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Natural

"PHOTO STYLE"

-3

CONTRAST

-3

SHARPNESS

+3

NOISE

-3

COLOR

-3+3

HIGHLIGHT SHADOW

OFF

iDYNAMIC

OFF

iRESOLUTION

0-255

LUMINANCE LEVEL

 REAL  RATINGS

After testing each lens-sensor combo, I like to know if the rendering is going to look realistic (or not) as this will affect how easy it is to "shot match" (to other lenses).

Greyscale Landscape

CONTRAST

A

 IS THE CONTRAST "REAL"? 

Black and White Building

SHARPNESS

B

 IS THE SHARPNESS "REAL"? 

Lucid

NOISE

B

 IS THE NOISE "REAL"? 

Too-Much-Bokeh.jpg

COLOR

A

 IS THE COLOR "REAL"? 

*Click here to learn more about "REAL" Ratings. These ratings are AFTER my custom settings are applied (most combos don't look real good with default settings).

Published: 

June 18, 2023 at 8:49:07 PM


SHADOW DIP (Davinci to YouTube):
This helps make SHADOWS more accurate on YouTube:
1. Create a new node
2. Go to Primaries
3. Enter -12.30 for Shad (Shadow)

COLOR BUMP (Davinci to YouTube):
This helps make COLOR more accurate on YouTube:
1. Create a new node
2. Go to Sat vs. Sat. (In Curves)
3. Drag shadows (left) dot to 1.23
4. Drag highlights (right) dot to 1.23

NOTES:
I’ve been working on getting my FZ1000 to look realistic, using SOOC (Straight Out of Camera) settings, and I’m pretty happy with what these settings now (and it’s REALLY EASY TO REMEMBER). These settings are mostly for 4K PHOTO mode use, so I'm also doing this so I can either use 4K PHOTO mode to grab stills, or to shoot video and be able to use it without doing color grading (though it may need a little sharpness adding in Davinci Resolve, my video editing software of choice…also super good for color grading). Note that the smaller sensor on this camera produces a little bit more NOISE than I would consider perfect, but it's not bad if you look at it as kind of an organic "film look".

IMPORTANT NOTE:
One setting that you have to be careful to not forget, is to set the "Luminance Level" to 0-255 (not the default setting of 16-255). The easy way to set it to 0-255, is simply to switch to 4K PHOTO mode (which will default to 0-255). You can set it without doing that, but it's a lot more difficult (I don't remember the exact sequence).

SHARPENING SETTINGS (Davinci Resolve):
@Full "WIDE" = .47
@Mid "TIGHT" = .46
@Full "TELE" = .43

I should also note that I've found ISO 200 to create the most real-looking image (maybe it's the "native ISO"?) So, if you can use ISO 200, I do recommend it (even over 125 and 160, even though they're lower, etc.) Also, the image degrades noticeably above ISO 400, though I sometimes go up to ISO 800 when needed but be aware that it's going to look like it has more "film grain" (which isn't always bad, but it won't match your other footage, if the other footage was shot at a lower ISO).

My goal for these camera settings is to improve the "lens-sensor relationship" by adjusting the contrast, sharpness, noise reduction and color with the result that it produces an image that looks less "digital" and more "organic" (more like film, etc). The first step is to apply these settings while shooting (produces an image that looks pretty good straight out of camera) but keep in mind there may need to be slight color grading (or a LUT) applied to finalize each shot.

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