knee and cinema settings to be used in hard sunlight at DVinfo.net

David Slingerland · June 18th, 2008, 01:43 PM

Do any of you have a lot of experience shooting in hard sunlight and getting good results in the dynamic range ? The situation is high overhead sunlight as consistent with equator regions. I rather shoot in the morning but there is not always that option.
Any suggestions with the settings of this camera? I am shooting reality so I cannot use soft screens etc and al the usual stuff you have if you are making a documentary or film. Unfortunaly I do not have the proper equipment to measure different settings and the camera's lcd I do not trust. So who has some good hands on experience with this camera ?

Leslie Wand · June 18th, 2008, 06:49 PM

well, we have some pretty fierce sunlight here in outback australia....

i shoot horses (love saying that!) in paddocks with little or no shade, and one of the priorities (with the sun overhead), is to get some modelling of the body. i shoot with ae at -2 and through a polarised filter - not that the pl does very much (especially with the sun overhead, but it does bring out the horses contours which without the filter aren't that discernible.

i also use these setting for the various other stuff i have to shoot - scenics, interviews, etc.,

leslie

June 18th, 2008, 01:43 PM	#1
David Slingerland Major Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Soest ,Holland Posts: 307	knee and cinema settings to be used in hard sunlight Do any of you have a lot of experience shooting in hard sunlight and getting good results in the dynamic range ? The situation is high overhead sunlight as consistent with equator regions. I rather shoot in the morning but there is not always that option. Any suggestions with the settings of this camera? I am shooting reality so I cannot use soft screens etc and al the usual stuff you have if you are making a documentary or film. Unfortunaly I do not have the proper equipment to measure different settings and the camera's lcd I do not trust. So who has some good hands on experience with this camera ? __________________ D.Slingerland director/cameraman http://www.slingerlandproductions.nl

June 18th, 2008, 06:49 PM	#2
Leslie Wand Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: upper hunter, australia Posts: 1,410	well, we have some pretty fierce sunlight here in outback australia.... i shoot horses (love saying that!) in paddocks with little or no shade, and one of the priorities (with the sun overhead), is to get some modelling of the body. i shoot with ae at -2 and through a polarised filter - not that the pl does very much (especially with the sun overhead, but it does bring out the horses contours which without the filter aren't that discernible. i also use these setting for the various other stuff i have to shoot - scenics, interviews, etc., leslie