KineOS 8.0 Upgrade Notes

In KineOS 8.0, new features include wide color gamut BT.2020 support for ProRes encoding and lossless, uncompressed RAW (DNG) in 4K full-frame, additionally, KineOS 8.0 features a more intuitive and modernized user interface.

Compared to the native color space of ProRes encoding (in KineOS 7.3), KineOS 8.0 not only retains the native color space for ProRes encoding but also introduces support for the BT.2020 color gamut in ProRes encoding. The BT.2020 color gamut in ProRes encoding differs from the native color space of ProRes encoding in terms of maximum resolution and maximum frame rate. This article lists the maximum frame rates for ProRes encoding with BT.2020 color gamut and uncompressed RAW (DNG) at typical resolutions such as 4K DCI and 4K UHD.

In addition, if you use DaVinci Resolve to view uncompressed RAW (DNG) footage, the colors will appear incorrect. To address this, you need to import the uncompressed RAW (DNG) footage into DaVinci Resolve and follow the setup process outlined in the article.

1. Recording Format

Including: Relationship between typical parameters of encoding, format, resolution, and FPS.

*ProRes BT.2020 and RAW support a maximum resolution of 4K.

MAVO Edge 8K

Full-Frame

FF 4K OG (OverSample)

Resolution4096×2644

Image Format(WxH)

36×23.3mm, ø 42.9mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020), 2~45fps
 RAW 2~45fps

FF 4K DCI (OverSample)

Resolution4096×2160

Image Format(WxH)

36x19mm,ø 40.7mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 2~55fps
 RAW 2~55fps

FF 4K UHD (OverSample)

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

33.8x19mm, ø 38.7mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 2~55fps
 RAW 2~55fps

Super 35

S35 4K DCI (OverSample)

Resolution4096×2160

Image Format(WxH)

27×14.2mm,ø 30.5mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 2~72fps
 RAW 2~72fps

S35 4K UHD (OverSample)

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

25.2×14.2mm, ø 29.0mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 2~72fps
 RAW 2~72fps

MAVO Edge 6K / MAVO mark2 LF

Full-Frame

FF 4K UHD (OverSample)

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

34.5×19.4mm,ø 39.6 mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~58fps
 RAW 0.2~58fps

Super 35

S35 4K DCI (OverSample)

Resolution4096×2160

Image Format(WxH)

24.5×12.9mm, ø 27.7mm
Codec

ProRes 422 (BT.2020) 0.2~112fps

ProRes 4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~75fps

 RAW 0.2~112fps

S35 4K UHD (OverSample)

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

23.0×12.9mm,ø 26.4mm
Codec

ProRes 422 (BT.2020) 0.2~112fps

ProRes 4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~90fps

 RAW 0.2~112fps

MAVO mark2 S35

Super 35

S35 4K UHD (OverSample)

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

22.5×12.9mm, ø 25.9mm
CodecProRes 422/4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~75fps
 RAW 0.2~75fps

Micro 4/3

M4/3 4K DCI

Resolution4096×2160

Image Format(WxH)

16×8.6mm, ø 18.2mm
Codec

ProRes 422 (BT.2020) 0.2~112fps

ProRes 4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~75fps

 RAW 0.2~112fps

M4/3 4K UHD

Resolution3840×2160

Image Format(WxH)

15×8.6mm, ø 17.3mm
Codec

ProRes 422 (BT.2020) 0.2~112fps

ProRes 4444 (BT.2020) 0.2~90fps

 RAW 0.2~112fps

2. Uncompressed RAW(DNG) Workflow

In KineOS 8.0, MAVO Edge 8K/MAVO Edge 6K/MAVO mark2 S35/MAVO mark2 LF can record uncompressed RAW as DNG without external recorder. Uncompressed RAW can get super good image quality and enough room for grading work.

Davinci Resolve

Davinci Resolve natively supports DNG, so you can edit and grade over DNG directly in Resolve. However, for RAW, different DI software may have different decoding ways and get different images. There is a huge difference on exposure and color over KineLOG3 ProRes footages if importing DNG footage directly. Good news is that you can get RAW images with native KineLOG3 by setting RAW decoder properly in DaVinci Resolve. It greatly simplifies post workflow on DNG RAW in Resolve:

  1. Project Setting | Camera RAW:Launch DaVinci Resolve, create a new project, click in the bottom-right corner of the window : [Project Setting-->Camera RAW];
  2. Set Decode Using: choose [Project] and confirm the RAW profile is [CinemaDNG];
  3. Set RAW Decode Parameters:
    • White Balance: choose [Cloudy];
    • Gamma: choose [Linear];
    • Lift: choose [3.2];
    • Tint: unboxed, default setting is [10].

After above setting, Kinefinity DNG could be imported in batch to get RAW with native KineLOG3, correct exposure and correct color. Similar to ARRI RAW process, footages are imported to Resolve to get logged clips, very convenient and intuitively. No matter grade clips directly from LOG color space or load 3rd-party LUT, the workflow will be smooth and highly productive.

 

Above settings as following:

Note: Recommend to employ the official LUTs as the starting point for the grading work: KC 709
If the LUT is selected when shooting, the clips folder will contain the LUT, which is convenient to load it directly in post work.