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Section Introduction
Exposure is controlled through a combination of shutter
speed, gain/ISO, iris (aperture) and ND filter. The camera
includes a number of tools for measuring exposure.
H1. Using Zebras
Zebras are commonly used to measure the brightness of
either skin tones or highlights. Zebra 1 is designed to be
used for skin tones.
(MENU: Monitoring – Zebra)
. For the
Original (S-Cinetone) and STD gammas the default level
of 70% works well in most cases, a small amount of zebras
appearing across a typical face. For the Hypergammas the
zebra level should be reduced to 60% for optimum results.
Zebra 1 at 100% is used to indicate highlights approaching
over exposure or clipping.
In
(MENU: Monitoring – Zebra – Zebra Select)
you can
choose whether to show zebra 1, zebra 2 or both in the
viewfinder. The zebras can be turned on and off via the
push button on the side of the viewfinder or with
(MENU:
Monitoring – Zebra - Setting)
H. Exposure, Zebras, Waveform and Histogram
