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Creative Versatility
Knee Saturation
Shooting very bright portions of an object (such as key light conditions from a person’s
forehead) can reduce color saturation and change the hue in highlight areas. The
HDC-3300R adopts a knee saturation function, in which this “washed-out” effect on
saturation and hue change is reduced to a minimum, and offers far more natural color
reproduction in highlight areas.
Low Key Saturation
With traditional video cameras, low light areas can be subject to a reduction in
saturation. This can result in the colors in those areas being “washed-out”. The low
key saturation function on the HDC-3300R eliminates this problem by optimizing the
amplification of color saturation at low light levels by boosting it to an optimized level,
thus providing more natural color reproduction.
Triple Skin Tone Detail Control
The HDC-3300R comes equipped with a triple skin tone detail control function, which
allows for independent detail control over three specified colors. This enhances the
capability of skin tone detail correction - enabling one color selection to be used for
reducing the detail level of skin color, and two other selections to be used for either
increasing or decreasing the detail level of two other objects. This can be a powerful
imaging tool not available in film shooting.
Knee Saturation OFF
Knee Saturation ON
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Low Key Saturation OFF
Low Key Saturation ON
Skin Tone Detail OFF
Skin Tone Detail ON
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