Zebra indicator on LCD
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Barry_Green
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Press the Zebra button; it'll cycle between Zebra 1, Zebra 2, and MARKER. So if you don't know if the zebras are on, or which zebra is on, you can cycle through them quickly to re-establish which one is set.
Thanks. (And great e-book and videos too.)
I've never used a zebra at 100% before, so I guess that's the main one to keep on in general. And the 80% mainly for skin tones?
And at 100% for general use, should you see any zebra lines at all, or just a bit at the brightest spot?
Thanks.
I've never used a zebra at 100% before, so I guess that's the main one to keep on in general. And the 80% mainly for skin tones?
And at 100% for general use, should you see any zebra lines at all, or just a bit at the brightest spot?
Thanks.
Barry_Green
Moderator
I hate the default 80%, I set it down to 70%. And I use that for skin tones -- you just barely want to see the slightest hint of 70% zebras on a Caucasian face.
100% - you pretty much never want to see that at all, or just barely appearing on the very whitest elements (like clouds in the sky). If you've got a lightbulb in the shot, well, that's gonna blow out, that's generally okay, but actual image elements you're trying to preserve (like a white building) shouldn't exceed 100 if you can avoid it.
100% - you pretty much never want to see that at all, or just barely appearing on the very whitest elements (like clouds in the sky). If you've got a lightbulb in the shot, well, that's gonna blow out, that's generally okay, but actual image elements you're trying to preserve (like a white building) shouldn't exceed 100 if you can avoid it.
Thanks for the zebra info. If I may ... one more question: I'm still not clear on these Scene files and how they are activated.
I turn on my camera, go full manual on everything, am I shooting via a scene file or not? (At this early learning stage I would prefer not.)
From shooting mode, when I press the middle of the LCD, a version of the Menu screen pops up and I see six scene files across the top, Scene 1 is highlighted, and FRZ ... Menu etc. is on the left. So that gets me wondering whether I'm in Scene 1 or not.
If I just press the camera Menu button / Scene File / Customize Scene -- Scene 1, I'm not sure if that means I'm in Scene 1 already, or just that this is the way to customize Scene 1 if I actually wanted to. Then under Scene File I would select LOAD or SAVE I guess if I wanted Scene 1.
My concern is just being able to shoot manual everything and not have a Scene file influence any settings that I don't know about. I was getting what I thought was underexposed footage earlier on and wasn't sure if it was a Scene file influencing the picture or not.
I trust this all makes sense.
Thanks ....
I turn on my camera, go full manual on everything, am I shooting via a scene file or not? (At this early learning stage I would prefer not.)
From shooting mode, when I press the middle of the LCD, a version of the Menu screen pops up and I see six scene files across the top, Scene 1 is highlighted, and FRZ ... Menu etc. is on the left. So that gets me wondering whether I'm in Scene 1 or not.
If I just press the camera Menu button / Scene File / Customize Scene -- Scene 1, I'm not sure if that means I'm in Scene 1 already, or just that this is the way to customize Scene 1 if I actually wanted to. Then under Scene File I would select LOAD or SAVE I guess if I wanted Scene 1.
My concern is just being able to shoot manual everything and not have a Scene file influence any settings that I don't know about. I was getting what I thought was underexposed footage earlier on and wasn't sure if it was a Scene file influencing the picture or not.
I trust this all makes sense.
Thanks ....
Larry Chapman
Well-known member
Scene 1 is the "Factory default". With the DVX200 you are always shooting under the influence of a scene file.
