Shooting R1 mx in the snow dealing with contrast

[Spencer Davies]

just wondering how anyone is dealing with contrast on sunny snow days i get watching exposure+matte box with flags but it seams with nds and shooting at higher shutter speeds(for action) i then get grain. i shoot the epic alot in the snow and dont seem to have the same issues overcast looks amazing but the second the temp goes up and the sun comes out my shots start to look like shit or a just a serious pain to grade. any ideas?

 

[Daniel Leung]

i'd be very interested to hear about this too

 

[Robert Hart]

I wonder if an ND1.8 plus a polariser might help. Please do not pay heed to my comments. Beaches of bright white titanium sand are a different kettle of fish to snow. The nearest I have been to snow is chipping out the freezer.

 

[Spencer Davies]

polarizer is smart i need to try that

 

[Paul Ellington]

Are you using a bottom flag on the matte-box?

-E

 

[Shiblon Wixom]

The Red One MX doesn't have the same dynamic range or bit depth of the Epic, if you're shooting Snow then be more vigilant about protecting your highlights.

 

[Guillaume Tisserant]

The Red One MX doesn't have the same dynamic range or bit depth of the Epic, if you're shooting Snow then be more vigilant about protecting your highlights.
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The Red One MX have the same dynamic range of the Epic (exept when the EPIC is used with HDR mode), dynamic range depends of the sensors. RED ONE MX just have not the same bit depth.

 

[Flo Eckhardt]

as long you got a decent exposed raw a lot is possible. we work with two different exposures in grading (no in camera HDR). this was shot on red one MX and epic:

 

[Marc Wielage]

Very beautiful images, Flo.

 

[Flo Eckhardt]

Very beautiful images, Flo.

Thanx Marc! I have to say that Red one MX is still a powerful tool and having shot 3k as the smallest resolution it looked amazing in cinema from 2k dcp.