Sky detail

Erik Palm · February 26th, 2007, 02:45 PM

I am looking for a general setting that I more or less can use allways for newsgathering and documentaries.
Sofar I prefer setting No 17 by Bill Taka
"NATURALO" closely resembles natural outdoor colors, requiring minimum correction. Thank you for sharing Bill!

I wonder if the sky detail helps enhancing the sky and if I can leave it on allways even indoor- what could happened? Pros and cons?

Any other suggestions for a general setting?

Thank you/Erik

Andrew Ott · February 26th, 2007, 07:47 PM

I think sky detail has something to do with the richness of blues.

Brian Brown · February 27th, 2007, 12:59 AM

IIRC, the sky detail, will limit the graininess in the big patches of blue area, and probably soften it somewhat. The encoder would theoretically have to work less on the sky area(s) that way... and could then work more on the non-sky areas of your image. And a grain-free sky is a prettier sky... unless you're shooting for an 8mm film "look".

Skin detail does something similar, but for different reasons (usually to soften out skin tones and imperfections since the cam is so hi-def).

I would opt NOT to leave sky detail on when indoors... because it would probably do something funky to anything "sky" blue in the frame.

HTH,
Brian Brown
BrownCow Productions

Noel Evans · February 27th, 2007, 08:50 AM

I shot a short with the A1 - still a day to shoot once we get a location and scripts updated. But some of my shots have a fair bit of sky in them and I didnt use sky detail at all. They sky is a beautiful blue (circular polarizer used).

February 26th, 2007, 02:45 PM	#1
Erik Palm Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 64	Sky detail - allways on? I am looking for a general setting that I more or less can use allways for newsgathering and documentaries. Sofar I prefer setting No 17 by Bill Taka "NATURALO" closely resembles natural outdoor colors, requiring minimum correction. Thank you for sharing Bill! I wonder if the sky detail helps enhancing the sky and if I can leave it on allways even indoor- what could happened? Pros and cons? Any other suggestions for a general setting? Thank you/Erik

February 26th, 2007, 07:47 PM	#2
Andrew Ott Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 62	I think sky detail has something to do with the richness of blues.

February 27th, 2007, 12:59 AM	#3
Brian Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Estes Park, CO USA Posts: 426	IIRC, the sky detail, will limit the graininess in the big patches of blue area, and probably soften it somewhat. The encoder would theoretically have to work less on the sky area(s) that way... and could then work more on the non-sky areas of your image. And a grain-free sky is a prettier sky... unless you're shooting for an 8mm film "look". Skin detail does something similar, but for different reasons (usually to soften out skin tones and imperfections since the cam is so hi-def). I would opt NOT to leave sky detail on when indoors... because it would probably do something funky to anything "sky" blue in the frame. HTH, Brian Brown BrownCow Productions

February 27th, 2007, 08:50 AM	#4
Noel Evans Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 157	I shot a short with the A1 - still a day to shoot once we get a location and scripts updated. But some of my shots have a fair bit of sky in them and I didnt use sky detail at all. They sky is a beautiful blue (circular polarizer used).