Posted by Mike Kujbida on 01/22/08 01:52

peter wrote:
> When shooting shows where background is darker than foreground subject,
> cheaper cameras have a darker background than the more professional ones,
> even though the foreground subject is at the same brightness.
>
> This seems to imply they have different gamma response. But shouldn't all
> video cameras have the same standard gamma, whatever it may be? Or do the
> makers of cheaper camera lower the gamma to hide the video noise in darker
> area?
>
> The effect is particularly noticeable when editing together clips from the
> same shoot from a consumer camera and a pro camera.


Pro cameras are capable of handling a higher contrast ratio (the
difference in light levels between the darkest scene in the video and
the brightest scene) than cheap cameras.

Mike

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