Clipped highlights

[Michael Frymus]

Was shooting a dark scene a few days ago. And there were two large hot spots in the room pointing over two bed.
Actors were dressed in solid white.

I was being careful not to underexpose and not to clip.
I was shooting at T/2.8 and the highlights were at T/8

From what it seems, I don't think that going 3-stops over should have clipped.
Did I meter it wrong?

I do realize that maybe I should have done a spot meter check for the reflective white clothing. Was that my problem?

Also, in RedCine-X it looks like the Red One we have was shot on the standard Red Colour/Gamma. Which has contrast. But since its metadata, I didnt think that would be the reason why.


Unfortunately the Red One had no monitor that we could use for a waveform or false colour or anything. Only my lightmeter

 

[Bob Gundu]

Viewing this scenario with the exposure check function would have revealed that you blew the highlights. The tools are all there within the camera. No need for external monitors with waveforms and such.

 

[Phil Holland]

What Bob said and....

I do realize that maybe I should have done a spot meter check for the reflective white clothing. Was that my problem?

Possibly. If you are dealing with very reflective white material it's possible the reflection hit at just the right angle of incidence that caused very bright white to bounce into your frame. It's best to test the material or watch your RGB "stop lights" during a rehearsal when it comes to tricky materials. True really for all cameras.

 

[Michael Frymus]

Viewing this scenario with the exposure check function would have revealed that you blew the highlights. The tools are all there within the camera. No need for external monitors with waveforms and such.

Is it possible to do this through the Red Bomb EVF though?
I noticed there was a histogram on there, but it wasnt working through the EVF

Its not like its totally clipped and unusable. They were slightly clipped in some spots while most of the spots were reaching the tip.
Btw, on the old sensor Non-MX, how many stops can I over/underexpose? Is 5 over/under about right?

 

[Bob Gundu]

Absolutely.

http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/exposure-false-color-zebra-tools

Is it possible to do this through the Red Bomb EVF though?

I noticed there was a histogram on there, but it wasnt working through the EVF