SCL-PP-038PICTURE PROFILE

Modern B&W

A contemporary black and white style that utilizes S-Cinetone gamma for smooth, beautiful tonal transitions. It delivers deep blacks without being overly harsh, well-suited for modern portraits and fine art.

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Core White Balance engine

White Balance Shift

5500K

Temperature5500KColourClose to neutral daylight

The colour temperature the camera balances for. Set it higher than the actual light and the image renders warmer; lower and it renders cooler.

Overall tone

Overall this reads close to neutral — whites stay white, so the recipe’s colour character comes from the profile rather than from the balance.

How Temperature, A/B and G/M combine

Three dials, one result. Temperature declares what light you are claiming to shoot under, and the two shifts nudge the outcome off that declaration.

The part that trips almost everyone: a higher Kelvin number produces a warmer picture, not a cooler one. The number describes the light, not the output. Tell the camera the light is 8000K — very blue — and it compensates by adding amber, so the file comes out golden.

That is why Temperature and Shift A/B are really one amber–blue axis in two different units, and why a warm Kelvin paired with a B shift is not a contradiction. It is a broad warm base with part of it deliberately pulled back. It buys precision the Kelvin dial cannot give on its own: a single 100K step is worth about 15 mired down at 2500K but only about 1 mired up at 9900K, so the shift is the finer control at the warm end and the coarser one at the cool end.

Camera parameters setup

Picture Profile

Black Level-15ContrastBlacks crushed hard — deep, punchy shadows with dense contrast

Adjusts the master black level. Lower (-) values deepen shadow contrast for rich, punchy blacks. Higher (+) values lift shadows for a soft, matte, film-like faded look without affecting highlight contrast.

GammaS-CinetoneContrastSoft cinematic curve — gentle highlights, flattering skin

Selects the gamma curve that defines overall tonal response and contrast foundation. Options range from standard contrast (Movie/Still) to smooth filmic curves (Cine1–4, S-Cinetone) or ultra-wide dynamic range for grading (S-Log2/S-Log3, HLG).

Black GammaNarrow -7ContrastShadow detail pulled well down — dense, moody dark areas

Controls contrast specifically in low-luminance shadow regions. 'Range' (Narrow/Middle/Wide) sets the shadow width affected, while 'Level' (-7 to +7) darkens or lightens that shadow zone to fine-tune shadow texture.

Modern B&W

Community & tweak proposals

White Balance Shift

Camera parameters setup

Picture Profile

Color Depth

Detail