After having responded to Jeff, one side note: Whatever we are talking here about is only 1/3 the story. We can try finding the codecs that hold up great against uncompressed recording in-camera, to a

This is a public service announcement 😊 I’ve just had an update to me TV and it’s added another option to the menus which is automatically switched on. Having turned off all the auto or enhanced contr

Join two of the world's top #cinematographers, Geoff Boyle, NSC FBKS and Bill Bennett, ASC at the @IBCShow #BigScreen programme to discover the latest 4K/UHD/HDR format workflows, the best in cinemato

Please, before you start emailing admin saying that nothing works, please, please, refresh your browsers copy of the website, sometimes the reload button is enough, sometimes you may have to use Ctrl

I’ve linked all the zipped folders to my Dropbox account. Just follow the links from cmltests.net as usual. Everything is now working fine 😊 Cheers Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS Cinematographer Netherlands www

I’ve uploaded a bunch of raw files as people have asked of these tests. Tungsten V LED I haven’t cleaned these up at all and they are for us “as is” They’re linked from www.cmltests.net and once again

Hi all Somewhat silly question. I have an upcoming job where the DP might want to monitor HDR. I have read up on it on the last year, but some aspects are still not clear to me. Both Alexa LF and DXL2

Hi, I see many people seeking detains on the Blackmagic RAW codec, so here are mine: I have looked to the SDK as well - from those DLL files perspective. There are three files, a main library, contain

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicursaminipro/blackmagicraw Looks like BMD have developed their own version of ProRes Raw (no wonder they seemed a bit pissed off when Apple announced

After a great experience working at SIM / Chainsaw / Bling in Hollywood, my last couple of jobs have really surprised me in that the Post / Dailies outfit had no idea about Legal vs Extended. I imagin

I’ve just updated the links on cmltests.net and added links to more EXR’s Ursa MP, C200, C300-2, C700, Alexa SXT, Dragon, Helium, Scarlet, F5, F55, F65,Venice 4K, Venice 6K, Varicam LT, Varicam Pure I

We have teamed up with CODEX to offer a workshop on RAW workflow with their Virtual File System from Super 35 and large format camera systems. A Panasonic Varicam Pure, a Canon C700 and an ALEXA LF wi

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Thanks to another donation from Stephen Williams I’m going to take a chance, instead of buying 2 more Pro packages which would give us 15TB of download bandwidth in total I’m upgrading to Enterprise w

And the donations from Kirk Miles has completed our cost for the new download system for the next year 😊 Cheers Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS Cinematographer Netherlands www.gboyle.nl

I have now updated all the relevant web pages to show the new links and instructions. I have upgraded our file download facility to Enterprise. All files are now available, including those that we don

I’ve moved all the zip files to a goggle drive folder and checked that they will not block us. The website reflects these changes. Because I don’t trust any of these big companies not to lie to me I’m

I am in the process of moving all the zip files to google drive having got assurances from them that they will not lock us out, at worst we’ll get a notice for a couple of hours pausing us. The webpag

I’ve started the uploads of the new tests but I’m, pausing to give you a chance to rip the shit out of me. www.cmltests.net Please comment before I spend any more time. Only the Alexa and BMD-UMP are

I’ve only had a quick look at this but I thought that you’d like to see the preliminary results… I’ve only looked at the Alexa so far, I’m using Resolve in ACEScct and the only grade I’m doing is a ti