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January 21st, 2014, 08:58 AM
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Tourist
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Ottawa-Gatineau region / Ontario-Quebec / Canada
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EX1 / EX3 tips
Do you have any tips on how to shoot with the EX1/3 in low lighting environment ?
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January 22nd, 2014, 01:40 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Try Alister Chapman's "Low Light" picture profile and you generally should stay on a wide zoom with the iris fully open to allow more light to enter the lens. Remember to use manual focus and generally use a tripod.
Low Light Picture Profile for EX1/EX3 | XDCAM-USER.COM |
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January 23rd, 2014, 07:11 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carlisle, PA
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Here's a great tip: Add some light!
I'm currently working on a new music video for my wife and I'm shooting it in "candle light". I gently flooded the set with additional light. With a bit of color correction, it retains the look of being lit only with the candles. I did not use any boost on the camera and I have don't have much noise in the images. |
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January 23rd, 2014, 10:40 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: West Central Florida
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Oh Kevin.....there you go getting all "professional" on us! After all, who needs to know anything about lighting when the cameras will do all the work?
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February 6th, 2014, 05:52 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carlisle, PA
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
In case anyone might be interested, here's the candle light video:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/show-you...ml#post1831018 Getting the color effect on the skin tones took a bit of tweaking. (the auto-correct on my phone was sure I meant twerking, that would have generated some questions) |
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February 6th, 2014, 10:45 PM
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Vortex Media
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Florida
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Kevin, I think the video is very well done and I really like your wife's music. My only critical comment is that I think it is underexposed even for a video that is probably meant to look a little underexposed.
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February 6th, 2014, 11:18 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carlisle, PA
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Thanks Doug! Yes, it is underexposed, I had it brighter and didn't like it. Since this will only be on youtube, I decided to leave it dark - actually youtube put up a dialog window saying it was in need of improving and I could click their little button and they would fix it. I never seen that notice before.
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February 7th, 2014, 09:51 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: West Central Florida
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Re: EX1 / EX3 tips
Nicely done, Kevin. I really enjoyed that!
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