robreed wrote:Thanks
I shoot Pro Rez, cos my Mac pro will not handle resolve.
Varying apertures, but not usually over F4, usually much lower, especially on low light shooting.
Im no expert and finding my way with these cameras, after coming from Canon DSLR shooting which was always brutally sharp.
I know its a cinema camera and has that softer look.
I was just wondering how much sharpening would be applied and if it was something I was doing wrong.
Thanks again
The Prores footage will sharpen up very nicely, but as none is applied automatically, you do have to add it yourself.
There is a big difference between sharpness and resolving power. Those Prores files resolve a lot of detail - but detail seldom looks inherently sharp. As such you need to accentuate the detail by using an unsharp mask or similar to make it look crisp.
DSLR footage on the other hand - has a low resolving power but a lot of sharpening which creates a sense of false detail.
I find the sharpening controls in Resolve to work well, but im sure you will see good results using other bits of software too.
If you are interested, if you post a good quality full resolution frame grab or two, I will apply some sharpening to them and give you the settings I used in either resolve or an Adobe product.