Best settings for Zebras?

[Shooter]

I prefer to think of the 100% Zebra as a tool that displays 'White' (Peaking).

Similar to how I am aware of White (Peaking) in my spotmeter. I like to know where tonal values sit in the entire image. (Black thru mids to White)

Clipping is a kind of technical term that forgets about tonal scales and ranges.

As regards skin tone zebra settings: I believe you need to establish them by testing for your self on a "shoot by shoot" basis.

 

[Barry_Green]

Hi Barry ....and KNEE ?? Is ok to left at MID always??

That's up to your own personal preference of how you like the image to look. The low knee will yank your highlights down sooner, the high knee will let the highlights go whiter before it starts to roll them off. All those settings are there for a reason, so you have to decide what look you prefer.

 

[dcloud]

when should low or high knee be used?

zebra:
most of the time im at 100. when i have a subject on screen thats the time i switch to 60% to see if their are skin tones exposed at 60. then i switch back

 

[Barry_Green]

The low knee would be used when your whites are looking all bunched up and too close to clipping. It creates a steeper slope and brings the 80% and 90% whites down in brightness. But, it in general makes your whites grayer. The high knee is more representative of what the actual light is actually doing; it lets the light build up linearly up until about 100 IRE. Then it puts in a hard curve for rolling off before it's totally blown out.