Z CAM Z-Log2 Workflows in DaVinci Resolve

[@jakestoneshow]

FINALY i find another zcam e2f6 user =). Thank you so much for this video. IM JUST getting started in DV for the first time.

[@GarCorStudio]

This was very informative. Learnt a lot, thanks for sharing.

[@osasidaeproductions3759]

Do you ETTR when shooting zlog ? Or use the zcam rec709 to monitor your image

[@FlannelNinjaTech]

ETTR is a good idea in general to avoid noise in the shadows. It really depends on how you want to expose your subject though. If your lighting is good there’s no need to ETTR. I personally never use LUTs for monitoring. I like to see what the camera is recording.

[@osasidaeproductions3759]

@@FlannelNinjaTech thank you

[@samuelguce]

@@FlannelNinjaTech This is the zcam conversation that needs to be further amplified. Really struggling with lut/no lut exposure zlog2 and monitor comparison to final file result on harddrive - often very different.

[@osasidaeproductions3759]

@@samuelguce I use the zcam monitoring lut and it’s been working well for me, I don’t think ETTR is needed

[@vmiximv]

Thank you again for answering my questions and sharing your insights Flannel Ninja. I hadn't thought about people changing their social media name/channels

[@sammorganmoore]

7.29 - If you are performing an output transform upon export and play it back on the same (709) molnitor it will look bad. Say you output for a projector... then you need to watch it on a projector. Do you have a projector?

[@kylehessling2679]

Have you played with the WDR mode at all on this camera? It is supposed to achieve upwards of 16 stops of DR on the E2, so I can't imagine how well it would do on the F6! The sensor may not read out fast enough for it in the 6k modes though as it has to take 2 exposures for every frame

[@palpafilms]

Can you explain thsi? WDR mode?

[@kylehessling2679]

@@palpafilms If it is capable of it, Zcam, implements a WDR mode that merges the different exposure of 2 near-simultaneous frames to get a greater dynamic range image. It is available on the Zcam E2, but I wasn't sure if it was in the F6 or not, it would be really cool if it was!

[@palpafilms]

@@kylehessling2679 I will ask on the Facebook group!

[@kylehessling2679]

@@palpafilms That would be extraordinary man thank you!

[@samuelguce]

About to buy Davinci today after over a decade on Premiere Pro - Hopefully this solves some of my Zcam S6 problems. Really struggling grading the log footage even with the Zlog Color plugin

[@danielhughes8564]

You can add zlog2 to the list of aces input options. Thatcher Freeman made a video showing how to do it: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJCYf5qveLt2hpo Aces is supposed to be a working timeline space, so I don’t think it makes sense to transform from zlog2 to aces on a timeline node since this is applied after your clip settings. Timeline nodes can be useful for transforming to output colour spaces project-wide in manually colour managed workflows, or can be used for workflows where the same look is applied to an entire timeline and clip nodes are used for individual clip corrections. But if you want to work in aces it’s best to transform the input from the camera to aces at the beginning.

[@Hirsbrochannel]

Just what I have been looking for thanks

[@Jared10112]

Wait… so what’s your preferred way of grading? I feel like that was never answered :(

[@FlannelNinjaTech]

😄 I usually grade manually, although I’m currently playing around with the color space transform to “apply” some different camera profiles to my image

[@ВячеславРакитин-ю6ю]

@@FlannelNinjaTech What do you think if you just translate a flat image through - - Clip - - Input Color Space - - Sony (For Example) and after that grade manually, It's not bad idea?Or is there some other correct way?

[@akhtarnadeem621]

Very Nice!

[@dayuhanspace]

talk about the Akira motorbike ,thats so cool!

[@FlannelNinjaTech]

You can see it in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZXSgpZrmJlqhNU

[@akhtarnadeem621]

Zcam E2 M5G

[@hufman9807]

Yes you could do this, spend all your days trying to figure out some aftermarket LOG... or you could just buy a real camera

[@TrapPhoneLoveMelodiesss]

😂😂😂