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How to match two cameras without losing your mind

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How to match two cameras without losing your mind

Sam V. · Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min read

You shot A-cam on one sensor and B-cam on another. Nobody can tell — until the grade. Here's the fix that always works.

Match the skin first

Forget the chart. Match the skin line. If the faces read as one, the audience believes the whole frame.

Normalize to log

Get both cameras into a common log space before you grade. Two sensors, one starting point, zero arguments.