How To EASILY Film In SLOG3 With The Sony FX30

Here's how to EASILY film in Sony's SLOG3 Picture Profile with the FX30, including how to expose properly & set your white balance. If you're a filmmaker that needs to film fast, these settings are all you need!

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0:00 Save Time Color Grading With My Presets!
0:29 SLOG3 Picture Profile Setup
1:03 Exposing SLOG3 Properly On The FX30
2:44 Zebra Setup
5:38 ISO Setup For FX30
8:09 Get my Color Presets For the FX30

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[timothycasey]

Hey Matt, just a big thanks for your videos! Rented a Sony FX3 to shoot a rock band and used your settings. The footage is so fantastic. Everything was shot indoors so I had to do the lighting myself. Results are amazing. Just started editing so it will be a while before the video is complete, sorry I can’t share it with you yet. Sending you well wishes to keep all your good stuff going!

[benjamin.kelley]

To not confuse people wanting to learn to shoot in log - turning ISO up or down doesn't actually turn brightness up or down (doesn't put more light on the sensor). It synthetically "increases" sensitivity, like a slider does in Premiere or other editing software. To increase the exposure, you literally need more light to hit the sensor.

[Felixb]

This video is everything I needed and everything I didn't know I needed! ... As if I had every question I had, answered here in the most direct way there is lol... Thank you so much! ... Subscribed :D

[taymmesin]

As always, excellent video and explanation. Thank u Matt 🙌🙌🙌

[TheMentalHealthToolbox]

Thanks! loving your tutorial videos. I just received my fx30 and trying to learn all of these options/settings. I am also wondering, if I need to change to S-Cinatone, should i just flip it on the M1 preset, or create a different profile, and would I need to adjust anything else from the preset?

[spaccius]

Perfect video at the perfect time! Currently shooting a documentary with the FX30 in SLog3. Thank you for the tips!

[ImaginetMedia]

Just starting out with the FX30 after more than 20 years in the Panasonic world. You just saved me a couple of months of trial and error trying to figure things out. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Subscribed.

[JoshBedford]

Perfectly explained from top to bottom! Subscribed 💪

[mbelleza_creationz]

hey matt! Your luts are one of the best!!

[kurtmanderbach]

Can I use auto iso and set my exposure compensation at +1.7?
Will this work in lower light situations?
I understand in brighter situations it wouldn’t and an ND filter is best.
Just curious. Thanks!
New to this channel. Goos stuff

[theIronmerchant]

So I turn on log shooting on the menu on my fx30 and leave the picture profile off? Or do I also put it on a picture profile? On my A7iv I just have PP1 set to slog3. Do I not do that on the fx30? Sorry if that’s dumb I just got a fx30 and I’m trying to learn it.

[GmanfromTexas]

Thanks Matt. So if the footage is indoors. Will the base ISO 800 and 2500 also shift automatically in Slog 3?

[pedrolafoz]

Hey Matt i have a question, should i still over expose if im using the 709 lut?

[MaxKreiss]

Is there any different between SLOG3 in the PP Menu (when i chance another pp, cine 1 to SLOG3 for example) and the SLOG3 in the „Flexible ISO, Cine EI…“ point in the Settings ?

[SourcemediaAuVideoProduction]

Great video. I followed all instructions. After setting LOG shooting to flexible ISO, Colour Gamut to SLOG3, do I need to set a LUT? There's a LUT for SLOG3 but in that menu, I've noticed that Picture Profile is turned OFF and greyed out.

[Studios]

Increasing ISO equates to increase gain, therefore increasing noise because it "brute forces" the sensor to increase sensitivity electrically. Over the years though, it has significantly improve, but it still does add noise. Aside from noise, the higher the ISO, the lower the dynamic range will become. It also changes middle grey. This is where most filmmakers didn't realize. Yes, overexposing by increasing ISO and lowering it on post, you will have cleaner image, but on the expense of the camera's dynamic range as mentioned. Colorists will also not like you because aside from the decrease of the dynamic range, as mentioned, increasing ISO also changes middle grey, and middle grey is very important in look development. Anyways, just use native ISO, find the middle grey, and expose properly the image based on the middle grey, and if you are shooting outdoors, use an ND filter, or variable ND filter for run & gun shooting. Yes, variable ND filter have color casts and expensive, but there are not so expensive variable ND filters you can buy like the K&F Nano-X pro that lessens these color casts, so its a happy compromise. There are more expensive filters such as the Nisi True color VND which is really close to the colors that you shot without the filter so its better. Heck, I was really surprised that many DOP's were using the 2nd native ISO outdoors (for dual native ISO cameras) if they can without clipping highlights because the 2nd native ISO actually has better dynamic range for the highlights and the 1st native ISO actually has better dynamic range for the shadows. For lowlight situations, if you really want to maximize your camera's capability, add more lights. Overexposing by adding more lights is even better, because as mentioned lowering it on post will result to cleaner image without compromise, just don't increase your ISO (aside from the 2nd native ISO for dual native cameras) to not lower the camera's dynamic range, and be careful of your highlights.

[travisdennymedia]

I think I understand but it still makes me question if I am getting my MM to the right numbers. If I'm in a bright room and set it to 800 Base ISO but then play with the CINE EI ISO L numbers, it changes the MM value so does that mean I am no longer over exposing as I should in Slog3?

How do I make sure I am still overexposing my image if the MM number changes with just the display CINE EI value???

[fs_almahmoud]

Thank you so much for the rich information

I have a question when shooting in slog3 mode, iso must be 640 or 12800 only?

Or is it possible between the two values 800, 1000 or 1200, etc. according to the conditions of the place and natural lighting, so that the exposure is on 2.0 …

[serhatergul]

You have great content. I have a question . The image I took with Sony fx3 is not viewed on the iphone .format ntcs. There is no problem with the images prepared with pal, but the fps values ​​are different. can you help please

[JPLUSLSTUDIOS]

If you are exposing for skin tones is it better to set zebras for lower...I have heard 70? Or should you expose for the entire image at 94