Hi,
In this topic I'd like if we could share our experiences regarding exposure techniques in video.
I'd start with a few thoughts and questions.
So far I've been using more extensively the zebras (setted at 95%) in the holy mantra spirit of ETTR. I must admit that it worked quite well in most cases and it is a fast way, but on the other hand I noticed that I'm loosing more and more the sense of "thinking the exposure" relying on those electronic helps. (in fact I use zebras + histogram in capture as electronic helps).
As I said, it Works, in the sense that it is averagely "right", reliable...BUT...I can not get to the point where I got something more than correct. In other words, it lacks personality. It is "flat" if I might say. Predictible.
We know that good DPs are the one who precisely break the rules, the average, the norms. That's why they are good. But, where to break?
The prob I see is that highlights aren't recoverable if blowned but shadows are recoverable at the cost of artifacts.
After Reading a thread in the Red forum (and even the Alexa crews) in wich many DP demystified the ETTR mantra in motion capture but were more (without naming it directly) into a sort of zone system idea. (bloody hell, I studdied the zone system in my youth when I was in fine arts and never used it later-on...is it still valid today?)
What do you think? talking motion of course.
PS: it is particularly interesting to have imputs on this topic in Lu-La IMO because as there are mostly photographers doing motion and not the other way, we could get interesting imputs to compare what they would do in motion they would not in stills and vice-versa.