RED footage ProRes Log&Transfer VS ProRes Red Alert

Anyone noticing a quality difference between RED ProRes encoding in log & transfer compared to Red Alert ?
Looks like Red Alert images look far more crisp and more contrast.

Well, if you use Red Alert or Red Cine, you can do a one pass on the footage during the transcode, and if you use log and transfer, you can't... I sort of like doing the one pass if you don't have a Kona card to add a LUT with.
If you like the look better in the RED software, use it.
Jerry

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