Hello to all HDR-Pros!
After fighting with inaccurate manual white balance on my GH5 for more than 6 years my workhorse got damaged on the last trip and know I am thinking of returning back to Canon because of the superb underwater colors.
I am also thinking about an easier shooting/editing workflow but don't know if this will work. So this is why am asking here...
In the years with my GH5 I just tried to get color as warm as possible (WB set to 10.000K and some bits of artificial light did the job). I also used V-Log and ALL-I and color corrected the footage later in FCP X.
This worked ok, but maybe there is a better way in the future when I will be using Canon again?
I am planing the following workflow on Canon EOS R7 and/or R50 and FCP X:
1. Manual WB depending on the depth
2. Shooting in HDR PQ
3. Converting HDR PQ in FCP X to Rec.709
4. Color correction if needed
Shooting in HDR PQ would allow me to see the footage out of the box "as good as possible" underwater and on the dive boat without struggling with LUTs or a flat profil. Also it would allow to set ISO below 800.
5 years ago I tried HLG on my GH5 but found it hard to correct afterwards. But maybe my underwater color correction abilities weren't just good enough to handle mixed up GH5 colors and HLG at the same time...
So... Before I jump into a new HDR-adventure...
Does anyone here use HDR PQ for shooting video underwater? Any experiences? Can I hear anyone shouting "NONONO DON'T DO THIS!"? :-)
Thanks a lot for any tips, hints or tricks!
Andreas