u/timfischer03

I watch a lot of grading tutorials and one stood out to me. The guy said, he shapes his contrast by right clicking on the node and selecting HDR Mode, then of course marking middle gray and then he only selects the Y-Channel and he adjusts contrast this way. I tried this and it definitely gives different results, with the same curve you get more contrast but the image also gets darker.

Have you tried this before and what are your opinions on this technique?

I watch a lot of grading tutorials and one stood out to me. The guy said, he shapes his contrast by right clicking on the node and selecting HDR Mode, then of course marking middle gray and then he only selects the Y-Channel and he adjusts contrast this way. I tried this and it definitely gives different results, with the same curve you get more contrast but the image also gets darker.

Have you tried this before and what are your opinions on this technique?

So I just bought a Blackmagic 6k Full Frame and the whole Dual Gain ISO thing is quite new to me.
I've heard conflicting opinions on whether to expose to the right with these cameras or not to and even that ETTR is outdated and was only useful in film photography times.

But overexposing (by controlling ND and Aperture, I'm aware that ISO is just an amplification of the signal) and then pulling it down in post should still give you way cleaner shadows no?

Is there something different with "cinema" cameras (Blackmagic in this case) in this regard?

And isnt choosing which ISO to shoot at almost irrelevant because you can adjust it in post anyways? (Within the chosen gain cycle).

So I just bought a Blackmagic 6k Full Frame and the whole Dual Gain ISO thing is quite new to me.
I've heard conflicting opinions on whether to expose to the right with these cameras or not to and even that ETTR is outdated and was only useful in film photography times.

But overexposing (by controlling ND and Aperture, I'm aware that ISO is just an amplification of the signal) and then pulling it down in post should still give you way cleaner shadows no?

Is there something different with "cinema" cameras (Blackmagic in this case) in this regard?

And isnt choosing which ISO to shoot at almost irrelevant because you can adjust it in post anyways? (Within the chosen gain cycle).

Affinity (zoomed in; normal grain)

Davinci (zoomed in; ugly colored noise blob)

look at these two photos. They are negative scans i took with my panasonic s5ii. First one is processed in Affinity and the second one in Davinci Resolve. In the Affinity one, the grain pattern is normal, but when i got excited and wanted to try out the new photo function in Resolve, i was diappointed. I didnt really touch any settings in the Photo Tab, i think the Raw Controls are a bit useless if you have a good node tree already, in the grading tab.

But it's a noisy mess! This is the same with RW2 files, DNG files and Sony RAW files. Anyone else having this issue? I love resolve with all my heart, but this is just unusable...