When to use DRS?

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firehawk

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Hi everyone.
I've been reading about dynamic range stretch and doing a little testing but don't understand when to use it.
I'm shooting mostly with hmc150s.
In theory, it sounds like a great feature, but much of what I read says to steer clear of it due to increased noise.

So what scenarios would DRS be used? And which level of DRS, 1,2,3?

An outdoor scene in daylight where the sky is really bright and overexposed?

An evening sunset where the red sky overpowers the talent, making them dark sillhouttes?

A darker indoor scene where several bright lights create some hot spots in an otherwise dark environment?

A dance recital where the dancers are really bright and everything else is dark?
 
Overexposed skies and dark-shadowed subjects would be a great place to look at using DRS. But the higher you set it, the more noise you get in the shadows. DRS 3 can make the shadows extremely noisy.

DRS 1 is pretty mild and mainly only yanks down the highlights, without boosting up the shadows, and therefore without adding much noise.
 
Personally Most of the time use DRS 2 with cine-like v gamma, avoiding exposures over 12 db gain. and looks clean an with lots of dynamic range
 
Thank you.
Sounds like drs 1 is pretty mild and in my limited teating i couldnt see much difference. I will experiment with cine like v and drs2.

Is it generally a feature used outdoors where there is more light and more problematic indoors with less light or is it used both indoors and out with good results?

Would it be a good idea to shoot in DRS 1 or 2 a majority of the time, or is it for situations trying to save shots when you don't have control of challenging lighting?

I tend to shoot mostly
Weddings and receptions, often indoors.
Dance and theater. Stage lighting.
Interviews.


Trying to determine what situations to use DRS
 
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I advise to use it only when you need it. It is suitable for any situation where the camera's not normally handling the extremes of dynamic range that it is faced with, but there are side effects (noise and shadowing) that make it an occasional, when-needed feature rather than an "always" feature.
 
80% of the time , outdoors , indoors, Natural lighting, Artificial lighting, Blu-ray or DVD is DRS 2 Gamma cine type V, However stored in Scene 2 is DRS 1 with the same Gamma for more contrasty shots, but rarely used.
Other settings include, Detail level-4, vdetail level -2, Detail coring +2, Master ped +2, Matrix cine like
 
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