LEX light loss

[DELTA_Rotary]

So I've had time to shoot a few things with the LEX + HVX200 combo now. I'm still a bit dumbfounded by the light loss I'm getting. Indoors I have to really flood the room with light and shoot wide open. Even with a nikkor 50mm 1.4 I'm always shooting wide open to get the correct exposure. Often this means the footage is soft. Anything slower than a 2.8 you can forget about using indoors. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

[PaPa]

you are not lighting, thats your problem ;)

With any adapter, even one that loses .5 stops, you lose another 1-1.5 stops with the zoom in factor to crop the GG. So yeah, your working with 2 stops lost in total.

Learn to light my friend, it will help you in all your ventures.

You will only have to flood the room with light if you are going for high key lighting. Low key, high contrast is still really easy to do as long as you control your spill.

But a general rule of thumb, don't use an adapter unless your outside using available light, and if indoors, learn how to light.

[DELTA_Rotary]

you are not lighting, thats your problem ;)

With any adapter, even one that loses .5 stops, you lose another 1-1.5 stops with the zoom in factor to crop the GG. So yeah, your working with 2 stops lost in total.

Learn to light my friend, it will help you in all your ventures.

You will only have to flood the room with light if you are going for high key lighting. Low key, high contrast is still really easy to do as long as you control your spill.

But a general rule of thumb, don't use an adapter unless your outside using available light, and if indoors, learn how to light.


Oh I'm lighting...Just not a very good job of it. :) I've got an Arri kit and 1k rifa light but I always seem to fight against the adapter to light a scene. My highlights end up hot with a dark background. If I fill the room up its a pain to get seperation.

[PaPa]

it's definitely a learning curve.

[Charles Lowthian]

control the light :happy: