How is everyone nailing exposure w/ your 7d/T2i?

[Lenilenapi]

Barry,

I see that your using the Fury HDMI to component adapter with your canon. I just bought a T2i and am trying to get my bearings.

I tried another brand that was a touch cheaper ($150) but have 2 problems that I wonder if you have with the fury. ( I;m also using a BTLH80W)

1- I don't get anything higher than 80IRE on the waveform and

2- when I roll on the T2i which goes into 480SD I lose sync and the picture rolls becoming useless.

Does the Fury do this also?
Also have you figured out as way to get it battery power?

Do you have a way to mount it when using the canon handheld?

((I sent this as a private message also)


Lenny Levy

 

[el presidente]

I use my eye to judge when "running and gunning" grabbing gv for shorts etc.

I bought a Marshall hdmi for more critical exposure..the false colour works great for exposing skin but I dont know if im doing something wrong but I cant get it to read overexposure.

 

[budha]

I think this is the one Barry is talking about: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...Id=114038&catGroupId=14625&surfModel=BT-LH80W

if so, it's ungodly expensive.

 

[stip]

Believe it or not I've been using those 1/3 stops with Highlight Tone Priority set ON and have been getting NO added noise in dark or light areas of my footage.

I experienced the same but I just did a quick rough test and thought I must have been doing something wrong...so Highlight Tone Priority does work without drawbacks in video mode?

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

Do you have a specific panasonic monitor model number to reference? I'd be interested in checking that out.

Yes sir.

I use the LH-900 for me, and then take the HD-SDI loop out to the BT-LH1700W on a c-stand for the client.

It works well.

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

I think this is the one Barry is talking about: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...Id=114038&catGroupId=14625&surfModel=BT-LH80W

if so, it's ungodly expensive.

Until you are doing paid work where nailing the exposure is critical.

 

[ROCKMORE]

Hello everyone.

I am coming from the 1/3 ccd world and I am used to having my zebras as a great way to judge exposure on interviews etc (e.g. setting zebras to 70-80 and seeing where they land on the persons face).

I am wondering how everyone is judging exposure now that we no longer have these options. Should I be taking a spot meter and point it at the persons face, or is there another method everyone recommends?

I really appreciate the help on this.

Use a light meter as a second opinion. They are more predictable when you rely on them as you would with film.

 

[MCAN]

I usually eye ball it with the LCD.
If I want to be more scientific about it I either press the * button or half-press the shutter button to make all the exposure and shooting settings appear on-screen.

 

[mhood]

I bought one of these digital targets: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=429983&is=REG that came with an instructional DVD. I followed instructions and try to do exposure this way using the histogram while I'm setting manual WB with the target still.

Really works well...

 

[J Davis]

Until you are doing paid work where nailing the exposure is critical.

LOL

I am getting paying jobs but they ain't paying that much ! You're talking 6-7 g's in just monitoring.

Stop giving me ideas, trying to be thrifty right now with my eyes on scarlet

 

[vegas06]

I bought one of these digital targets: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=WishList.jsp&A=details&Q=&sku=429983&is=REG that came with an instructional DVD. I followed instructions and try to do exposure this way using the histogram while I'm setting manual WB with the target still.

Really works well...

Wow thanks for the info.
This will really come in handy, as I like this idea betetr than the normal white/warm cards.

 

[Ian-T]

I experienced the same but I just did a quick rough test and thought I must have been doing something wrong...so Highlight Tone Priority does work without drawbacks in video mode?

I've been mainly shooting at ISO 320 and sometimes 640. It won't allow you to go much lower for whatever reason. But from what I've noticed it doesn't add any extra noise to you image like it does at the native ISOs. I don't know why folks have written this mode off but it seems to work for me.

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

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LOL

I am getting paying jobs but they ain't paying that much ! You're talking 6-7 g's in just monitoring.

Stop giving me ideas, trying to be thrifty right now with my eyes on scarlet

Yo can use both monitors with the scarlet too! :beer:

 

[Barry_Green]

1- I don't get anything higher than 80IRE on the waveform and

2- when I roll on the T2i which goes into 480SD I lose sync and the picture rolls becoming useless.

Does the Fury do this also?

The 7D is a bit different than the t2i, so I'm not getting the same thing you are with the rolling. When you roll the 7D, the HDMI output stays constant. On the T2i, when you roll, it switches over to outputting 480. So you'd need a monitor that's capable of a 480 input, and a converter that's capable of 480.

As for the 80 on the waveform -- that's a problem with power to the Fury. If you rely on the HDMI cable to power the fury, then if you have a perfectly charged battery you might get the full range, but as the battery power on the Canon drops, the waveform (and resulting video image!) also lose intensity. So, yeah -- that's not a good solution. You *must* supply power to the fury separately.

Also have you figured out as way to get it battery power?

It's 5V DC input; the external power supply they sell is actually a USB to 5V input. So if you have any manner of USB power input, from battery, it'd work.

I got a 12V XLR AC->DC power supply from Bescor to run the monitor when I can be cabled; it cost I think $69 at b&H, but it can't also power the fury, so i end up with two power cables dangling off the monitor.

From my battery belt, I can power both XLR and cigarette lighter, so for portable use I can use a cigarette-lighter inverter to USB socket, and use the XLR cable to power the monitor.

Do you have a way to mount it when using the canon handheld?

Mounting the monitor? No.

But the fury can attach to the monitor through the viewfinder input; it outputs an RGB signal and you can screw it into the rGB viewfinder input. Not 100% sure about the color accuracy etc; but for wfm use it works well.

 

[Skilled]

ND filter when you want the lens wide open.