on fs100, where do you put your zebras?

[robfilms]

i'm still at the testing phase of my fs100.

with concerns about how the fs100 is prone to clipping the highlights, i've been setting my zebras at 80%

i then use the histogram w/zebra setting and set my exposure to the limit of the zebra line on the histogram.

in my tests, my whites are not where i want then to be.

so, i'm wondering what others on this board are doing.

on the fs100, where do you put your zebras?

thanks in advance to those who care to share.

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions

 

[Chris Johnston]

100

 

[Damien Collier]

100

 

[Kraut69]

100+

 

[David G. Smith]

I also set mine to 100.

 

[Peberley]

100+

 

[Gary W]

100

 

[alaskacameradude]

95

 

[robfilms]

95

gabe-

95!

really?

you trying to be different or something!

seriously, why not 100/100+?

thanks in advance.

be well.

rob
smalltalk productions

 

[DM_rider]

I try to keep all highlights under or at 90 when possible. This is for outdoors, un controlled.

 

[DM_rider]

90 most of the time. I try to keep all highlights right at 90 when possible. This is for shooting out doors, un controlled.

 

[kyle.presley]

Because the red channel blows out before the others. It makes it very difficult to color correct the highlights if one channel blows out before the others.

 

[jay_switzerland]

Because the red channel blows out before the others. It makes it very difficult to color correct the highlights if one channel blows out before the others.

Not when using ColorMode Cinematone2. That's why I'm using it all the time. Otherwise the highlights of the FS100 tend to get funky and hard to correct, no?

 

[frankkinen]

Not when using ColorMode Cinematone2. That's why I'm using it all the time. Otherwise the highlights of the FS100 tend to get funky and hard to correct, no?

Do you have examples of how cinematone2 handles highlights nicely?

 

[alaskacameradude]

Rob,

Yeah I do put them at 95%. Red blows out early on this cam. I just like to give myself a little 'margin
for error' I guess. With as clean as the noise is, it is easy to bring up highlights
in post. Not so easy to fix blown ones.

 

[robfilms]

thanks all for the posts.

i have found the responses and reasoning quite helpful.

ymmv

be well

rob
smalltalk productions

 

[Doug Jensen]

Just keep in mind that knowing someone else's zebra setting is meaningless without at least two other pieces of infromation:

1) What are the Picture Profile settings of the camera?
2) Where in the scene do you expect the zebras to appear?

 

[Rick Burnett]

I was using cinematone1 with zebras at 90% but I am switching to cinematone2 with zebras at 95% for my next shoot. I think 90% was a bit too much protection I was setting for some I want to see how 95% is.