The following video will help you understand exposure in Movie mode:
Takeaways
- Movie mode is close to Rec. 709, and follows legal levels (42-44 IRE 18% grey, 90 IRE white).
- You can underexpose by up to 2 stops to retain highlight detail, and you won’t be making any big mistakes.
- You should not want to overexpose your scenes by more than a stop. It might look okay for sky and foliage, but will look worse for skin tones or anything with red-orange in them.
- The color mode (color space) to use is always Movie. Don’t mix and match.
- You can play with the detail setting to sharpen according to taste. Some clients like super-sharp images like those you get with the GH4, while others (like me) prefer a softer image and would prefer to add sharpening later in post if desired.
