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).
- It’s a bad idea to under or over expose this camera in Movie mode by more than half a stop in either direction.
- The best strategy is to nail exposure. I’ll go so far as to say, if you can’t nail exposure, don’t use Movie mode.
- 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.
