S-log3 and LUTs advice?

[busterbboy]

Hi - I've just got a Sony A7S mkii, and I'm struggling to figure out the picture profiles.

 

I'm using the camera in movie mode, with pp1 set to black level +1, gamma S-log3, and colour mode S-gamut3.

 

I use Final Cut Pro X, and I've downloaded a demo version of Color Grading Central's LUTs.

This contains around 40 different plug-in LUTs.

 

What I'm looking for is something that matches the beautiful look I get with my Canon 5d mkiii, with contrast and sharpness as low as they go, saturation one step up from that, saturation at zero. this is beautiful even before grading.

I'm looking for a mellow, 'cinematic' feel like film stock.

 

Also, I have a huge amount of noise in the s-log3.

 

Can anybody suggest some LUTs I could try that would look similar to the Canon image?

 

Thanks, any suggestions welcome.

[Yawningdog]

Hi. I have only really been shooting in slog3. I find it fine except for some banding in highlights. The absolute secret is to overexpose your shots by 2 x stops or more. I set the zebra to 100 to protect from clipping. Anything less than 2 x stops over and the picture will buzz with noise.

 

During tests with a macbeth colour chart, I was able to over expose by 4.5 stops without clipping. I managed to grade the chart down to match the 2 x stops over exposed test with no quality loss.

 

I did find that with more overexposure the colours are more saturated, in slog3.

 

Here's a video I shot in slog3...

 

https://youtu.be/ikNr9KQT8fQ