Quick Reference Guide
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F. Detailed guide to the Cine El Mode
F1.4 In the Cine EI mode the way you expose your footage
is dierent to custom mode. In order to obtain the
cameras full dynamic range the camera must record at it’s
native ISO of 2000.
In addition the exposure levels used by log gamma
curves are dierent to conventional gammas and the log
image will look flat and washed out when viewed on a
conventional monitor.
To make exposure and focusing easier you can apply
a MLUT (Monitor Look Up Table) to the viewfinder and/
or monitor to convert from the flat, dull looking S-Log2/3
image to a more normal looking image with more contrast
and better color. Then set your exposure by looking at the
image with the LUT applied rather than trying to expose
by looking at the S-Log recording.
When the LUT is correctly exposed, so too is the S-Log2 or
S-Log3 recording. For exposure the built in 709(800) LUT is
very good as this uses conventional video levels and it is
normally very obvious when the exposure is right. When
an MLUT or LUT is being used the cameras zebra function
measures the MLUT/LUT output. So if you wish to use
zebra’s for exposure assessment (when viewing via a LUT)
you should set and use the zebra function exactly as you
would for normal gamma curves.