In our long list of pet peeves related to HDR YouTube videos, obscenely bright specular highlights in the subject’s teeth must rank among the most distracting. And as luck would have it, last night’s shoot provides us with a perfect illustration. The secret to avoiding clipped highlights is to (a) instruct the subject to frown… Read More
Should We ETTR ProRes RAW HQ HDR?
ETTR and Color Correction Using the X-Rite Colorchecker & Leeming LUT Pro
To ETTR or Not ETTR?
There’s been a lot of discussion about whether or not it makes sense to expose to the right. Certainly, if you’re shooting in dim light and need to raise the ISO, it makes little sense to expose to the right, since ETTR works best at native ISO. But if you are shooting at native ISO,… Read More
Lumix G85 Extravaganza Graded With Leeming LUT and Leeming LUT Quickie
I did a quick grade on the clips of the last video I uploaded. Hope you enjoy!
G85 Extravaganza
ETTR: Noise, Dynamic Range and Skin Tones
I just did a very quick test with the Lumix G85 in natural light which leaves little doubt that there is greater dynamic range and less noise in the shadows when exposing to the right. Colors are a little trickier, first of all, because I’m not a professional colorist, so I couldn’t exactly match the ETTR… Read More
Lumix G85: Massive Bonus Video
Because the original one was way too dark, I’ve gone ahead and reuploaded my previous video with comparisons between the Rode VideoMic Pro and the built-in microphone of the Lumix G85, along with some tap to focus tests and more rambling on about exposing to the right. This new video also looks at the RodeLink… Read More
