Sony PMWF3L/RGB Brochure page 12

"
Recording 10-bit
uncompressed S-Log,
the results were
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phenomenal.
—Alin Bijan, Producer,
"The Ghost of Goodnight Lane"
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"In putting together our feature film, 'The Ghost of Goodnight
Lane,' we were really asking for the moon. While my creative
side wants the best possible pictures, we also needed a super-
efficient post pipeline to make the most of our budget. For this
project, the Canon 5D wasn't enough of a camera. I've used
the RED camera once before, but I couldn't afford the time
and cost of file conversions in post. Combining the F3 with the
Cinedeck™ EX recorder worked beautifully.
"One key to the F3 is S-Log gamma, which retains
absolutely everything the camera sees. When you switch
to S-Log, the difference is phenomenal. It's like a whole
other camera. For VFX, we could record uncompressed,
10-bit, 4:4:4. To save space, we captured the rest of the
show in Apple ProRes, and to tell the truth, it comes awfully
close to uncompressed. Shooting in ProRes means you
can go straight from the camera to the timeline. There are
no conversions, no rewrapping, no nothing. You're editing
immediately.
"The F3 is fast and flexible, helping us to complete shooting
in 22 days. It's easy to strip down for tight spaces, like our
shower scene. And it's amazingly sensitive. We got plenty
of shots with just practical lights. At ISO 800 the picture was
beautiful—and still looking good at ISO 1200."
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