Platinum White Paper: Sony HDR/SDR Camera Shading Techniques for Live Production Applications

For many decades the Television industry has been in the business of program production and distribution utilizing video signals with Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) characteristics. Currently, after years of technical improvements, these SDR signals in their HD or UHD implementations have reached a high level of picture quality and technical maturity in their color and luminance properties, albeit within the constraints of the SDR specifications.

During the last 8 years the media production industry has seen a rapid growth in the creation of international standards and the adoption for the next level of evolution in video technology – the introduction of High Dynamic Range. To enable a single HDR/SDR production workflow, numerous operational guidelines have been proposed to make sure that both the SDR and HDR operations achieve high levels of picture quality – and most importantly that no degradations are introduced in the derived SDR programs – matching the traditional high standards of the SDR signals already produced by the studio cameras. Sony, as one of the pioneers in HDR video production, has had enormous experience in HDR/SDR simultaneous productions and has introduced key HDR developments in use at major international sporting events.

CLICK HERE to check out the full white paper, which is part of SVG’s new Platinum White Papers  platform. This curated collection of White Papers is authored by leading technologists from the companies that are powering sports production. These thought leaders—representing the leading innovators in the field—offer their insights into the tools, workflows, and breakthroughs which are driving the future of live sports television.