EX1 - Exposing In The Sunlight

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Erick Stoll

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I'm looking at some recent footage I shot in direct sunlight on the EX1R, and most of it has this ugly grey hue. Looks a little underexposed, but there's still lots of blown out background. I shoot with cine gamma 1 on days like these, and keep the matrix on cinema. Any tips on exposure/profile pictures on bright sunny days? Thanks!
 
Erick,

It's hard to offer solutions without seeing some images of getting more information. Were you using auto-exposure or manual? And if you were using manual, what was your method of determining the proper exposure? That information is much more important to finding a solution than knowing the gamma and matrix settings.

Also, all cameras have a limited dynamic range no matter what settings you choose, and at some point having a blown out background might be inevitable unless you change the angle, add lighting, or do something else to equalize the relative brightness of the foreground and background. I'm not saying that is the case here because you havn't posted any images to look at, I'm just saying that at same point you will exceed the capabilities of the camera no matter what paint settings are chosen.

http://www.vortexmedia.com/DVD_EX1.html
 
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