Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't match

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Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't match

PostSat Jul 02, 2022 4:50 am

I have 2 Blackmagic 6k's. All the settings can be exactly the same and the color look totally different. Why is that?
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Re: Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't mat

PostMon Jul 04, 2022 6:41 am

Hmm, totally different is not to be expected, but every sample of a sensor will be slightly different. This applies even to very expensive cameras.
Can you post samples?
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Re: Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't mat

PostMon Jul 04, 2022 4:24 pm

Same camera, same setup, same kind of lens.

Reset both camera, setup same LUT, do white balance to balancing two different sensors and should be the same picture.

Wb should be done every time be cause same sensor can have small difference between batch. I’m lucky I had two 6k very near on to another, only 2 point t of magenta to be perfect

When I used pocket 4K I should change both temperature and tint, with ursa g1 the same.


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Re: Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't mat

PostMon Jul 04, 2022 4:26 pm

Can you post the lens details for each setup too?


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Re: Blackmagic 6k's exact same settings but colors don't mat

PostMon Jul 04, 2022 7:05 pm

omejaman wrote:I have 2 Blackmagic 6k's. All the settings can be exactly the same and the color look totally different. Why is that?


There are always copy to copy sensor variations. Usually a WB offset can fix these most of the time.

Can you share some examples of camera original files to compare ?

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