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There’s obviously been so much discourse over the years of using vintage lenses to take the “edge off” with digital sensors. Of course there’s a lot of characteristics with lenses, how they render bokeh, chromatic aberrations, flaring, etc. But I wanted to specifically ask a question in relation to when certain cinematographers talk about “lower contrast” with certain vintage lenses.
If you’re not originating on film and doing a photochemical finish, does it really matter? Or is that level of contrast adjustment adjustable within the DI/color grading process?
I ask mostly because conversation around CONTRAST or “the Cooke look” seems like a moot point in context of modern cinematography and potentially more marketing strategy along the lines of what Steve Yedlin proved through some of his research about camera sensors.
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