C100: Blown out highlights

roxics

roxics

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I'm working with a C100 mkII for the first time and I'm noticing a lot of blown out highlights. It looks fine on the LCD screen and the EVF when shooting, but when I get it into premiere it's like WTF! What was white but had detail now looks like it's a glowing solid white object.

I'm the type that typically shoots to protect my hightlights. Luckily I've been able to pull them back a bit in post so the are usable, but just barely. I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. It's a new camera to me so I'm still learning it. I've shot with a variety of other cameras previously, including Canon DSLRs, GH cameras, the Canon XHA1, etc. Usually what I saw is what I got. But not on this thing. BTW I'm not shooting C-Log.

Ay tips or tricks other than maybe "if it looks right, crank the exposure down a few more stops."
 
Use the waveform, zebras, and set your LCD screen a bit brighter than the default. I accidentally overexposed a lot when I first got the camera.
 
I don't have the MKii so I am just basing this on the Mki. The Mki encodes superwhites up to 110% and will show the detail up to 110% on the LCD monitor. You are probably basing your shooting on being able to see these superwhites. If I need the superwhites will editing, I will just pull down the highlights when color correcting until everything peaks at 100% rather than 110%.
 
I remember there being a post about year ago about Premiere boosting whites or lowering clip points on C100/AVCHD footage. I think it was happening on some of the Sony AVCHD cameras as well. Make sure you're running the latest softwares and camera firmwares.

Shooting tips, the Wide DR profile is great, a little noisy in the shadows, but great color and sits inbetween LOG and 709 for how many stops it can see. You can also mix and match Gammas and Color profiles. So you can do EOS Standard color with Wide DR Gamma.

I suggest doing some quick tests at home with various lighting situations.

But, ditto what the other folks said. Bring down exposure a bit and you'll be better off. Maybe set zebras to 95 and leave them on all the time. I usually don't expose the C300 over 85IRE, just keep the waveform handy.
 
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