Sean Dahlberg Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I recently conducted a pretty large lens/camera test that involved an Arri Alexa Mini and an Aaton XTR Prod. Now, I want to be able to compare them side by side as well as be able to show directors the differences/similarities between film and digital. Both the film scans and the digital dailies are in LOG and I would love to give them a similar grade so that I'm not influencing the look of either camera systems. Now, the Alexa Mini dailies attach a 709 LUT when imported into premiere, my question is: is there anyplace where there's a sort of 709 for Kodak Vision 3 stock that I can apply to my Log film scans? If not, how would you recommend I can grade these so that I'm not "influencing" the look of either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 I think that since a digital color correction has no standard look (vs. film negative printed on film) there is no way to make a "standard" comparison here. I think the best one can do for this test is to color correct the digital camera file and the film scan in a proper grading software and present your preferred look from each original. They might look quite similar or different and it's your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 27, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted January 27, 2020 I think you'll have to color-correct everything to match as closely as possible without getting rid of any intrinsic film vs. digital differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Dahlberg Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Thank you Bruce and David for your responses this was exactly what I needed to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vital Butinar Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Granted I have not had much experience with grading scanned film stock. But I asked a friend who was working on a project where they did film for some scanned footage and some of the B cam digital footage that they had and tried to grade it in Resolve. At first I wasn't happy with matching stuff but then I learned how to use Aces color space and I was able to get a pretty good match. In fact I even tried mixing in some footage from a drone and some of my Pocket 4K footage and everything looked pretty consistent or should I say consistent enough for myself not being a colorist or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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