We're only shooting 1080p23.978 @ 1/48th (since we're a 1080i60 broadcast show)

Then why would you shoot in a format that is undeliverable for broadcast? The conversion time also seems to run counter to your other statement, "I'm an ENG/EFP shooter."

You need to be able to dump blind footage direct-to-air in order to do any of that. Maybe with a little more experience under your belt, these questions will start to answer themselves . . .

The 1080p23.976 format is an acquisition-format. It gets transcoded to 1080i60 (the distribution-format) in post for broadcast (but retains the 24p filmlook). I meant we're only shooting in full-HD and the network has no plans to acquire in 4K anytime soon (which the current over-the-air infrastructure doesn't support).

As far as my experience as an ENG/EFP camera operator, I've been shooting broadcast television since the 1980s and have been working for a major broadcast TV network for the last 26 years.

I can't create new threads in the pro forum

Why not? Anyway I'll transfer this thread to the Pro forum for you.

What exactly is your question regarding different formats in Vegas? Yes S-log works...

I use a collection of lesser Sonys with Cine 2 (Hypergamma 2) as a nice balanced format that's easy to expose for with good dynamic range and no complications like superwhites to deal with. S-log 2 and 3 are also popular formats.

Some info here on S-log 2 and 3: https://www.xdcam-user.com/2016/12/the-great-s-log2-or-s-log3-debate/

and for hypergammas:

https://www.xdcam-user.com/picture-settings-and-luts/picture-profile-guide/correct-exposure-with-cinegammas-and-hypergammas

So, 1080 p24 Log -> 8 bit 709 Limited -> 1080 i60 telecine -> ATSC 1 broadcast?

Well, that is certainly an interesting workflow.

I can't create new threads in the pro forum

Why not? Anyway I'll transfer this thread to the Pro forum for you.

Thanks! I can only create new threads in the Vegas Movie Studio forum (the pro forum is dimmed).

What exactly is your question regarding different formats in Vegas? Yes S-log works...

I use a collection of lesser Sonys with Cine 2 (Hypergamma 2) as a nice balanced format that's easy to expose for with good dynamic range and no complications like superwhites to deal with. S-log 2 and 3 are also popular formats.

Thanks! Yes, that was one of my questions (i.e., "does it work?"). Again, I'm not a professional editor so a lot of this is new to me. I have a chip-chart coming tomorrow so we'll be better able to judge the hypergamma presets; though, on first-glance, HG24600G30 looks to have the most highlight roll-off.

Just read the hypergamma and S-Log articles you linked and found them very helpful! Yeah, I was just interested any users' experiences with Sony S-Log in Vegas (this is only for my own personal education—the show's editors will be cutting all our FS7 footage).

None of my video is ever broadcast. I've avoided the log profiles with my Sony RX10-IV, but, I do shoot Cine 1 and Cine 2.Both are easily graded. I usually use those in high contrast situations.

Some of the commercials that I've watched on broadcast TV look like they recorded in log and just forgot to fully bake the look of the video in post. I guess they could always say, "It's a creative preference."

I've often thought if I had the variable electronic ND filter like in the FS7, I might be able to avoid the whole thing.

I can't create new threads in the pro forum

Why not? Anyway I'll transfer this thread to the Pro forum for you.

Thanks! I can only create new threads in the Vegas Movie Studio forum (the pro forum is dimmed).

dimmed?

Feels strange as I guess one user account can have access to all section in this forum:

The Vegas Pro section goes split directly to 3 categories: about Video, Audio, and Scripting... for general talk of video editing, you can just go to Vegas Pro> Video section.

Hmmm . . . I just assumed since "Vegas Pro" was dimmed, I couldn't start a new thread there since I only have a VMS Platinum license. Here'e what my pull-down screen looks like:

Oh, duh! So I can just click on "video" under pro! (The dimmed "Vegas Pro" threw me).

None of my video is ever broadcast. I've avoided the log profiles with my Sony RX10-IV, but, I do shoot Cine 1 and Cine 2.Both are easily graded. I usually use those in high contrast situations . . .

. . . I've often thought if I had the variable electronic ND filter like in the FS7, I might be able to avoid the whole thing.

Thanks for your comments! Yeah, I'm in no rush to shoot S-Log. Gotta see what the LUTs looks like on our monitors and how accurate they are. It's only TV, so it's not like we're shooting national spots or one-hour dramas or anything. We have the camera on a test-bed now, so I'm just figuring out all of the in-camera menu options.

Note that I don't think the original FS7s have electronic ND (at least I haven't found it); only the new "M2" version does. I was shooting some daylight-exterior B-roll this week on the FS7 and even with the 1/64th ND filter in, I could only open up to f/5.6 at minimum ISO (we're using Canon Cinema Primes which open up to T/1.3!).

@studio-4 

I shot a sample of all the profiles from the Sony RX10-IV. They are here if you'd like to play with them.

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@studio-4 

I shot a sample of all the profiles from the Sony RX10-IV. They are here if you'd like to play with them.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zK2MZf_AMu9hFYhk_L-7HixCbOt8jKwP/view?usp=sharing

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Awesome! Thanks a lot for taking the time to do that!