How to create dailies and work with LUTs using Catalyst Browse

Please watch the review of Catalyst Browse before you watch this quick tutorial: Download Video Important: Sony’s free Catalyst Browse software product is currently not capable of batch transcoding of XAVC-S. It can only transcode one clip at a time. Ian Cook from Sony Broadcast and Professional Services posted a short message on the Avid forum stating that he was … Read more

Sony Catalyst Browse review: What’s it good for?

Sony Catalyst Browse is a free software available for Macs and PCs. Here’s my review (version 1.0.2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSXLGQJ96Bs Important: Sony’s free Catalyst Browse software product is currently not capable of batch transcoding of XAVC-S. It can only transcode one clip at a time. Ian Cook from Sony Broadcast and Professional Services posted a short message on the Avid … Read more

File Organization and Metadata

In this lesson I’ll walk you through the file organization and metadata capabilities of the Sony A7s. SD Card folder structure The A7s records stills, AVCHD, MP4 and XAVC S. Each has its own folder path. This is what it looks like: And here’s the exploded view: The Yellow folder, DCIM, is for stills. You … Read more

Data requirements for the Sony A7s

Here are the recording options available in the Sony A7s: Res. PAL NTSC Codec Data Rate Mbps Wrapper 1080p 24p, 25p, 50p 24p, 30p, 60p XAVC S 50 MP4 50p 60p AVCHD 28 MP4 25p, 50i 24p, 60i AVCHD 24 MP4 25p, 50i 24p, 60i AVCHD 17 MP4 720p 100p 120p XAVC S 50 MP4 … Read more

Solution to the Blue Clipping Problem?

Many have reported the dreaded blue clipping problem that occurs specifically with LED lights (doesn’t have to be blue LEDs), in which the blue channel “clips” to an ugly blue color. This doesn’t happen with all LED lights, but just a few specific types. First, watch this super-quick video to see what’s happening: Explanations RGB … Read more

Handy exposure cheat sheet for any situation

If all the picture profile tests were a bit too much, then this lesson will simplify it. Of course, it goes without saying that this exposure cheat sheet is based on my interpretations, some of which are heavily subjective. But it’s a good place to start, if that’s what you want. Don’t hold me responsible! … Read more

How to tweak picture profiles, a walkthrough

Every picture profile has settings that you can tweak to taste. In this lesson we’ll go through each setting. These settings are buried inside the Picture Profile menu: The right side is just one menu, scrolled down. Each picture profile can be tweaked to taste, and the camera remembers your choices. On more than one … Read more