A little exposure problem...

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LDS

Hey.. I always have to same problem, when I film something using my 60D the pirtuse/scene on the LCD screen looks fine so I contunue filming, but then when I transfer the footega onto computer it is or too bright or too dark and looks othing like it did on the LCD... can anyone tell me how the hell to film LOL

Why does the footage look different and how can I check the exposure on the camera? I have idea about how to use exposure... I have the magic lantern thing but I am all lost :cool::lol:
 
LDS said:
Hey.. I always have to same problem, when I film something using my 60D the pirtuse/scene on the LCD screen looks fine so I contunue filming, but then when I transfer the footega onto computer it is or too bright or too dark and looks othing like it did on the LCD... can anyone tell me how the hell to film LOL

Why does the footage look different and how can I check the exposure on the camera? I have idea about how to use exposure... I have the magic lantern thing but I am all lost :cool::lol:
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Are you using the technicolor profile? If so my experience was that it was always over exposing vs what I had in the screen.
 
I'm not sure using the LCD as a gauge of exposure is totally ideal, but we probably all do it.

Use the Histogram/Vectorscopes in ML to get a better idea of the exposure levels.

The issue I had was that the footage was always much darker than the image I was looking at on the LCD.

All I did was turn the brightness of the LCD down and now the LCD is a much closer match to what the footage looks like. Simple solution!!

But having footage that's too bright and/or too dark is a weird one!!!
 
You shouldn't rely on the screen.

Since you have Magic Lantern, use the Zebras and the Histograms to control exposure.
 
This is why a properly calibrated production monitor is your friend :)

False colour is heaps better, and what I prefer over zebra and histogram, but zebra and histogram are also a good indicator.

A Waveform Monitor is your friend much moreso than Histograms or Vector scopes, but at the end of the day, all of them are tools that will help you out.

I've personally never had this issue, but I imagine it does happen. I've personally found the colours are way off comparing the LCD to a computer, much moreso than overall exposure. You may also find your brightness settings on the screen are off.
 
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"Sunny 16"... if you set your ISO to your Shutter speed, F16 will get you perfect exposure in bright sunlight, when you set the ISO and Shutter to match via a chart:
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Source: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ishootfilm/discuss/72157622669566918/
 
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