Low Light Capture | RED TECH Video Lecture | Camera: Its Basics and functioning (Educational Series) - Photography

so you want to shoot a dark scene and
you want the best results
I'm Nate and this is red tech all right
let's talk about it let's talk about
your various exposure tools let's talk
about when to target a specific eye so
let's talk about striking a balance when
faced with exposure extremes so you've
got two types of exposure tools built
into the camera to instill confidence
when making challenging exposure
decisions these two types of tools are
either raw or Ayari based
let's start with raw these exposure
tools reference your raw data and are
not affected by any metadata adjustments
like say ISO or white balance these are
the only tools that truly indicate
whether an image has clipped or fallen
too deep into the shadows these include
your goal post traffic lights exposure
check and geo scope now the remaining
tools including the histogram video
check and zebras these are all Ayari
based and what does this mean well this
means they simply represent the image on
screen they account for all the look
parameters and how the image is being
displayed for monitoring just because it
looks clipped doesn't necessarily mean
that it is given your awareness for
protecting for raw you may be able to
effortlessly pull information out of the
image ok so my own personal method is I
use the traffic lights first which
indicate that something is clipping on
the image and then I reference my
exposure check to see where on the image
it's actually happening yes ISO is
metadata and you have the freedom to
shove it around however you like however
you should target an ISO value based on
your current scene to achieve an ideal
exposure balance this is giving you the
most flexibility with a shot and you'll
thank yourself later okay when working
at a lower contrast scene much like this
you should consider erroring on the side
of a brighter exposure then target a
lower ISO because you aren't competing
for high light protection you'll only
benefit with a cleaner noise floor by
giving the sensor more light
this will give you that dark look you're
aiming for but also give you the freedom
to lift any region without introducing
unwarranted noise like this okay
open your aperture add light you guys
know how to light a seat you can lift
800 ISO a whole stop and still only sit
at 1600 which is totally acceptable if
you set your lights and choose a stop
while targeting 2000 ISO u vastly
limited the amount of headroom you have
in your image are you feeling
claustrophobic remember you can always
darken an image guilt free lifting your
exposure will naturally introduce noise
past a certain point if you haven't
already been blown away by IP p2 let's
just quickly call out the improve shadow
detail you'll benefit from in our new
image processing pipeline especially
when you're forced into a situation
where you have little control over the
lighting guys dudes okay