Shooting live event behind dimming glass? How to compensate?
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David W. Jones
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Do you have a chance before the event to shoot a chart through the glass?
paulears
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Yuk. Like having a dirty old scratched UV filter you can't remove, plus all the snags of reflections and of course chromatic issues from the non-optical glass.
When you say dimmed glass, do you just mean surface treated privacy glass, or the new variable transmission glass, as in see-through to black on a knob?
When you say dimmed glass, do you just mean surface treated privacy glass, or the new variable transmission glass, as in see-through to black on a knob?
paulears
Veteran
Yuk. Like having a dirty old scratched UV filter you can't remove, plus all the snags of reflections and of course chromatic issues from the non-optical glass.
When you say dimmed glass, do you just mean surface treated privacy glass, or the new variable transmission glass, as in see-through to black on a knob?
Is there no chance at all of going somewhere else to shoot it from?
I tried to shoot in a theatre from the audio description room at the back, and had similar problems, but some scenes were wrecked when there was lots of audience facing back light, because it lit up the layer of dust on the window. Never again - the results were frankly, terrible.
When you say dimmed glass, do you just mean surface treated privacy glass, or the new variable transmission glass, as in see-through to black on a knob?
Is there no chance at all of going somewhere else to shoot it from?
I tried to shoot in a theatre from the audio description room at the back, and had similar problems, but some scenes were wrecked when there was lots of audience facing back light, because it lit up the layer of dust on the window. Never again - the results were frankly, terrible.
David W. Jones
Veteran
I wonder if a 1/4 wave filter might help? Then again, no telling what type of glass that is you are having to deal with.
I'm sitting in a commentator/directing room above a gymnasium. Glass is sealed so no voices are coming inside while commenting live event, it's dimmed to block direct sunlight etc. Yes, all kind of problems
Reflections, colour shifts (have to compensate it midday!!), chromatic issues... you name it 
Unfortunately no other place to go, everything is setup here. I'm finishing tomorrow anyway and it seems that I was they only one seeing those issues ;P Everyone else sees something else Thanks for the great tips! Definitely will try 1/4 wave filter next time!