The Daejeon Chronicles

A bite-sized reference table on HDR and the standards.

“Next distinguished cinematographer Steve Yedlin ASC enlightened us all on the subject of HDR.

Prior to coming in contact with HDR-loathing Steve Yedlin, Cullen Kelly used to be a leading vocal proponent of HDR imaging, Since aligning with Yedlin, he’s done an about-face.

Cullen Kelly’s rejection of HDR and belief that limitation is a virtue extend to his view of art history itself: “Go find me a painting where you can discern more than five to six stops of dynamic range… that’s generally not the way we absorb a painting……

I’ve checked Douglas Guerra’s HDR workflow and found it wanting.

I’ve fact-checked Charles Poynton’s recent claims about HDR.

I’ve documented time and again how Charles Poynton is willing to embellish the truth to push his narrative, and this time is no different.

The radiation static in S.T.AL.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl ignores the in-game HDR white point setting (in this case, 1,000), reaching as high as 10,000 nits.

“The series is worth a watch if you want to know more about HDR workflows.”

Charles Poynton has repeatedly stated that Dr.

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In his presentation Debunking “HDR”, cinematographer Steve Yedlin shows a slide of BT.1886 to argue that it inherently matches human visual perception.

In Debunking “HDR”, Steve Yedlin says, “it doesn’t matter what the curve shape is as long as you know what the curve shape is.”

“There used to be this in-place system… it was this kind of system that worked and made an artful color rendering… and it did so repeatedly and reliably… [that] locked system… basically went in the trash can and we now have a completely unlocked system [1…