Motion of the Ocean - the Sony F35 444 RGB 12 bit vs Red One MX RedDragonColor2 and RedLog Cine Odyssey 7Q+

[Ed_David]

 

 

Longest title ever for a video! This is a test to see if I can make these cameras feel like film - which one gets closest?

So SHOOT OUT!

CAM A - Sony F35 recording 444 GRB 12 bit DPX files into the Oydssey 7Q+. Slog - gamma. DCI P3+ as Gamut. 180 shutter. 
CAM B - Red One MX recording 4k 16x9. Red DragonColor 2 as gamut and Red Log Cine as Gamma.

Same 50 mm Sony PL lens. 180 shutter on both. Applied same lut to both! Visioncolor impulz Kodak 50.FPE with red log gamma setting to it.

Added gorilla grain.

First leg - normal color correct
2nd leg - pushing color to extreme

My Results:
1. Red One and F35 can match pretty easily - shutter on f35 was less staccato at 180 shutter - maybe at a 144 degree shutter motion can match perfectly
2. F35 can be pushed a heck lot more color wise
3. F35 has better highlight rolloff - very organic. Red one mx looks like how the panasonic hvx200 handles highlights - very video-e
4. Red One has more resolution - shot some test charts to show that

Overall F35 I think matches film a lot more because of how it handles highlights - the motion on it, maybe I need to shoot at 144 degrees to give it a little more choppiness, maybe that would help - anyway it's all personal taste at this point.

And there is super 16mm film shot by Hunter Hampton as the baseline - this is what I want my stuff to look like -I love film.

Let me know thoughts.

 

[Mattias Burling]

Good stuff, thanks for taking the time!

[fuzzynormal]

If you're aiming for 16mm, then I'm guessing resolution isn't a factor in your considerations to achieve your particular film-look?