Sony Fs5 Owners Manual

SLOG:	White	Balance
•When	shooting	in	SLOG,	the	white	balance	must	be	set	in	the	Picture	Profile	settings/COLOR	
MODE
• Set	the	correct	color	temperature	for	the	correct	S -GAMUT	setting
• For	SLOG	2	use	a	S -Gamut	setting	plus	temp.	for	SLOG	3	use	a	S -Gamut3.Cine	setting	plus	
temp. 

Common	Color	Temperature	Settings
•LCD	Monitor:	6500K
• Daylight:	5500	K
• Florescent	Indoor:	4300K
• Tu n g s t e n 	 I n d o o r 	 L i g h t 	 o r 	 a 	 S t re e t 	 a t 	 N i g h t : 	 3 2 0 0 K
• Incandescent	Indoor	Light:	2500K 

SLOG:	Gamma	Display	Assist
•Sony	has	a	provided	a	Gamma	Display	Assist	to	normalize	the	LCD	image	when	shooting	in	SLOG
• Don’t	use	it.	Turn	it	off.
• Because	you	are	overexposing,	the	image	in	the	LCD	will	look	washed	out.
• Use	the	Histogram	and	the	Zebra	Stripes	to	judge	exposure.
• The	FS5	cannot	import	LUTs. 

SLOG	and	ISO	settings
•The	higher	ISO,	the	more	the	dynamic	range	is	reduced.
• ISO	3200	in	SLOG	gives	you	the	maximum	dynamic	range.
• Changing	ISO	to	AUTO	will	cause	it	to	change	so	keep	exposure	
on	manual	at	3200	ISO	if	possible. 

Shooting	SLOG:	OVEREXPOSE
You	must	overexpose	for	SLOG	shooting.	Ideally	you	will	have	no	important	information	in	the	shadow	
areas	of	your	image.	
The	easiest	way	to	overexpose	properly	is	to	use	Auto	IRIS	and	set	the	AE	shift	to	1.5	EV.	This	will	
overexpose	the	image	by	1.5	stops.	
You	cannot	use	FULL	AUTO	when	shooting	SLOG.	Use	manual	exposure	control	but	AUTO	IRIS. 

SLOG:	Zebra	Stripes
•If	you	want	to	manually	expose	
using	SLOG	consider	using	the	
Zebra	Stripes	as	a	reference.
• Set	the	Zebra	Level	to	70
• Use	this	a	reference	for	flesh	tone	
highlights. 

SLOG:	Manual	Exposure
•Use	the	histogram	when	exposing	SLOG
• Push	all	the	information	into	the	mids and	highlights	on	the	histogram.
• Keep	all	important	information	above	30	IRE	(one	third	of	the	way	up	on	
your	histogram).
• Think	that	all	your	image	information	will	be	shifted	towards	the	shadow	
areas	later	on.	So	you	must	leave	some	room.
• You	can	overexpose	by	1.5	to	2.5	stops.
• 2	Stops	over	seems	ideal.	Darker	skin	tone	areas	will	be	at	70	IRE,	your	
zebra	stripe	level.
• At	3	stops	of...

S	LOG	and	Overexposure
•You	never	want	to	underexpose	with	SLOG	but	you	can	overexpose.
• Generally	the	overexposed	highlights	will	blow	out	more	gradually	
than	in	Rec.709.	You	may	want	this	effect.
• You	will	be	able	to	recover	some	detail	in	slightly	overexposed	areas. 

Thank	you	for	reading	this	guide!
Yo u 	 m u s t 	 a n s w e r 	 s e v e r a l 	
skill	testing	questions	
based	on	this	guide	
before	you	can	borrow	
the	camera	from	the	CDA	
depot.