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Yeah the dynamic range was crushed in the previous video. This one is correct, same as the original files, also the screenshots are correct and in higher contrast. I like the natural profile. Usually I leave sharpness at -2. The difference between -5 and +5 is not that big by the way. Color at -5 is also pretty 'strong', maybe somewhere around -3 or -2 is preferable.

Uploaded the video again, now with correct black levels. I had to export was WMV in Sony Vegas.. :wacko: at least that didn't crush the blacks. Deleted the old video.

/Edit: Uploaded new video with correct contrast. Here you go. Not the best test situation, had to go to iso 800 to shoot at f/2.8. Included some footage I shot before as well in the end (with 12-35mm X) Didn't bother to include +5 contrast, probably nobody wants that anyway. I used a 50mm Minolta MD Rokkor f/1.7 @ f/2.8 which I bought for €5 on eBay. You get some free moire included. Safe to say More is not a 12-35mm X only thing. Settings: 1080P MOV ALL-I 72Mbit 25 fps 50mm Minolta MD f/1.7 @ f/2.8 ISO 800 1/50 sec I left out the Custom profile. It just saves one of the other profiles with your contrast/sharpness preferences as a preset. It's not a different profile. Here some HQ Screengrabs straight from Sony Vegas:

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dude, this looks really fucking good. did you grade this with resolve? really excellent color. i cannot believe it was shot on a 5d. if i wasn't already sold on anamorphic, shit, i am now. my main critical note was that the dof seemed a bit too shallow for a western feel, but then i read that you were planning to shoot this on the bmcc. second to that, i would say that movement wise, the camera felt a bit too embodied. what i mean is, most shots were pov. when i think of westerns i think of little movement other than tilts, pans, the occasional dolly/crane, handheld action sequences if stuff gets really crazy, and of course, the ever cheesy snap zoom. (i hate those). obvi that is a purely stylistic decision, "sci-fi western" need not apply to camera movement, and this is only test footage but, it's something i've been a pretty turned off by when watching other modern westerns, and thought it was worth mentioning. im not a western buff, or even a film buff, but i've always appreciated the links between spaghetti westerns, samurai movies, and yasujiro ozu's work. Damn, there's some extreme humanity that can happen in that spectrum. anyways, great stuff, i enjoyed it. hope you get your bmcc soon.