I just finished a shot with some pretty challenging lighting situations: One shot of a guy opening a white door, people in hallway. This is what I did: One 1000W slightly to the side of the camera, 3 650W lights in the hallway, partially bounced off the ceiling. Blue gels on all lights. The white door, however was a problem, since it acted as a big reflector. So I got the exposure pretty good, and shot the guy opening the door. Obviously the door was overexposed once it moved closer to the light. The question is: How much overexposure does one tolerate? I will of course stay broadcast safe for final output..I am just worried how it is gonna look.
Overexposure tolerance
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Barry_Green
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Re: Overexposure tolerance
You've only got a margin of about 1.5 stops of overexposure on the DVX before it blows out to white. Once it's gone, it's gone.
If you had a CRT field monitor with you, you'd know exactly how it was going to look. The LCD is unfortunately not so accurate.
In a situation like that, you either need to bring the interior light level WAY up (650's with blue gel only put out about 150 watts worth of light) or flag off the door with some black net or something to put the door in the shade.
You've only got a margin of about 1.5 stops of overexposure on the DVX before it blows out to white. Once it's gone, it's gone.
If you had a CRT field monitor with you, you'd know exactly how it was going to look. The LCD is unfortunately not so accurate.
In a situation like that, you either need to bring the interior light level WAY up (650's with blue gel only put out about 150 watts worth of light) or flag off the door with some black net or something to put the door in the shade.
