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I’ve been using NLOG consistently on my Nikon Z6. Paired with Resolve’s brilliant color space transform and the great grading tools, it’s been easy to get the hang of working with it. But I don’t always like external recorders and want to be compact. The Z6 doesn’t do 10 bit log internally, only 8 bit. But it does have the Nikon Flat picture profile, which I’ve heard good things about. I never liked it, but a lot of it is that I never really spent time with it, getting to know its strengths and weaknesses, and how to grade it. Any tips on how to maximize the results, from exposure techniques to grading processes, for getting the best results with Nikon flat? How can I within its limitations, mimic the look one gets from a good log profile?

Yeah but the optics in the DOF adapter often gives questionable results as far as final image quality.

Ok. If you have access to premiere, import Prores raw into there. Do your log conversion and edit any RAW medidata such as white balance. Then export each individual clip out as Prores 4444 12 bit, preserving everything for Davinci resolve (except RAW sliders).

The transition is going well so far; I’m able to do some basic stuff in premiere, a few projects down the line with some googling I should have a decent enough understanding of the program. Over time I’ll get better with the hopes of knowing premiere end-to-end later on. And I did decide that for the most part, other than some very small tweaks I will embrace the default premiere shortcuts. Thus I can have consistency if I have to edit on a computer not my own. Question: any good premiere-style keyboard mappings for resolve? Blackmagic’s included mappings do not seem accurate. I’d like to have consistency across both programs since I plan to keep using resolve for grading, and also some editing projects.

If you own a Mac, for around $75 you can convert Prores raw to either compressed or uncompressed CDNG. If you don’t own a Mac you can buy a cheap one. From very limited testing (I tried 1 a7siii Prores raw file) a 2014 Mac mini with a measly 1.4ghz dual core i5, integrated graphics, an SSD, and 4GB ram can slowly but surely get the job done. So if you are on windows you could probably get a way with a cheap Intel Mac and converting your files there, then moving things over to your windows PC to edit in Resolve.

Beautiful footage! Great camera, even greater talent🙂

Canon went back to its bad crippling habits. Once you have a habit it’s hard to break it. They tried breaking it, but they quit attending their EOSHD counseling sessions and went back to their old ways 😂 A real shame. I want an R5 now, but I do feel bad for all who held off on the R5 or bought the R5C because of this fake issue.

Dude thanks for all your hard work and great free resources! You just keep pushing stuff out!

True Andrew, I’m getting convinced it was a fake.

Is there a shutter speed higher than 1/50 that eliminates flicker for 24p or 30p footage? I need a solution for doing gyro stabilization indoors even if it is very run and gun with artificial, overhead lighting.

I get it, yeah electronics get hot. But I mean if it’s burning hot to the touch that sure sounds like uncomfortably hot temps to me! With that being said as long as there is no long term damage, I would prefer the unlimited times. As I’m sure you do.

Nice footage! What lens? How do you think a 20mm FF equivalent lens would fare for gyro stabilization? I have a 45mm FF equiv, but I feel that is just too extreme for gyro to handle. How much would I need to crop with 20mm lens, to get steadicam-style footage out of the gyro stabilization?

Thanks for doing the tests!

Well saying as the camera feels hot all over, the overheating must be true. Andrew, if it were false then surely the camera would not feel scorching hot after 30 min.

Excited to hear your results.

It is helpful that all the editing skills I learned in resolve are transferable to premiere. I’m finding the switch fairly easy so far. Just a bunch of googling on “how to do *resolve_edit_button* in premiere”

Good stuff Kye 😂 I’ve sent you an invitation to attend the funeral of Mr. Resolve Workflow 😂 JK…but yeah I mean I’m glad I started in resolve, because it’s how I learned the foundation of my color grading skills (however much they may be lacking lol). Had I started in premiere I most likely would not have learned to color in resolve. One thing I’m doing is remapping the premiere shortcuts to what I’m used to in resolve, to take advantage of the muscle memory I’ve already built up. Do you think it is worthwhile to learn the default premiere keys, instead of remapping to what i am used to?

Looks like I’ve reached the point where premiere will be a necessity for some work I do 😞 So now I gotta break away from resolve a bit and start learning premiere. I’ll still color in resolve, though this exposure technique first mentioned in this thread will be very useful for quick grades in premiere. Honestly with this, along with turning CST into a LUT, I could probably replicate my grading process in premiere. I don’t do any complex grades, I simply like the organization and behavior of the tools available in resolve.

Good point, “side grading” to a camera like that is a good idea. Or even a Panasonic s5 if I still want goodies like IBIS. I guess I wanted to see what I can do with what I already have, instead of have to sell a lot of my gear and go through that hassle.

This thing is special.

Possibly. Either way definitely exciting. I’d love myself an R5 right now. Just don’t have the funds. Then again we’ve reached diminishing returns; my Nikon Z6/Ninja V combo is doing just fine 🙂

The R5 just became the worlds best camera

Another one of the “OMG Canon vs Sony DJI RS5327 cinema lut pack matti special sponsored by square space why aren’t you subscribed” videos. Sickening.

Yes if you check it out let me know how it goes!!

*40mm 4mm doesn’t exist for FF…lol