Stephenfolker wrote:When shooting in prores is there a big advantage to shooting in film mode vs. video? I know with film it's more desaturated for grading in post. Is that the only advantage.
Then with viewing mode, there is same option. So, If I shoot in FILM mode and set view option to VIDEO, is that just so I don't accidently expose scene wrong cause it's so desaturated?
Thanks in advance!
Shoot ProRes/DnxHD in "Video" (Rec. 709) mode perhaps for quick turn-around projects that you don't anticipate benefitting from extensive grading/CC in post.
Shoot ProRes/DnxHD in "Film" (log) mode (like log mode on most popular cinema cameras) for projects that may benefit from a bit more DR at the "expense" of some additional required work in post. BMCC log mode yields about a stop or so better DR than Rec.709. The BMCC's built-in LCD can be set to "Video" mode while recording "Film" mode to make shooting easier.
Shoot BMCC RAW CinemaDNG mode (which is always log) to capture the full DR & color range the camera is capable of recording. RAW is handled differently in post than is ProRes/DNxHD.
On a related note, there's information on how to use BMCC zebras when shooting ProRes in the following thread (read the whole thread):
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