The practilcal limitations of 10bit
In this little blog post, I will look at the practical limitations of 10bit.
When working on NTFAFP due to limitations like storage and compute power, we chose to film in ProRes 422HQ however during the DI, artifacting and a certain level of banding was visible. I will try to attach photos for reference. While mostly unnoticed during the screening, their existence raises the question about the practical limitations of 10-bit recording and if we should have gone for ProRes RAW as a recording instead.
It is easy to see the difference between 8-bit colour and 10-bit. In a conventional sense, 10-bit recording is more than enough for most projects. However, at what point do you reach the practical limitations and are required to shift to 12-bit/16-bit?