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One important image style aspect comes along with all logarithmic gamma curves is that they are mostly very flat, especially in the midtones where the skintones are located. I wrote about this in my article Technicolor – Hype or Cine-like Mastering. The bad thing about it is that this is done within a 8-bit colorspace with 256 shades of grey Canon did it on their Canon S-Log CP as did Technicolor on their CineStyle Picture Style for DSLRs. The most popular picture style for Canon DSLRs is Technicolor’s CineStyle which provides a S-type gamma curve for a flatter image to get more details in shadows and highlites and should provide more latitude for later grading. On most cameras the Custom Picture Styles can be modified. The C300 and the less expensive pendant, the C100, booth does have have a really great image sensor with an unrivaled light sensitivity.īut they are outputting only 8-bit shades red, green and blue as do many other cameras like the Sony FS-100, FS-700 and of course DSLRs.Ĭanon’s C500 has the same “issue” with the internal 8-bit codec, except if you use an external recorder which would then record 10-bit or 12-bit Canon RAW – but that’s a different story.Īnd why in the hell should you not use the Canon C-Log gamma curve? Actually you can and should use it, but not as intendend! UPDATE: Read about how to get 10-bit out of the C100 with Atomos Ninja2! … why it is a bad idea to use Log for 8-bit Codecs? How to get the most out of your C100 or C300, or …