2K r3d 1600 ISO looks amazing

[Mike P.]

Was the monitoring path set to 1600ISO or was it captured at ISO800 and then pushed to 1600 in post? I upped it to 3200ISO and it's still noiseless (although I do add the default "Super 35 Grain" in RCXp, which probably masks it a bunch.) I added unsharp mask at default settings and you can't tell that it's "only" 2k on at a 1440x900 monitor (that is to say, it looks as good as 4k sampled down to fit the same screen).

And, yes, I love the 85 nikkor... even the older f2 I have.

[Derrick Lu]

Gosh! OP gotta spill the beans on how he managed to get such quality?? Was it black shaded at the perfect temperature or something? Seriously I've never gotten quite the same quality, even in pretty decent lighting... Share the magic!

[Matthew Scott]

Thanks for the feedback guys, but like I said, nothing special going on here other than the lens. I recorded it at 1600 ISO and black shaded a few days before. The one other thing that might be helping is the compression ratio since it was shot at 3:1.

[Rodrigo Prata]

What Firmware was installed when you shot that?

Thanks!

[Matthew Scott]

The latest one :)

[Rodrigo Prata]

The latest one :)

So I guess, the rumors about the camera geting noisier with this firmware are not 100% true :).

I tried to export a MOV out of your footage in REDCINE-X PRO but all my attempts (many different codec settings) had gamma shifts. Any one knows how to overcome this problem?

[Matt Ryan]

When you setup your export settings click on video setup:


Make sure gamma correction is set to NONE:


Also make sure in your RedcineX Pro Preferences that you auto save RMD so your color and adjustments stick once an adjustment or tweak is made instantaneously.

[Matthew Scott]

Nice info Matt, cheers :)

[Joseph Coleman]

I'm very impressed with this clip, just amazing detail. Its pretty much the opposite that everyone has been saying about Scarlet at 2k. Clean with little noise. So I added a little grade and Twixtor to around 150 fps.

[Chuck Z]

The one other thing that might be helping is the compression ratio since it was shot at 3:1.

Bingo.

When you have less resolution to begin with, you should lower the compression ratio to keep as much detail as possible.