Digital Cinematography, 2nd Edition

Digital Motion Picture Cameras 347

Edge-of-gamut or out-of-gamut colors no

longer become overly saturated or intense near

the boundaries of a color space. In practice, this

means that things like neon signs, tail lights, police

lights and lens chromatic aberrations appear more

pleasingly saturated and less often as solid blocks

of out of gamut color. Highlight roll-off is now

adjustable and can be made to be smoother and

less abrupt compared to other lm or cinematic

styles, and better corresponds with maximum

pixel intensity under a wide range of ISO speeds.

In practice, this is most apparent with clipped ...