Markers hvx200?

[indybones]

Hi guys...

Could some one enlighten me here please..have done a search but couldn't come up with any thing conclusive.

I'm in the process of doing some tests at the moment using the marker,
I haven't got a monitor (budget)...so basically am I right in thinking if I hit 99% I've blown the highlights out, however if I start hitting around the 10% then the camera is seriously struggling for light in the shadows and thus producing more noise, the noise is something that I'm trying to minimize, so I was wondering if any one new of a kind of percentage that one tries to keep above to prevent the noise and the camera struggling with the shadows?

Hope all that makes sense and I might be completely off the mark (forgive the pun..lol) here but any ideas and suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Indy

[indybones]

anyone have any ideas or suggestions on this????? :dankk2:

[Leo Versola]

Basically you've got the right idea. Minimizing noise typically takes a combination of things throughout the entire workflow.

But you can start by making sure your camera settings are optimized for the least noise. Then, experiment with different amounts of light in the shadow areas and examine the results for noise against what your markers are displaying.

Eventually you will find the minimum amount of light you need to avoid noise. You might get away by using your markers but a waveform monitor like the one on my HPX-170 is much better suited for this. I also use a light meter to measure the amount of light in footcandles for various sections of a scene.

Again, the key is experimenting. Record and then analyze the results your markers are giving you...

Obviously this only works if you have control over the lighting in your environment, otherwise optimizing your camera settings is your only option short of doing some noise reduction in post.

Cheers,

[dregenthal]

All the above is good advice. If your camera came with Barry's book than you need to look no further, but . . .

Generally, unless you're going for some specific look, more light is better . . .
Set (and pay attention) to your zebra settings and that may keep you "out of the woods" so to speak.

There are so many built in tools/features with these cameras that sometimes there's almost too much information. Like the above poster said, experiment to achieve what you want. Save the settings or write them down. You'll want (I think) to develop a number of different solutions to fit various different scenarios so that you don't become too comfortable with one specific set only to find out that "one size does not fit all."

And you bet, the marker is a good tool . . . I generally use it to judge skin tones.

Best.

[indybones]

Thanks guys for your advice...:dankk2::thumbup:

I imagine there isn't an answer to this question really (and as you've said there are many differing factors to take into consideration) but with the markers tool is there a number say I don't know... 20% that would be best to keep out off ie if I hit below 20% the camera would be struggling and would produce more noise?

The same as if I hit 99% then the highlights would be blown...

Hope that make sense

Cheers guys

Indy