Cameras, Phones, and Log - What’s the Juice?

[@iPhone-Cinematograhy]

Thank you for this tutorial...

[@wowtimelapse1337]

Hey Stu, thank you for the video and LUTs! I've been following you since the Canon HV20 days and you have always been a source of inspiration for me to get out there and create. I'm one of the many people that have learned a tremendous amount from you. With regard to future videos on the channel, I'd love to see some "live" editing/grading sessions in which you walk us through your thought process and workflow in real time (not necessarily tutorials, more "stream of consciousness"). Your old Lightroom and Colorista videos are extremely valuable to this day - despite the relative datedness of the tools themselves - because you focus on fundamentals and are an excellent teacher. It would be awesome to see your end-to-end workflow from acquisition to exporting the final product. I'm also interested to hear more about what you're shooting with these days and why. For example, when do you choose to bust out the BMPCC and anamorphics? What prompts you to pick up the Sony mirrorless instead of your iPhone? As a long-time Canon shooter, have you ever been tempted to switch back? Why/why not?

+1 especially regarding the grading sessions. I also learned a ton from Stu through the Live Lightroom Sessions. Was it called „Light Iron …“?

[@joostvanderhoeven2969]

Thanks @5tu so much for this "lecture"

[@nicolasb.3809]

Hi Stu, new member here and glad to be onboard ! Amazing work, congrats ! Which solution are you using to colorgrade ?

[@thejoltjoker]

My thoughts exactly, been considering leaving the R5 at home in favor of the iPhone in some cases

[@petermclennan6781]

Absolutely superb. Dense, rich, detailed, helpful. THANK YOU.

[@ShadowMakerSdR]

Nice to see you back, Stu. With all the cameras at your disposal, what are you using to shoot yourself with in this video? The sound is pretty good as well, even with the mic so far away from your mouth, compared to a lot of KZbin hosts that have these Shures right up in their faces.

[@prolost]

@@ShadowMakerSdR Thanks man! Shot this with my Sony a7CR, which did a great job with autofocus and only overheated once. Audio comes from the Shure BETA 87A and gets recorded with the screen capture and post-synced. I did less processing of the audio on this one compared to last time so I’m glad it sounds good!

[@eastbayjay]

Thanks for the New LUTs for non-log iPhone video. I have a base model iPhone 15 and I was trying to find a look all day today. This is really helpful.

[@dougmorato]

Fantastic video!!! You certainly go extra steps to get your desired color results :)

[@paulmccurdy8457]

I would love a context video. What’s been the TLDR of your creative / filmmaking journey.

[@prolost]

@@paulmccurdy8457 May take me multiple videos to get through that, but I love the idea, thanks!

[@VermontJones]

This was a great video, Stu. It re-ignited interest in my iPhone's camera again. Good timing, too since my Nikon D80 just died! Looking forward to the upcoming videos.

[@lbjeffries4338]

Loved this. "What's the juice?" is so important. Trust Stu to once again nail the mind-camera connection.

[@troychurch4055]

Thx Stu - it's been easy for me to dismiss just how capable and exciting these phone cameras can be. But with a little imagination + Log as you so capably show - there capabilities can really shine. Thanks for the reminder and detailed examples. And the boomer bonus points made me laugh.

[@AnthonyVescio]

Fantastic video as always. Probably a stupid question but why favor Kino with their luts when you make great points on how awesome log is and the post coloring you do?

[@prolost]

Thanks, and that’s a great question! What I really like about Kino is that it lets me stay in full-auto mode and it does a greta job of choosing the most cinematic shutter speed possible, while also locking exposure and WB. The LUTs are really a bonus, although it is the only app I know of that can apply them after shooting. So you can shoot log and then render out a LUT version to share, right from your phone.

[@Katana2040]

He lives! Right on, Stu!

[@MaximoJoshua]

The iPhone HDR setting means the files are Dolby Vision Profile 8.4, which is based on HLG. I was curious if Samsung published a white paper for their log profile...I think that is the secret ingredient that other companies haven't figured out. In order to increase the "gradeability" of the footage, making the math public means that anyone can work with it in a scene referred way, and that is what helps it to play nicely in post-processing workflows. In the announcement for Apple Log, they highlighted how it was compatible with ACES, I hope Samsung does the same.

[@MaximoJoshua]

I found the Samsung Log Whitepaper, it's awesome that they also published theirs...

[@jmbaillard7015]

Hi Stu, Nice video 👍 Can we upload some of these LUTs into Kino? ( I’m thinking about the yellow colored one which help for the exposure, for instance).

[@prolost]

@@jmbaillard7015 Thanks! And yes, you can absolutely load custom LUTs into Kino. Use the 33pt versions for Kino and BMC.

[@jmbaillard7015]

🙏🏼

[@gnosjo]

When my kids crashed my Sony RX100m3 I almost cried… It was such a fun camera to always have with me. It had the juice! Especially together with your Lightroom presets. 🙂

[@x1n30Parente]

Does anyone know if shooting Apple Log in HEVC still disables the sharpening / various post-processes like ProRes does?

[@prolost]

@@x1n30Parente In all the current apps that offer it, yes.

[@x1n30Parente]

@@prolost great news!

[@drewsandoval]

I would love your take on HLG or HDR video. Been trying to deliver more of my KZbin videos in that format lately, but haven’t yet seen any great tutorials on delivering it with cool graded looks, most people only talk about rec709. If HDR is something you like, i’d be interested in your perspective.

[@prolost]

I’m also in the curious/experimentation stage here. Someday I’ll post a video in HDR here and talk about the pros and cons, but I have a lot more testing to do first!

[@hankdendrijver]

I have an HV20 too! Used it to shoot a music video back in 2007, fully inspired by Stu's DV Rebel kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWaxZXR4pbOLatE

[@Karen-L126]

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