Question about exposure in car-helicopter- train and lens choices....

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Steve Arenam

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Hallo,
on this rainy sunday i watched tv for all the evening. I watched at least 3 documentaries on National geographic about trains, helicopter and airplanes. I guess one of the doc was shot with a Panny cause i saw the b camera with the sound guy with an AF-100. My question is: how could they handle a correct exposure inside the cockpit of the MArine1 in a way that the cockpit was well exposed (with no light from the camera guy) and even the exterior landscape was perfectly exposed?
I guess with the nd filter 1, but i was thinking about asking you this question. are there lenses that could achieve a better effect than other ones?

Thank you
 
The lens choice would really have nothing to do with it. The photographer is going to have to expose for the exterior and then let the interior fall where it may, this isn't actually so bad since cockpits of fixed and rotary wing aircraft have lots of glass area and while the interior is going to have dark corners everything waist-up is going to be relatively in range of the exterior exposure. Lots of dynamic range helps (which is a function of the camera and sensor) but my experience has been that even on a bright day if I can ride the exterior level close I'll be able to retrieve the interior in grading. . .snow covered mountains and glaciers add an unfortunate level of complexity.
 
Agree with Letzring. It's more a function of the quality of the camera sensor in handling a range of exposure but a top quality lens with little flare and good contrast will certainly help hold the highlights.

Regards,
Scott
 
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