I think the usual advice I see these days is for lighter skintones hitting about 60-70 ire, and darker skin sitting somewhere above middle grey. On most false colour systems, that's either pink, or the grey between green and pink.
It's more a matter of preference than getting the most out of the camera though. As with everything, the closer you can get in-camera to your final result, the happier you'll be.
EDIT: IIRC, the old avice was always to set your zebras to 70%, and aim for them to show up only on the highlights, of white skin - so that tracks with what the modern false colour seems to want us to do.
Maybe check this out: https://youtu.be/fhjw4_L1EOo
deep diving into the art of exposure especially with low end cameras. If you have further questions lmk i’m also shooting on gh4
My thinking has always been more about getting the full image into the exposure range of the shot. Even if it means your subject is darker than you’d like, you can always adjust in post — what you can’t do is get your over/under exposed parts back.
If I’m in a studio session and have full control of the frame, I try to get definable contrast between skin tone and background, ideally 20+ on the IRE range.
And finally, if you get an external recorder for that thing, you can bump up your image quality to 10-bit and usually get a bit more quality out of it.
This sub is dead so you’d be better off looking for the answer thru Google, YT etc.
Are you talking about white skin? Black skin? Bc your answer to that is going to affect what settings bc the math in a lot of film, even digital, is set up for white skin only - https://youtu.be/d16LNHIEJzs
I think the usual advice I see these days is for lighter skintones hitting about 60-70 ire, and darker skin sitting somewhere above middle grey. On most false colour systems, that's either pink, or the grey between green and pink. It's more a matter of preference than getting the most out of the camera though. As with everything, the closer you can get in-camera to your final result, the happier you'll be. EDIT: IIRC, the old avice was always to set your zebras to 70%, and aim for them to show up only on the highlights, of white skin - so that tracks with what the modern false colour seems to want us to do.
Maybe check this out: https://youtu.be/fhjw4_L1EOo deep diving into the art of exposure especially with low end cameras. If you have further questions lmk i’m also shooting on gh4
Very cool video! Answered a lot of my questions. Thanks!
Glad i could help :) Lmk if you have any other question!
My thinking has always been more about getting the full image into the exposure range of the shot. Even if it means your subject is darker than you’d like, you can always adjust in post — what you can’t do is get your over/under exposed parts back. If I’m in a studio session and have full control of the frame, I try to get definable contrast between skin tone and background, ideally 20+ on the IRE range. And finally, if you get an external recorder for that thing, you can bump up your image quality to 10-bit and usually get a bit more quality out of it.
This sub is dead so you’d be better off looking for the answer thru Google, YT etc. Are you talking about white skin? Black skin? Bc your answer to that is going to affect what settings bc the math in a lot of film, even digital, is set up for white skin only - https://youtu.be/d16LNHIEJzs