The RED Exposure Controls

[Dominik Muench]

hi guys

i was wondering if anyone could point me to a good resource that explains the different exposure control options that the RED offers ?

for example that little traffic light thingy on the LCD as well as the RGB (rainbow meter ?) histogram ? im currently using the histogram but to be more flexible i want to understand as much about the different options as possible.

thanks for any help.

 

[hans de vries]

I'm not sure you're going to be helped by understanding everything; no one actually seems to understand all, if you see the contradictory advise from very professional people. There have been long discussions about this already. I used to be fine just watching the rgb parade in raw view. Then I started to experiment with the different options and things became messy. Now I watch rgb parade in rec 709. Some will say that rgb parade is always in raw view, but when I switched from raw to rec 709 I clearly saw the histograms stretch to the left and the right. The advantage of raw is that you get more or less an idea of what is being recorded (but not exactly), the advantage of rec 709 is that it will look more like the footage you're going to end up with in post, and it warns you more quickly when you're in danger of going too far to either end.
I've ended up taking it easy by looking at the rgb parade and not worry too much. There is enough room to correct in redcine or redalert with the exposure control.
Anyone who wishes to correct me is more than welcome.

 

[David Didato]

False Color is one of the most useful tools. Blue areas are under, yellow to red are over, and hot pink is clipped. Green is 18%.

From the manual:
A Clip Meter (like a traffic light – but red, blue and green) compliments the histograms. When either of the R, G, and B channels have 1% of their pixels at maximum (clip) value, the corresponding channel clip light will illuminate.

 

[Dominik Muench]

thanks for your help guys, really appreciate it

ill have a bit more of a play over the next few weeks and see which solution works the most accurate for me.

 

[Robert Horwell]

there are plenty of threads discussing this. Dig around in the forums.