Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

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Dustin Uy

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Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostSat Jan 26, 2013 2:17 am


heres a quick compilation on my short trip to tali beach with the BMC.

im not really a motion landscape shooter as i prefer shooting on set but i just want to share my experience with the cam :D
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostSun Jan 27, 2013 5:59 am

Awesome shots man. What lenses were used filming this if you dont mind me asking.

I also noticed theres quite a lack of noise in some of your lower lit shots, anything in particular done in post?
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostSun Jan 27, 2013 6:18 am

Everything were shot overexposed. I exposed to the point i wanted to clip. Everything is then brought down in post.

I only had a 17-50 2.8
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostMon Jan 28, 2013 10:34 pm

dustinuy wrote:Everything were shot overexposed. I exposed to the point i wanted to clip. Everything is then brought down in post.

I only had a 17-50 2.8


Would you expand on that a bit. Did you use the zebra's and if so what %.

Thanks.
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 6:33 pm

100%
I just let it overexpose until my white point hits zebra... E.g. The sun or whatever
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 6:56 pm

Nice shots.

That would be "correctly exposed" tho, not over exposed.

The BMCC needs to be exposed to the right. If you set your zebras to 100% and keep your highlights just below your zebra level then you are correctly exposing the camera.
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 7:00 pm

dustinuy wrote:100%
I just let it overexpose until my white point hits zebra... E.g. The sun or whatever


I take it you avoided the "black dot" effect by not clipping the sun? Or did you correct the black dot in post? Beautiful BTW.
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 7:28 pm

I've found the black spot in the sun does not always happen. I shot some test footage last weekend in ProRes (Film and Video) along with RAW that had the sun in frame and clipped (zebras at 100% were showing) and I had no black spots.
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 7:38 pm

I wonder what triggers it.
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 7:41 pm

Was this vintage glass?
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Re: Sunset in Tali (with the BMC)

PostFri Feb 22, 2013 8:02 pm

I've yet to experience the black sun phenom myself, and I certainly have clipped the sun. In fact, in most cases, if you didn't clip the sun, the rest of your frame would be drastically underexposed - even in RAW.

I've had shots where I experimented with leaving the sun unclipped, and the rest of the frame couldn't be saved. That's the only time that's happened to me so far.

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