How do you keep the look of a scene consistent when shooting with the HPX170?

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Filmkid2003

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Hey everyone. I've been reading Barry Green's book and reading various posts on this forum and I wanted to know exactly what you guys do to keep your scenes looking consistent in terms of light, color, exposure, etc when shooting with the HPX170. I don't plan on putting the money out for a light meter and a lot of people on here say that a light meter isn't really necessary for video anyway. What tools and methods do you guys use to gauge exposure and such to make sure that when you start shooting a scene on Monday, and finish shooting the same scene on say, Wednesday, that the scene will look consistent? Or is most of this done in post with color correction and such? Thanks.
 
Establish a consistent method for lighting your "scene" and obtaining correct exposure, i.e. zebras alone or in combination with the wave form monitor and use the same scene file setting on the 170... works for me. But the a foregoing statement assumes, once again, a consistently lit environment. Your life will be made a lot less stressful if you obtain as close to the desired results in camera as opposed to post.
 
I agree with Ron777. Consistency in all of your shooting practices is key. Using a good field monitor whenever possible also helps. I never assume that I can correct things successfully in post.
 
So, when the lighting changes during the day when shooting the same scene, do you guys change the aperture instead of the shutter speed to compensate?
 
Shutter speed will change the feel of the image, when aperture will only change the depth of field. go for shutter, just think like with a film cam.
 
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