The sun is too white!

[Movie_Dude_3]

http://vimeo.com/2792136

I'm still a noob at the DVX(just got it last week) and I went out shooting yesterday with these results. My cousin and I went out there at around 3 in the afternoon when the sun was fully out and we got washed out with white. You can barely see the street, the sky or his skin - it's all washed out in white. Is that something dealing with the light source itself or can I mess with the features on the camera to fix this?

 

[Jason Ramsey]

It's your exposure... Use ND filters, and your iris...

Your video is set to private, so can't watch it.

When things are white, it's b/c they are overexposed and are clipping.

Use your zebras as a guide for exposure...

later,
Jason

 

[Movie_Dude_3]

It's your exposure... Use ND filters, and your iris...

Your video is set to private, so can't watch it.

When things are white, it's b/c they are overexposed and are clipping.

Use your zebras as a guide for exposure...

later,
Jason

I keep forgetting about the private setting. It's now public.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[blackdogs377]

yea it's definately overexposed. Use the iris wheel to close the iris a bit

 

[jambredz]

well they answered u...u can also increase shutter speed if u want to cut down overexposure( cut down the light), however it will affect the movement of ur subject (24p shooting) i hardly notice much difference in 60i. (the one time i shot on it )

 

[UncleBenji1977]

And typically you wouldn't shoot a scene pointing at the sun. Unless you're going for a silhouette look.

 

[GregWilliams2175]

ND Filters will definitely do the job.

 

[Noel Evans]

Obviously overexposed as people said, you could employ a 1/2 ND here so you exposure on bottom half would be more on top. Or drop on a polariser and adjust your exposure from there, skies will always look more blue.

 

[Movie_Dude_3]

Thanks guys! I messed with the ND filter and Iris earlier today and the image looks way, way better. The sky looks slightly bluer but it's still predominantly white - I'll have to mess with a polariser, I guess.

Thanks again guys, I love this board even more.

 

[UncleBenji1977]

If you ever have a blown out sky; Andrew Kramer has some awesome tutorials on sky replacement if you have a copy of After Effects. got to videocopilot.net and look in the tutorials section.