Cine EI doesn’t matter much - Let me explain!

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I’ve been using both the Fx30 and the Fx3 lately and I found something very interesting as far as S-Log3 and Cine EI goes. They don’t work the same way on both cameras. In this video I show you some samples of what I am talking about and offer some tips for getting the least amount of grain / noise from either camera.
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[@just_drums_please]

I’ve only had my FX30 for a couple of weeks and when trying out Cine EI in a low light situation, I agree the footage is not as clean. For me it’s not even close. I was like many others convincing and telling myself to shoot at either ISO 800 or 2500 and nothing else… I’m so glad I finally decided to “break the rules” and push my ISO to wherever it needed to be. The results have been night and day for me. Solid breakdown man.

[@paperstacksfilms]

Nah I can't even lie the fx30 is still usable up to 6400 seen multiple tests showing it. Cause the noise can easily be removed up to tht point. And the in-between isos are clean as hell too. I've I shot a film on it and even sticking to the base iso of 2500 in super low light, with a 1.4 lens I was shocked how good the image was. Bit of clean up and it was amazing. Will say I think sony added better noise reduction overall in the fx30. But also the 6k to 4k downscaled image I think helps create more of a grain to the noise

[@MichaelWTurner]

Sony made a really amazing, affordable cinema camera with the fx30. It punches way above the weightclass

[@paperstacksfilms]

@@MichaelWTurner 1000%. Once it gets the shutter angle update it's gonna be a legit tool on set. I love mine. Can't wait to release the film I shot with it last year

[@nyambe]

I use custom LUTS in PPLUT slots on the FX30. You get all the dynamic range of Slog 3 without the headaches. No noise up to 3200 ISO or more. Even 100fps and 200fps are usable. Very easy to recover highlights and shawdows in post, lots of margins still

[@paperstacksfilms]

@@nyambe what ppluts do you useM

[@nyambe]

@@paperstacksfilms Phantom LUT and some others I cant remember. Experiment, there some good ones out there. It's real magic. Phathom Lut is worthit

[@km246243]

Good stuff, as always. I rented the FX3 for a job and shot the entire night scene in HLG ISO 12800, and the footage was clean (this was just dumb luck, as I had never used the camera before, and it was set to HLG by the previous user). I have had my eye on the FX30 for a while, but I have never shot with it.