If you’re the proud owner of the newly released Sony FX30 (article here) or any other Sony Cine Line digital camera, you may have wondered what these S-Log modes are all about, what Cine EI means, and why you should bother looking into them. Sony has released an easy-to-understand tutorial video that covers these very topics using the FX30 as an example. So if you have a little time to spare, the 13-minute video below is something worth watching, I think. If you’re just starting out in the filmmaking world, an easy what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) workflow might be the easiest approach to capturing video. Whatever is being displayed on the camera’s screen or viewfinder is what is being recorded, simple as that. However, in this mode (usually the so-called Rec.709 standard), the latitude of the resulting image is quite limited, to the extent that the camera sensor would be able to capture a much wider range, but is artificially limited to Rec.709 specifications. You do get what you see, yes, but unfortunately this is far from tapping the full potential of your camera. So, there must be better options? Ultimately, you want to capture as much information as possible, right? And there are indeed better options. The Sony FX30 can record the incoming sensor data in a logarithmic fashion, which is called S-Log3 mode. The resulting image looks a bit strange and flat, but has a much wider dynamic range than Rec.709 can handle. Sony FX30 and S-Log3 To be clear...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 11 October, 2022