GH5 ND filter for video: I look for a good filter for gh5

Ron, it is a good video. I don't understand something: when make a the WB do I have disable Zebra? I don't think it but the video confused me on that subject.
 
No. You can leave when setting white balance though it is easy to switch on and off with a custom button. They are separate WB for colour temperate and zebras for level. Remember if they are both just close you can adjust with PCC filter when you edit. That is why I originally suggested setting up the custom presets for different times of the day so that you would not have to worry about WB all the time unless the light was really different from the day before.
 
Ron Evans said:
There are lots on the internet but this starting at about 20 mins may give you a starting point as to what to play with and how to set up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnBSJtV8tNU
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Have to disagree with how PhotoJoseph is using Zebras.

Standard practice with Zebras is to adjust the exposure until they just start to appear when reaching the desired IRE level, whereas in his demonstration he backs off them so they disappear. While his technique might work in controlled lighting it’s less than optimal in changing light where the operator would need to constantly adjust the exposure so it’s too bright then have to back off to the correct exposure.

If PhotoJoseph had left his first Zebra to 70% so they appeared on his skin instead of raising it to 75%, where they disappeared, he’d be able to check the levels while recording to be sure we wasn’t inadvertently underexposing the footage as the light shifted.
 
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I just think the message is to have the zebras just disappear whether you come from above or below they should not be there. If you see them at any time reduce the exposure. To me that is the message. When you switch the camera on you cannot be sure whether you are above or below. If you are above come down . If you are below go up. Using waveform as well one can see the whole range of the image so both are useful to learn as well as setting two zebras on the GH5 and cycling through with a custom button so that you can see the setting for faces as well as know that the highest is within range. If like me in a dark theatre setting the camera meters will result in over exposure so I come down. For Adriano in bright light the meters will tend to show image under exposed so he will come up. If he has a crowd of people in close the meters on the GH5 may actually get it correct !!!
 
I don't think Barry says go up or down just don't have them. He also mentions setting two zebra levels. I have mine set for 75 and 100 but like Adriano the subject for me is the actors so am very careful to make sure they are exposed well. I can always bring up the sets in post. For Adriano exposing for the his subjects then the backgrounds may over expose a little. c
 
Barry_Green said:
If you only get a tiny bit of zebras on the skin at 70, and none anywhere in the scene with 100, then you've probably got an excellent exposure.
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In the quote above Barry did state Zebras should appear, but just slightly, which is generally standard practice.

More advanced cameras even have a feature where the Zebras can be set to a narrow aperture so they only appear when very close to the desired IRE, & disappear when either overexposed, or underexposed.

Found this feature so useful that when I met with Panasonic engineers I requested it, along with False Color, be added to the GH5.
 
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Yes the range was useful that I had on my Sony camcorder. False color on my external monitors is also good for looking at overall exposure too.

The problem I have with zebras on the subject is one does not know how much more than the setting it is unless one has the range control. Hence I prefer to have mine set a little higher , 75%, and then come down and just remove them. Then I know they are less than 75% with them showing at a 70% level how would one know if they were in fact not at 80%. With them visible all one knows is that they are at 70 or above.
 
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