Sareesh Sudhakaran | wolfcrow - Part 85
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MEM Color Grading

A Comparison of Noise Reduction Techniques for Log footage shot on the Sony a7S II and a7R II

What’s the best noise reduction technique for log footage on the Sony a7S II and a7R II? We compare.

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GUIDE Sony a7S II Guide MEM Sony a7R II Guide

A Comparison of Noise Reduction Techniques for Log footage shot on the Sony a7S II and a7R II

Noise reduction is one of the major hassles of working with S-Log2 and S-Log3 footage from the Sony a7S II , a7R II and a7S. If you don’t follow the wolfcrow system, you will end up with noise. If you underexpose, you will find yourself frustrated by the quality of your images. In this article and […]

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a7rii guide

How to expose and grade S-Log2 on the Sony a7R II and Sony a7S II

The definitive guide to exposing, monitoring and grading S-Log2 footage from the Sony a7R II and Sony a7S II

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MEM Sony a7R II Guide

How to expose Cine Profiles on the Sony a7R II

The following video will help you understand exposure using Cine profiles: Download Video Takeaways Cine profiles (except Cine2) are beyond the legal mode, and are full swing + super whites – which means they utilize the entire region from 0 to 107 IRE.  (50 IRE 18% grey, 90 IRE white). Cine2 follows the legal range and […]

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MEM Sony a7R II Guide

How to expose Movie Mode on the Sony a7R II

The following video will help you understand exposure in Movie mode: Download Video Takeaways Movie mode is close to Rec. 709, and follows legal levels (42-44 IRE 18% grey, 90 IRE white). You can underexpose by up to 2 stops to retain highlight detail, and you won’t be making any big mistakes. You should not […]

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MEM Sony a7R II Guide

How to expose S-Log2 on the Sony a7R II

With a camera like the a7R II, the exposure window is pretty narrow (that’s what separates it from a higher-end camera), so nailing exposure takes lots of practice and discipline. But it’s not hard if you’re willing to put the time and effort into it. Secondly, you also need to either find time to get […]

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GUIDE Sony a7S II Guide

Important information about full swing and super white levels for post production

There have been many complaints that the S-Log2 out of the A7s, a7S II and a7R II via HDMI is different than what is recorded internally in XAVC S. Here’s the bottom line: There is no problem with the HDMI output*. External recorders do not manipulate the image in any way. *Unfortunately, the A7s does […]

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GUIDE Sony a7S II Guide

Updates to the a7S II Guide

This page contains all the updates, corrections, additions and changes to the guide from its inception. I’m going to sort it date-wise, with the latest being on top. This way, you can check back to see what has changed. Bookmark this page and check back regularly! July 20th 2019 Here’s a new cage option for […]

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GUIDE Sony a7S II Guide

Firmware Updates

This page contains an up-to-date list of all the firmware updates released by Sony for the a7S II. I’m going to sort it date-wise, with the latest being on top. To check the firmware version of your camera, go to Menu F6 > Version. Important! I won’t take any responsibility for this. People have been […]

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How to create dailies and work with LUTs using Catalyst Browse

Sony Catalyst Browse is a free software available for Macs and PCs. First, here’s my quick review (version 1.0.2 – software has been updated since then so some conclusions might not be pertinent any more): Important: Sony’s free Catalyst Browse software product is currently not capable of batch transcoding of XAVC-S. It can only transcode one […]