Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPCC4K?

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William Zarvis

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Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPCC4K?

PostTue May 11, 2021 6:09 pm

I have my BMPCC4K outputting (via HDMI) to a 32” Samsung 1080 x 1920 tv. I use this tv monitor in my home studio for simple composition. However, the BMPCC4K shows a flat and very muted color profile so when I use RGB lights I can’t get a good representation of saturation when looking at the monitor. Is there some setting in the camera that would help? LUTS perhaps? I’m not looking for absolutely color accuracy. I just want a sense of what the RGB lights are going to look like though. Barring a “live” solution I guess I’ll just have to wait until post to see what I’m dealing with. Thanks for any help or advice!
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Re: Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPC

PostTue May 11, 2021 6:17 pm

This is not the ideal solution but let's assume that you have the ability to calibrate your Samsung TV and can calibrate it so that it comes close to a REC709 gamma. You can then use a REC709 LUT in your camera to display your picture with reasonable representation of the colors on the TV. That's one way, but probably not the only way.
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Re: Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPC

PostTue May 11, 2021 7:23 pm

switch on HDMI LUT in the monitor setting
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Re: Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPC

PostTue May 11, 2021 10:48 pm

And select a Video LUT to display only.
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Re: Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPC

PostWed May 12, 2021 1:12 am

Excellent! Setting the Dynamic range to Video (or Extended video) and output to HDMI did the trick! Thank you friends!
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Re: Outputting accurate colors to external monitor with BMPC

PostWed May 12, 2021 1:56 am

Good stuff, William.
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