During Thursday’s panel on reference monitors, moderator Paul Chapman of Fotokem asked speakers to discuss HDR monitoring. “In our view as a post facility, that is scary as there are no standards,” Chapman said.
“The content creation community has got to decide whether to take control of the consumer viewing experience or let consumers do whatever they want to do,” warned Charles Poynton. “So far there has been virtually no contribution. … I would say get to work and think about that issue.”
Said Dolby’s Dave Schnuelle: “New cameras can capture enormous amounts of range, and the Academy is working on ACES to carry that range through the postproduction process. … We are working with the Academy on the Log ACES format/ACES HDR. We expect to show it at NAB.”