Premium Member Tony Brown Posted July 16, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 16, 2008 I went to see a Dalsa camera today. The sharpness was just hideous. It appears that the camera artificially sharpens the image, is there some way to turn this off? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew McCarrick Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (edited) I went to see a Dalsa camera today. The sharpness was just hideous. It appears that the camera artificially sharpens the image, is there some way to turn this off? Thanks The camera captures raw images (no different then the RED, except Dalsa doesn't use a compression scheme like REDCODE), so if anything I'd assume you were looking at a live debayered image, which is nothing like what the camera actually captures. The camera actually has no internal processing. Edited July 16, 2008 by Andrew McCarrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illya Friedman Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I went to see a Dalsa camera today. The sharpness was just hideous. It appears that the camera artificially sharpens the image, is there some way to turn this off? Thanks Hi Tony, There is no sharpening taking place inside any DALSA digital cinema camera. I'm not sure what images you were seeing, or for that matter where, and under what circumstances you saw sharpening, but there is no sharpening in the camera. Please let me know, I would like to see the image in question. I. Illya Friedman DALSA Digital Cinema Division www.dalsa.com/dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tony Brown Posted August 1, 2008 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi Tony, There is no sharpening taking place inside any DALSA digital cinema camera. I'm not sure what images you were seeing, or for that matter where, and under what circumstances you saw sharpening, but there is no sharpening in the camera. Please let me know, I would like to see the image in question. I. Illya Friedman DALSA Digital Cinema Division www.dalsa.com/dc Hi Illya Movietech in London have been extremely helpful and explained to me that the image was RAW and no manipulation was taking place... what I misunderstood was that the output to the monitor wasn't a true representation of ythe RAW image. The debayering was apparently reponsible for the difference in sharpness between the viewing system and the image on the monitor With video assist from 35mm its not difficult to explain to clients that its not a true representation of the film image.... however many directors / clients / agency are not so easy to convince when it comes to HD. I am however struggling with Hi def images in general. They seem extremely harsh in their natural state and I'm keen to start testing soon to find a way to soften the overall image, be that by lens choice, filtration or post. Regards Tony Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 2, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 2, 2008 The debayering program probably has settings for sharpening levels, and of course, so does the monitor being used to watch the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Max Jacoby Posted August 2, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted August 2, 2008 I am however struggling with Hi def images in general. They seem extremely harsh in their natural state and I'm keen to start testing soon to find a way to soften the overall image, be that by lens choice, filtration or post. Knowing you Tony, you'll probably pull out some old Cooke Speed Panchros to see what they look like ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tony Brown Posted August 2, 2008 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 2, 2008 Knowing you Tony, you'll probably pull out some old Cooke Speed Panchros to see what they look like ;) Top of the list Max..... Everyone seems to be buying them up and re housing them. Also People are apparently resorting to Bosch & Lomb's from the 60's to 'counter' the over sharp images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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