btw, wanted to upload a couple minutes of test footage I shot yesterday throughout the day.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n03v5mj8p4mceok/MLTEST1.mp4?dl=0Focused primarily on getting exposure right to look at the colors/skintones/etc. My post processing for all of these shots was as follows: loaded in MLV app and disabled "Enable RAW correction" because I initially tried a few of those things and got some weird results so I figured I should start with the basics. I went through and maybe just increased/decreased exposure a tiny bit, made slight white balance adjustments, converted each shot into ARRI LogC, and for some shots I checked the highlight reconstruction box although I'm not seeing a whole lot of difference one way or the other. On the last shot of the Old Fashioned, I played with the Chromatic Aberration dials to reduce it a bit. Worked pretty well. I notice a lot of CA on the second close up of my dog at 1:03. I didn't adjust it at on that shot. I think I also started those two close ups on the zoom feature. Didn't realize it would shoot like that. Happy accident?
After exporting in ProRes 4444, I brought everything into Premiere, I simply added the built in ARRI LogC to REC 709 LUT. Earlier on a played with a couple shots which were exported on standard from MLV and found that I preferred the ARRI conversion especially on skintones and highlight retention. I added some warp stabilization to a few shots where it didn't look crazy. I shot this all on a 50mm Contax Zeiss f/1.4 at various apertures. The CA is pretty bad up until f/2.8 so I generally didn't drop below that but if I'm honest there probably are a few shots where I did.
Overall, I'm very happy with the color rendition. I tried to use the histogram, despite it being slow, and ETTR when applicable. It's much better color than I remember shooting in h264 on it back in the day. Being able to adjust white balance in post like I do with RED footage is really nice.
Now my gripes. The first shot, I'm seeing a lot of weird color noise in my dog's coat in the highlights. It also appears on the sunny parts of the fence boards around 1:36. I'm surprised at how well it handled the rug pattern around 0:12. The highlight retention is pretty good. Look at the sky around 1:22. Do you guys think the CA at 1:03 is from my lens or from the crop mode I was in?
Any input would be appreciated.