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Geoff Boyle
A couple of pics as a taster.
Grade applied is from the Kodak Gray Scale corrected to the values on the back of the chart, i.e. grey neutralised and level set to 488.
This grade was applied to both stills as this was the “neutral” grade.
Actually almost no correction.
This is from a camera chosen at random, there are smaller and much bigger differences with other cameras.
I’m going to take my time with the results as I don’t want to give anyone any ammunition 😊
Cheers
Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS Cinematographer Netherlands www.gboyle.nl
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Colin Elves
Oh! Cool.
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The top could be the EVA1 as the WB presets skew yellow. The bottom Venice maybe? Colin Elves Director of Photography Currently Yorkshire
On 15 Jul 2018, at 08:00, Geoff Boyle <geoff.cml@...> wrote:
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Different light possibly. Shape in the eyes looks subtly different and there’s less wrap on the top shot as the shadow feels marginally harsher.
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On 15 Jul 2018, at 08:00, Geoff Boyle <geoff.cml@...> wrote:
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Alex Metcalfe DoP
Different light possibly One is labeled as LED and one as tungsten so my assumption was that these 2 stills are from the same camera and show how they represent the 2 sources that we are led to believe are the same Kelvin rating. If my assumption is right then the results are much more extreme than I would have expected. LED technology has grown so quickly and due to the enormous benefits of energy saving and physical tempreture is becoming dominant in the smaller output section of lighting. More productions are rightly adopting Albert which means we will all need to use more LED than ever so seeing the results of tests like this is fantastic and should be a start point to launch from.
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Jad Beyrouthy
The difference shows automatically the lack of colors in the spectral range of LED lights compared to full spectrum lights in tungsten. I have yet to see a good LED light that can cover the spectrum needed to represent skintones accurately. Great test Geoff and thank you and the team for the effort put into it. Looking forward to more images.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 10:05 Geoff Boyle <geoff.cml@...> wrote:
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Jad Beyrouthy
Sorry I forgot to sign Cheers, Jad Beyrouthy Cinematographer | Colorist www.jadbeyrouthy.com jad@... Green Beans Productions Beirut, Lebanon
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 11:54 Jad Beyrouthy <jadbeyrouthy@...> wrote:
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Mitch Gross
So is this a camera comparison or a light source comparison?
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Mitch Gross Cinema Product Manager Panasonic Systems Solutions Company of North America New York
On Jul 15, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Geoff Boyle <geoff.cml@...> wrote:
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Brian Heller
Mitch Gross wrote:
So is this a camera comparison or a light source comparison? An excellent question. Brian Heller IA 600 DP
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Colin Elves
Ah-ha! That would make sense too. In my experience most LED ‘tungsten’ lights skew yellow as well (even to the eye). Remote phosphor tends to be a bit better. So I would guess this could the Skypanel?
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Colin Elves Director of Photography Currently (distracted in) Yorkshire.
On 15 Jul 2018, at 12:56, Alex Metcalfe DoP <alex@...> wrote:
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Bob Kertesz
So is this a camera comparison or a light source comparison? To quote Geoff: "This is from a camera chosen at random, there are smaller and much bigger differences with other cameras." It's a light source comparison, as well as indicating how a particular camera reacts to LED vs. Tungsten light because you can't judge those things separately. -Bob Bob Kertesz
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Mitch Gross
So this camera comparison test morphed into a light source comparison test, which is exactly what I cautioned against beforehand.
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On Jul 15, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Bob Kertesz <bob@...> wrote:
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Geoff Boyle
The overall thing is a camera evaluation.
As we were starting to do the test we found some dramatic differences.
All cameras will be posted in both lighting situations.
One is “Real” the other is “Substitute” the reason for the second name is that I found myself singing the Who track as I looked at the images 😊
“The simple things you see are all complicated” “It's a genuine problem, you won't try”
Cheers
Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS Cinematographer Netherlands www.gboyle.nl
From: cml-raw-log-hdr@... <cml-raw-log-hdr@...> On Behalf Of Mitch Gross
So this camera comparison test morphed into a light source comparison test, which is exactly what I cautioned against beforehand.
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Geoff Boyle
One more pair from the mystery camera this time and I’ll get on with the real work which I’m putting off because it’s so repetitive and boring it’s really easy to make a mistake and screw things up.
Cheers
Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS Cinematographer Netherlands www.gboyle.nl
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Bob Kertesz
In my experience most LED ‘tungsten’ lights skew yellow as well (evenIn my experience, they tend to skew green. The cheaper they are, the greener they get. When you get down to those $79 (or less) on-camera lights, their lack of red spectrum is so bad people look as if they just rolled off the embalmer's table. Bob Kertesz BlueScreen LLC Hollywood, California DIT, Video Controller, and live compositor extraordinaire. High quality images for more than four decades - whether you've wanted them or not.© * * * * * * * * * *
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Bob Kertesz
So this camera comparison test morphed into a light source comparisonProblem is, once you move to LED instruments, there's little choice. Go to any major lighting house, pull three random tungsten lights from three manufacturers, and except for subtle differences - say, when the interior of a soft light has yellowed, and it's dropped 100-200 degrees K, or the bulb is on its last 20 hours of life - the spectrum/quality and K temperature and any camera's reaction to them will be pretty much identical. Do the same thing with three LED instruments from three different manufacturers, and be amazed at the differences between the sources. With more and more LEDs flooding the market from many manufacturers, and more and more DPs using them exclusively, how can you not at least attempt to compare sources, even if it's a Sisyphean task? As far as I know, Geoff had LEDs from a single manufacturer (ARRI). Imagine if he had gotten three different manufacturer's LED lights. Current pro LED technology is small, light, relatively cheap, uses little power, and is the classic example of "Be careful what you wish for." -Bob Bob Kertesz BlueScreen LLC Hollywood, California DIT, Video Controller, and live compositor extraordinaire. High quality images for more than four decades - whether you've wanted them or not.© * * * * * * * * * *
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Colin Elves
Urgh. That one’s kinda ugly under the tungsten. The LED only makes it worse.
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Colin Elves Director of Photography Back in Bucks.
On 15 Jul 2018, at 17:40, Geoff Boyle <geoff.cml@...> wrote:
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Colin Elves
I’m talking about supposedly high CRI film lights. Of the top of my head I remember the Dedo DLEDs, Felloni Panels, Litepanel Astras and the Blind Spot scorpions all being noticeably yellow in their ‘tungsten’ settings (or versions in the case of blind spot).
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My very limited experience with even cheaper units is that they are even worse in multiple ways - but often skew green as well. LED daylight seems to feel a bit more ‘real’ (or less wrong anyway). Colin Elves Director of Photography Back in Bucks
In my experience most LED ‘tungsten’ lights skew yellow as well (evenIn my experience, they tend to skew green. The cheaper they are, the
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Bob Kertesz
Urgh. That one’s kinda ugly under the tungsten. The LED only makes itGeoff didn't say which is which on the second set of pictures posted. Bob Kertesz BlueScreen LLC Hollywood, California DIT, Video Controller, and live compositor extraordinaire. High quality images for more than four decades - whether you've wanted them or not.© * * * * * * * * * *
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Art Adams <art.cml.only@...>
Add me to that list.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 9:07 AM Mitch Gross <mitchgrosscml@...> wrote: So this camera comparison test morphed into a light source comparison test, which is exactly what I cautioned against beforehand. --
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Art Adams <art.cml.only@...>
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