How we test at Cinematography.net

 

Our intent is to provide independent reproducible tests that conform to accepted standards making it easy for people to reproduce and verify the results.

We are not trying to prove anything nor are we trying to promote any approach or equipment, we just look for the truth!

We work within ACES which is an independent and neutral system.

Only standard input transforms are used, whatever is the appropriate one for the camera; and either a Rec 2020 ST-2084 (1000 nits, P3D65 limited) output transform or a Rec.709 output transform, depending on what we’re looking at.

We measure and publish light levels in footcandles so that users can easily determining the real EI of the camera.

In any test only one lens is used across all the cameras, this eliminates one of the variables.

When we are testing cameras we use tungsten light sources as these are a known and repeatable source.

A variety of charts are used with the DSC charts in center place and both Kodak and ColorChecker charts as well. We also use a custom DSC chart which is not designed for anything other than finding where the cameras reach their limits. This is the CML Stress Test chart :-

 

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