DC-GH5sV-Log to VEGAS20HDR

Yelandkeil wrote on 7/2/2023, 5:19 PM

Very happy got a 2ndhand GH5s with true V-Log! Adding some Accessoires it's around 800Euro.

I asked the seller whether V-Log inclusive, no answer; I was even ready to buy the firmware update for another 80Euro which is V-Log L.
And I just knew afterwards, that L means Light/Limited i.e. only 10 stops.
An invest closely to no avail!

Shootings are friendly in VEGAS, and the real V-Log can reach theoretically 13 stops, wide enough for post HDR.
Still experiment the shooting - the only deficit: can only 30fps.

Here few samples for your judgement, the last scene is from my Hero5 Black, as comparison:

Comments

Former user wrote on 7/2/2023, 6:57 PM

The closeup ducks looks amazing in HDR and SDR, what is not so good is your opening shot. In SDR the sky is white but viewing experience looks fine, but in HDR, that sky is a blinding white piecing my retinas. Is there sky detail that could be recovered?

Yelandkeil wrote on 7/2/2023, 11:15 PM

Not your retinas but my waves form show it's clipping, too, even the goPro-Flatcolor seems better.

I'm still at learning...Aperture, ISO...new camera new parameter - only the shutter stays constant at 50 because of our Euroland's power supply.

I used to be commonly done in the Point-and-shoot modus; as said, still at experiment, wanna take out the best from V-Log if it itself has no limit.

Thanks pal.

Yelandkeil wrote on 7/3/2023, 12:14 AM

Checked again: it's yet V-LogL, darn!

The L-version clipped at about 800. 😤😤

The only way to overcome - but that's another 600Euro cost: