Leader's LV5350 12G Video Wave Monitor Comes to Colore Digital Imaging

Colore Digital Imaging, a company specialized in DIT for film and television, has decided to opt for the LV5350 12G/HD/SD-SDI waveform monitor from Leader.

The founder of Colore, Vincenzo Onorato, began his career in the film and television industry in 2008 as a Kodak laboratory technician. After four years of experience in film printing and developing, he began studying cinematography and post-production at the SNCI Film School in Florence before becoming a professional colorist. He moved to London in 2015, where he continued his career in digital imaging, working on set as a DIT for top-tier television productions.

Recently, Colore Digital Imaging has worked in first-class projects level like Heartstopper (Netflix), Criminal Record (Apple TV+) o Industry 3 (HBO/BBC). These required a high-quality and reliable measurement solution, as stated Honored: "We needed a reference instrument that we could rely on for high-precision signal measurement, robust build quality and portability. I have used various test and measurement tools over the years and am especially impressed by the LV5350, which fully meets our requirements."

Onorato uses el LV5350 in a wide variety of applications, benefiting from a set of tools “in one compact unit” that allows “to perform all the checks and measurements we need.” "I'm currently working on a fast-paced four-part show produced primarily on location with two operators using handheld cameras. Having the luxury of working with Leader's Cinelite, Cinezone, waveform, and vectorscope displays for both cameras simultaneously is a huge advantage when I need to crop exposure immediately before a shoot and make sure the two cameras match," Onorato says by way of example. The person in charge of Colore also highlights the system's ability to operate without having to resort to IP networks from Wi-Fi, which provides a relevant “freedom”.

Chris Margrave-Gregory, sales director of Thameside TV, Leader's solution provider for Colore, highlights that the LV5350 It has already become the “preferred” instrument for digital imaging technicians “here in Europe and around the world.” “We gave Vincenzo a comprehensive demonstration when he visited us at our Shepperton headquarters and he was clearly impressed by the instrument's versatility, easy operation and logical control interface,” he says.

Keys to the Leader LV5350

Waveform Monitors LV5350 of Leader They include engineering-related functions such as test pattern generation, subtitle monitoring, and CIE chroma chart. Each LV5350 also incorporates Leader's Cinezone and Cinelite tools, “familiar to many camera crews, editors and colorists.” All functions are accessible from the front control panel, augmented by a 7-inch TFT touch LCD monitor with 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Optional features available for this model include compatibility with HDR 4K/UHD, SDI integrated audio analysis, SDI signal generation, CIE chroma chart, custom screen layout, tally display, extended chroma vector display, and subtitle display. It also has a focus detection algorithm that allows the instrument to detect edges over a wide range of image contrast levels.