid range and highlights seem more flexible - several of the clips here had the mid-range and highlights raised a bit in post. I have to confess, I am lucky in that I rarely shoot in truly low light situations so I have not tested these settings in those conditions. I was very happy with the color and did zero color correction in post.Ĭhris - thanks very much for the kind words! I did add a bit of stabilization on some clips due to handholding at maximum CI zoom. Then, in FCPX (but could be done in any advanced NLE) I just adjusted shadows, mids, and highlights then added a touch of further sharpness and upped saturation to the level I wanted. You cannot use both Point and Slope at their low settings without problems.)Ĭolor Depth: still experimenting a bit here, but all were 0 except B +4, Y -3Ĭolor Correction: Type is Color revision, Memory Selection is 1&2, then all other settings are per Paul Anderegg’s suggestions posted earlier in these forumsĭetail: I like some sharpness - Level +3, and under Manual Set I have Crispening at 3 Knee (manual) Point 75%, Slope -2 (I’ve decided I like low Point and medium Slope rather than the reverse. Here are my “semi-flat” settings: all normal except… It was all either handheld (worked pretty well) or on a monopod (due to the angle from the stands that did not work well though). XAVC-L, 60fps, shutter 125, iris always wide open, gain -3 to +3, manual exposure, manual white balance, 100% autofocus, internal mics, converted to ProRes using EditReady, edited with FCPX. I’ve given up on getting a true “log” look from the camera so am going with a semi-flat look. Here are some excerpts of my nephew at a recent swim meet. After all the recent debate about the X70’s stabilization, image detail, autofocus, Clear Image Zoom quality, delayed compatibility with some NLEs, and the disappointing specs/price for the upcoming 4K upgrade, I thought I’d be really crazy and just talk about using the camera.
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