FX9 Guide Version 2 | Cine EI | FX9 | Sony 

Alistar is a gem. Once again you've boiled down some rather complicated information in to an easy to understand 10 minute video. Brilliant! THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!!! Now if Sony could just let us assign what we want the wave form to look at with out attaching it to the SDI spigots, that would be great. The FS7 allowed me to set the Video Signal Monitor to always look at S-Log (when I'm shooting S-Log) by setting it to SDI 1. I would set the MLUT to go to the viewfinder, and SDI 2. Then I could send the same MLUT to the viewfinder and my HD monitor, so they were both looking at the same LUT (you always want to use the same yardstick). However, the waveform in the viewfinder always showed me what LOG was really recording, so I could see if something that looked blown out in the (crummy) viewfinder was actually fine. ALSO: They got rid of the High Low Key assignable button which was so useful on the FS7! Yes the monitor is better on the FX9, but its not that much better! Between having my waveform set for LOG, and the High Low Key button, and the Zebras reflecting what was in the LUT not LOG (that's another thing that could just be assignable) I was always sure of my exposure, while looking at the LUT for focus, color, and exposure both in the viewfinder, and my HD monitor. Yes I know that if I switch the SDI output to 4K, it will change the waveform to S-Log. I don't own a 4K monitor, and I don't want to spend thousands of dollars buying a new monitor when my $3,000 HD monitor which I really like has been working just fine thank you very much.

Holy shit after 20 videos, this video is the one that explained it perfectly for me

Thank you for this

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Dear sony, so why exactly can't we use mluts while shooting 1080? It would be so helpful and gamma assist doesn't really help if I want to overexpose 1-2 stops or send previews to external monitors.

As an 8 year user of the FS7 and FX9 now just expose using the waveform. The goal is to have an even fat line in the middle. Or that your main subject is around the middle. These cameras have so much space to correct a slight over or underexposure that there's no reason to overthink it.

So when I go to CineEI mode and adjust the ISO or EI it acts like actual gain…the picture gets brighter. What are the settings I need to have for it to work correctly? It’s supposed to get darker when you raise the EI and I would then adjust the lighting to exposure if I want to over expose a little. I have 3 FX9’s and they all act the same. I’m running firmware version 3. Please help. I’m wanting to show people how to shoot log but I need to figure it out first.

Now monitoring is the tricky part... :) A couple years ago was signal to noise ratio when shooting Slog3

This is a great video for explaining how waveforms and EI work. I’ve often wonder “ when I set my zebras at 60% in any log image what actually I’m I looking at “

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What level do you generally set the Zebras when using Color Display Assist for caucasian skin tones? I don't usually have the time to use a white or grey card. On a normal Rec 709 camera, I set the zebras for 70, or 68, so I can use skin, or concrete, or grey trees, or any number of things to judge my exposure. I'd like to be able to do the same thing when shooting Log. A colleague once told me to set them for 60, and then I'd be over exposing by a stop which isn't a bad thing with S-Log.

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I’m a bit confused regarding the output format and mlut. On a graphic in this video it says that if you are recording in uhd you cannot output a monitoring lut. However , the opposite is true in my case. In uhd, I can output a lut, it’s when I’m shooting in 1080p that the output mlut option is greyed out?

if you shoot 1080p with ff 6k sensor on the fx9 will the footage still look good? my clients dont want 4k video as they cant handle the size and want me to shoot 1080p but i still have the ability to shoot full frame with the 6k sensor. Is that a bad idea ?

Can someone answer this: On the Fx9, is there a way to preview the MLUT during playback of the recorded clips in the thumbnail playback window too?, or can you only preview the MLUT while filming, and playback is limited to slog3?

I have an fx6 I turned on mLut for sdi/hdmi but when I change my cine ei exposure it changes my feelworld monitor screen instead of my fx6 viewfinder

When you are changing the EI value then the exposure meter changes. What does that mean? Does it actually change the exposure of the film or just the brightness of the display without having any effect on the exposure? And why does the exposure meter only goes to + 2.0 or - 2.0? And what does the number after EI mean? Something like 4.0E/H?

whhen I shoot for film, and want to grade quite excessively, shoould I use Slog3 - sgamut3. OR Sgamut3.cine ?

I'm wondering if someone can help with something. Right at 5:09 in the video where the LUT s709 is circled, on my camera, I have the letters EC directly to the left of that. Does anyone know what the EC means? I looked in the manual and all over the internet and I can't find what EC means. I don't think it was always there. Not sure what I did to make that appear.

can you adjust the EI without a Monitor LUT?

Dear Mr. Chapman! Why I can change dB and why I can't change ISO in SLog3 mode in FX9?

If you want to retain. More highlight detail then oce can indeed go over the base EI

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The Mlut settings seem deliberately designed to trip you up. Would be so easy to accidentally bake in a look without meaning to. Far better imo to have it off in all circumstances and just use Gamma Display Assist if you want a rough idea of what it'll look like processed.

Shooting at 4000 base iso for low light situations and then reducing EI to 1600 will give less noise?

apart from changing the white balance, how can i change the tint?

How much per day would you charge for services with this camera?

at 06:22, another way of doing it is to simply add more light, like 1 extra stop, without changing the aperture

00:46 - I cant not change Exposure Index only in S cinetone :( anyone help ?

@ :30 seconds you say High 800 ISO and Low 4000 ISO. Just letting you know. Anyhow, thank you for the useful info 👍🏻

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I am so confused. what the difference between ISO and EI ?

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After watching this, I have the expression of a dog which has just been shown a card trick. I think I'll stick to ARRI.

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I’m still confused lmao 😅

From what I understand, adding Cine EI without adding the waveform is just absurd. Without the waveform monitor, there is no way to know how is the amount of light in a shot affecting signal values. Without a waveform you need another monitor for the same purpose. The FX3 and 30 don't have the waveform. It's frustrating how Sony is moving ahead in a weird thoughtless fashion. A pattern can be seen here. For example, when it comes to noise reduction, you cannot turn it off on lower end cameras like FX30 and FX3! Sony cannot do this to its customers just because they have a good autofocus system and a lot of top end social media influencers. Cine EI is a wonderful tool but how is it getting implemented shows how Sony wants customers to spend more on its hire end cameras. If you don't have money, you would get a crippled product. And, what happened to A7siii for which all of us waited endlessly and they bought it once it was released? That camera is getting a bastardly treatment because now Sony has the biggest pretend cinema camera of the century: the FX3! Unbelievable.