I have to confess to feeling a certain level of frustration at seeing this ground out over and over again.
It's almost indecent how easy this camera is to use, and to get beautiful, exquisitely exposed results. Perhaps it's just very hard to believe that shooting can be so simple and bulletproof.
Every time I use the camera, all I do is give the sensor as much light as I possibly can without clipping.
IGNORE HOW THE IMAGE LOOKS ON THE MONITOR. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER. This may be the core notion people are having difficulty accepting. All you need to worry about are the zebras. If there are strong lights or highlights in the scene, I allow them to break into the 100% zebra zone.
And every time I get home and open the footage in Resolve, it's a joy to pull down the exposure, and BAM - there everything is; incredible dynamic range, velvety noise-free shadows, beautiful detail and saturated colors... it knocks me out every time.
Here are a couple images I posted back in February - first, the image as it appeared when shot:
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And here it is, after adjustment in Resolve: (full-size link:
http://memepuffs.com/temple.jpg )
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