Moseph
Veteran
For anyone who owns one or has had experience with one, I have some questions.
I shoot skateboarding, which is almost exclusively in uncontrolled lighting (especially in the New York City area), and being that I've dumped standard definition for HDV, I feel like I have to care about things that I used to not really consider that big of a problem. I don't want it to sound like it's an excuse, it's just that my style has changed and this is something I care about now, along with caring about not getting soft, unsharp SD video.
A common issue for me is that I'll be shooting someone trying a trick at a spot that's in a shadow, meanwhile the sky is taking up a good portion of the shot, or in a certain number of frames, a good portion of the shot will be exposed to direct sunlight, creating areas that are way blown out. Or even worse, the skater is trying a trick on an obstacle that is covered by trees, so due to the shadows created by the leaves, literally none of the spot is exposed properly; some is too bright and some is too dark.
Obviously, nothing is a substitute for bad lighting, but would an ultra contrast filter help to at least make said parts of the image at all less blown out effectively? What's a good grade of filter to get for a situation like that? Will there be smearing around high contrast edges due to the filter?
I know tiffen states that the ultra contrast filters don't cause any "flare", that's the low contrast filters that do that, I'm just skeptical because it seems like by nature of how it works, it could cause some undesired effects. If anyone has any video with one of these tiffen filters, or even a higher end one, that would be awesome. Thanks!
I shoot skateboarding, which is almost exclusively in uncontrolled lighting (especially in the New York City area), and being that I've dumped standard definition for HDV, I feel like I have to care about things that I used to not really consider that big of a problem. I don't want it to sound like it's an excuse, it's just that my style has changed and this is something I care about now, along with caring about not getting soft, unsharp SD video.
A common issue for me is that I'll be shooting someone trying a trick at a spot that's in a shadow, meanwhile the sky is taking up a good portion of the shot, or in a certain number of frames, a good portion of the shot will be exposed to direct sunlight, creating areas that are way blown out. Or even worse, the skater is trying a trick on an obstacle that is covered by trees, so due to the shadows created by the leaves, literally none of the spot is exposed properly; some is too bright and some is too dark.
Obviously, nothing is a substitute for bad lighting, but would an ultra contrast filter help to at least make said parts of the image at all less blown out effectively? What's a good grade of filter to get for a situation like that? Will there be smearing around high contrast edges due to the filter?
I know tiffen states that the ultra contrast filters don't cause any "flare", that's the low contrast filters that do that, I'm just skeptical because it seems like by nature of how it works, it could cause some undesired effects. If anyone has any video with one of these tiffen filters, or even a higher end one, that would be awesome. Thanks!