Hi Guys,
I red the article and it got me curious since I have the NEX 5n and Premiere Pro CS6 on Windows 7 Workstation.
The whole "crushed whites" thing is also the case in Windows 7 in PP CS6.
It seems as if Premiere, VLC Player, WindowMediaPlayer and a few others are geting the 0-255 16-235 Levels kind of wrong. I think you have already stated it guys but why do you need to remux and transcode ... ? In PP cs6 and cs5.5 you can just bring all the Information that is above 1.0 in the waveform down with any 32 bit Filter that deals with Levels.
clipped whites:
[IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/az9fm.jpg[/img]
Levels adjusted with 32 bit Filter in PP = No clipping in highlights
[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/ofrl86.jpg[/img]
In AfterEffects its different: You would have to work the whole AE Project in 32 bit to be able to save the clipped detail in the whites. If you work in 8bit (which is standard ae project) then AE will just cut off all the info above 1.0.
But you do not need to transcode or remux AVCHD footage.
But the question is: WHY is Adobe getting it wrong in the second consecutive Version of PP that is supposed to deal nativly with AVCHD????
Even the opensource FFDSHOW codec gets it spot on when played with mpclassic (as Andrew stated and I also can confirm this)
Exposure was set spot on shortly bevor clipping. Also when I connect the nex 5n with hdmi to my Plasma everything plays just fine no clipping at all!