Convinced Dlog is ********, adds 0 dynamic range. Here are my tests.
First, I test by shooting a high dynamic range image. A bright sky with dark shadows in trees and buildings.
Then I expose in "normal" and DLog such that the sky is just about to clip. Here are the two screenshots of when I did the test shots showing just a little bit of zebra on the brightest part of the skies:
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Then I took these images to FCPX for grading. First here are the luma scopes before grading. As expected the data is much more compressed with dlog:
Here are the results after I grade them both to something more pleasing. I tried to match them as best as I can in the scopes as well:
As you can see, the DLog footage (left) is not in any way better than the right (normal). In fact, I would argue there's slightly less details in the clouds but that could just be due to imperfect grading. Also, color is less saturated with dlog even though both were shot with (0/0/0).
Here's the exported comparison test footage so you can view it for yourself.
Am I missing something? What are your test results? From what I can see, Dlog is just a gimmick and I don't see any reason using it. I don't think DJI knows how to implement log profile.
First, I test by shooting a high dynamic range image. A bright sky with dark shadows in trees and buildings.
Then I expose in "normal" and DLog such that the sky is just about to clip. Here are the two screenshots of when I did the test shots showing just a little bit of zebra on the brightest part of the skies:
View media item 3907View media item 3906
Then I took these images to FCPX for grading. First here are the luma scopes before grading. As expected the data is much more compressed with dlog:
Here are the results after I grade them both to something more pleasing. I tried to match them as best as I can in the scopes as well:
As you can see, the DLog footage (left) is not in any way better than the right (normal). In fact, I would argue there's slightly less details in the clouds but that could just be due to imperfect grading. Also, color is less saturated with dlog even though both were shot with (0/0/0).
Here's the exported comparison test footage so you can view it for yourself.
Am I missing something? What are your test results? From what I can see, Dlog is just a gimmick and I don't see any reason using it. I don't think DJI knows how to implement log profile.
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