- set your zebra's to 95% Then it is easy to see where highlight clipping will occur. - Use the monitoring lut in the camera to get a good idea of what the image will look like when applying a conversion to rec709. If the preview looks good, it means you can get the final image after grading to look even better than that. - Avoid shooting at ISO 2000-3200. These are noisier than the higher ISO's. If you need to shoot at such levels, go straight to ISO 4000 or higher. - When grading, use a proper color space conversion (transform or lut) as your first step. Your color grade controls will likely expect certain color primaries and a gamma corrected image, which the vlog recording isn't, so they might behave a bit odd on uncorrected vlog footage. - Shadows should look darker after grading, not brighter (when comparing the footage before applying any color conversions or preview luts). If you need to brighten shadows, you underexposed the image.

Thank you for this. I am a true beginner in all things S5 (photography/filming) and I like your point of view and mindset. I have much to learn but you explained this well. I’ve subscribed to your channel. Thank you! I also like your calmness. So many KZfaqs of howtos the person explaining is so hyper or goes so quickly it’s overwhelming.

Nice! V-Log has such a beautiful look 😍😍😍

I really enjoy the Gamut V-log conversion LUT as a starting point

Nice job... concise, informative and to the point

Thank you so much for the fantastic tips on exposure. I am subbed!

This is a great video Spencer and as a recent S5 user I found out the same about shadows and didn't knew that I should actually be "exploding" the whites and save shadows. I was doing the same as you and I also got a little frustrated at first. My first thought was to start using HLG, which is what I used in my past jobs. But now I'll just go for your advice instead and give it a shot. Thanks a lot

This is exactly what i was struggling with.. thank you 🙏

Exposing brighter in v-log is something I'm still getting used to, but it's knowledge that absolutely should be dispersed. Great tip on the waveform, I'm going to practice using that more starting now.

keep up this good work, it's interesting and educational

Nice video. Re color grading, I have figured out a quite powerful node tree for V-Log (S1H): I set the complete project color space on Davinci Resolve to Arri Log C and the output space to Rec709 2.4. Arri Log-C is famous for its wide gammut and a very nice highlight roll off. I have a very first node for gentle NR which I can toggle on and off as required, then follows the node with the conversion from V-log into Arri Log C which can be either a color transform node from Davinci Resolve or (which I prefer in the meanwhile) a node with the plugin CineMatch. CineMatch allows also to transform FilmicPro Log-2 shot on an iPhone 12+ to be converted into Arri Log-C, and then using the rest of the node tree for different cameras. Then come the grading nodes, and at the very end the color transform node (from Arri Log-C back to Rec 709 2.4). As far as I remember Toni Dae is doing something similar. Having the project color space completely in in Arri Log-C forces the color wheels to behave conform with the chosen color space, delivering consistent results across the whole node tree.

You need to apply a conversion lut or do a colourspace transform before you apply any creative luts! V-log colourspace is BT.2020 while all sort of screens are rec.709, so you are not properly seeing the colours of the camera.

Cool video ;-) and indeed , you have to slightly "over expose " your image when shooting V-log , we commonly called this " exposing to the right " in regards with the histogram that will then bring all the image spectra to the right of the histogram, personally I also prefer to use the waveform.

Good stuff. Thank you.

Good video dude. Thanks

Well done ! You are on the right track with your chanal.

Hey there I’m new subscriber. Great tip thanks for sharing.

Got some Danny Gevirtz vibe from your style! Love the video, keep it up!

This is quality stuff. - Allen 😘

I wake up on a Saturday... And I get a gift. Thanks, bro.

Thanks alot for this

Keep up the great work with the Panasonic S5 Spencer

thank you for the advises. I feel ready now to shoot my first proper v-log video...as I completely f..cked up my video yesterday based on everything we shouldn't do in v-log mode. SO thank you!

Thank you, that was really helpful! (Actually, I don't even own the camera yet but currently saving for it, I just watch a lot of videos about it so that I'm prepared for it when I have it😂)

This is a very good explanation my S5 friend :) greetings from Germany I use also my Lumix S5 for KZfaq and for my Professionell Work :) Great Video

I never used Vlog but I am interested. Thanks for your helpful Input. What about white Balance. Do I the regular white balance like in natural oder standard profile?

tysm!!

I have a GH6 now. COimng from my GH5... For GH5 It seemed lile everyone was using CineD profile but a tweaded version. Cut the sharpness and contrast and Sat. Do you use CineD untweaked or do you tweak it on your lumix.

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Hi, did you use S5 also for shoting this video? I have problem to get such a stable skin tone with S5. Thank you.

Nice video ! Does it also apply for low light in v log ?

Do you shot this video in v-log? s5?

This video shoot with s5? Or something else?

Nick Driftwood says in his video about how to expose v-log it should be around 42% IRE...

In all honesty, nobody, no client would care about that so called noise on that tiny little frame in the picture. You guys are overstating too much how important these things are. That is what Sony fan boys studio armchair videographers are doing. Lumix people should just go out and film and be creative and have fun. Any camera of nowadays outshines in most regards the best cameras from 10 years ago. So what, 10 years ago we were thinking that everything that we look at is crappy?