Zebra clipping point

[Justin Anderson]

If I set the zebra IRE to [102-106] and change the color space or gamma settings, will that move where the zebra pattern will be?
I'm trying to set the zebra RIGHT BEFORE the clip to white.

As DIT, I'd love to shoot looking at exactly what the sensor picks up, but that'd probably make it impossible for the DP to light the scene to look pretty. (He doesn't shoot film and he's used to the WYSIWYG digital world)

So although I'd like to shoot flat and linear to see that we're picking up the most information possible, we'll probably have to shoot in REC709.

Thoughts?

 

[Dominic Jones]

Use ViewRAW (just toggle it on and off) - if the DP is happy to do that quickly before rolling - to check what the actual sensor is recording.

Alternatively, set your zebras for 103-108 IRE, shoot RedSpace and you will have half a stop or so over the zebras as a safety zone.

All of that said, I would opine that as a DIT, whilst I completely understand that you want to be able to give accurate feedback to the DP, it is the DP's responsibility to set the exposure - unless that job has been specifically delegated to you by them, of course.

Just my 0.02...

Happy shooting,
Dom.

 

[Justin Anderson]

Well the day's shoot went really well. We kinda did a hybrid of both.

The more I become comfortable with it, the more I'd rather shoot in RAW gamma to get the most information in my shots and trust my eyes and light meter to ratio the light sources correctly.

Thanks.

 

[Dominic Jones]

I think that´s a great attitude. I´ve starting metering more and more the more I shoot with Red, and exposing pretty much as I would a film camera (i.e. trusting my eyes and meter and not bothering with the monitor image, not lighting to the same ratios!).

ViewRAW is a great tool though for panic control on those tricky shots!

Glad the shoot went well, take care...
Dom.

 

[Ramesh Jai]

I'd like to know what view mode are people mostly using on location. I prefer to use RAW mode.