Sareesh Sudhakaran In this lesson we’ll go over the dual system audio workflow for the Sony a7S/a7S II/a7R II: Download Video Note: It’s always a good idea to record audio using the in-camera microphone for reference whenever possible. Let it remain switched on at all times. Dual Audio Options I strongly recommend the Tascam DR-60D (both I and … Read more
In this lesson I’ll walk you through the process of recording and monitoring audio in the Sony a7S/a7S II/a7R II. Here’s the video: Download Video Notes: There is always a limiter applied to audio, regardless of the setting of levels. I don’t use Phantom power, because my recorder eats batteries. Audio Solutions for Internal Recording One … Read more
The Sony A7s has a built-in microphone and built-in speakers, both of which I wouldn’t use even for home movies (are you going to subject your loved ones to terrible audio?). But it is useful for one thing, as we shall see. The camera has two ports for audio: 3.5mm stereo jack for a microphone, … Read more
In this article I compare three cool film emulation LUT software specifically to footage from the Sony A7s – in Rec. 709 and S-Log2. The same principles apply for S-Log2 material from the Sony a7S II and a7R II. The three apps are: Juan Malera’s free print LUTs Rubber Monkey Software Filmconvert 1.224 (demo) Red … Read more
In this lesson we’ll take a detailed look at working with XAVC S S-Log2 material in FCP-X. I’ll be covering: Importing Using the built-in S-Log2 LUT Grading Shot matching Exporting If you’re absolutely new to FCP-X, then please start by watching my primer on importing, exporting and data management: Here’s the workflow for XAVC S … Read more
The Sony A7s has unexplored features for multi-cam editing: Until I have further information, I’m not going into details here. Just for starters: TC refers to timecode. UB refers to User Bits. It is eight digits in the hexadecimel system written asXX:XX:XX:XX. The cool thing is you can assign values yourself to this. E.g., in … Read more
XAVC S is basically H.264 rewrapped to be simpler to edit. Here’s a list of NLEs that support XAVC S, AVCHD and MP4: Adobe Premiere Pro CC 7.0 onwards Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.0.x via the Sony PDZK-LT2 plugin Avid Media Composer 7 via the third party plugin MediaReactor Workstation from Drastic Technologies, $495 … Read more
Here’s a cool ready to print (Paper size: A3+) infographic on everything we’ve looked at so far – on folder management, LUTs, backups, dailies and transcoding (click to enlarge or right-click and Save as…):
In this lesson we’ll learn how to grade S-Log2 material. This applies to the Sony a7S, a7S II and a7R II, and all S-Log2 material in general. What you need to know before grading Grading S-Log2 is pretty easy and fun. The footage holds up well. I have not had any banding or posterization. There … Read more