How to ETTR - Quick And Dirty Edition!

Great information Sir!

Great tutorial thank you

Hey Paul! Newbie here haha. Just wondering, in dark lighting situations, such as night time filming, would we still expose to the right? I find that in darker settings, it’s impossible to get any zebras to appear by overexposing. Would it be our best judgment as to how far to overexpose? Thank you! :)

what is irs?

Should you white balance before you start exposing to the right?

You keeep referring to the zebras but you never mentioned what value the zebras are set to…. What are the zebras set to here?

I have sony a7 iv, Can i use this setting in that which you gave in the pdf

I have Sony a6400 and i can adjust the exposure compensation only if the ISO is set to auto ? what can i do ?

I'm not very experienced with cameras and not sure what I'm doing wrong. I bought the leemut lut for sony cameras, I have the ZV-E10 and trying to manually adjust the exposure but my camera won't allow it if ISO is not set to auto. Any suggestions? I'm in manual mode, where I set my white balance first, then ISO level, and then I'm trying to adjust exposure to get the zebras showing but not able to

What do you mean, "open your iris"? I didnt see your ISO or your Aperture settings changing at all. Im having some issues with my slog3 footage being very dark when I convert it. If I expose for the leeming lut, I have to have my ISO extremely high. Help a newb out plzzz!

First of all thank you for your excellent work. I want to buy your lut, but not sure which one is suitable, my camera is a sony fx6, need your guidance. Thank you so much.

Hi. I just bought your Lut Pack. Can't wait to use it. I'm a little confused about the video. I notice you saying "open up the iris", but I don't see the aperture moving at all. It's staying at 1.4. Am I missing something?

its impressive how you became a reference for so many people. Congrats , amazing job!!

Hi thanks for the vid. Have just been reading through your camera setup guide (I own an R3) and you recommend to have view assist OFF when shooting CLOG3. Why is this please?

Hi Paul, I just purchsed the GH5 LUT pack today. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but at the GH5 settings that you've provided, when I adjust exposure so that my zebras just disappear (as per your video above), the scene is always a little underexposed or sometimes spot on 0. It's never + to the right at all. To go into + means that zebras show up and parts of the image start to blow out. I'm working with Cinelike D until my Log order arrives.

Sorry, long time photography RAW shooter, trying to get my head around video exposure.... Thank you.

Hey Paul, if you have a moment to reply, if not no worries! I’m using my works Sony zv-1 and I bought your leeming luts. My plan is to use HGL3 but it seems like the zv1 is missing quite a few of the settings from your guide. I know it’s a lower end camera, is it still worth it to try to use your luts with it? I’m new to profiles and grading so I’m just trying to sort it all out. Thank you so much!

Side note. Do you do or are you open to doing a one on one video call for some help with your luts? I’d of course pay you for your time and expertise.

i am new to all of these. when you said iris do you mean aperture? my new zv-e10 doesnt have "iris". only iso, shutter and aperture

Excellent video by far.
Just why the aperture on the screen don’t move when you remove the zebra ?

And in low light?

Weird question – how would you do this when vlogging? Would you do it for every time you change backgrounds and the potential lighting changes, or would you say you do it every couple of hours as the sun changes position along with the light intensity? Is there maybe a shortcut that could be added to the lens or flip out camera screen (in other words, maybe I could change the exposure by touch instead of having to turn the camera around to mess with the rings) so I don’t have to keep on turning my camera around to mess with the rings to adjust focus, especially if I see that my shot is dynamic and the zebras reappear even after I change exposure and I’m walking through different lighting scenes?

2 quick questions about ETTR with the Atomos ninja V external recording & also fx3 internal recording (new firmware). Are we suppose to ETTR with the viewing LUT applied? Or do it with no LUT applied?

Omgg..this is gold !!

I now understand the concept but I have one question? What are you adjusting, Aperture? I don't see that you are adjusting the shutter speed or the ISO. Thanks! I'm using your LUT and still figuring out how to properly do it.

Hi Paul, is ETTR useful for low light condition photography?

So essentially, would it be fair to say we're 'exposing for the highlights'?

Are the zebras at 100%?

Hi there, sir. I am really new to videography, roughly 2 years old in photography. Ive been to your LUT website, I just would like to ask if the settings mentioned in your website is applicable to sony a6000?

This man is incredible - great customer service, wonderful products. Thank you, thank you. This will help my next video production for sure.

Paul, do that means we use the same Zebra setting for skin and walls/windows/sky, etc? no different settings for skin than walls?

Im every so slightly confused here, how are you changing the exposure here? You say "open the iris" but I dont see the aperture or even the iso being adjusted yet the exposure changes. I must be having a very slow day!

I just bought the Sony package which I really like, whoever I don’t have an iris option on my Sony zv-e10 how can I find that or use that feature?

Thank you so much for the great info and for being so to-the-point. This was extremely helpful :)

So you don't recommend adjusting ISO in order to make the zebras disappear but rather the f-number... is that right? I also would appreciate your full video :)

I have read your guide several times. I have your luts.

I am shooting in slog2 / sgamut.cine3 on sony a6400. Should I set Zebras best to check skin tones at 93?

You recommend white balancing beforehand in camera, does it matter if you white balance to a white card or gray card?

I purchased the LUT pack and it's a total game changer. I found myself trying and trying to achieve a good looking video, but - even with color correction and gamma-specific luts - it always looked like crap. So your correction LUT's blew my mind. And i asked myself, why this is so underrated - no major channel is talking about that (but Gerald Undone). So I did not finish my way, to a perfect looking image and with that beeing said, I have a question: With using an external monitor and monitors in-built feature to import LUT's, should I use your correction LUT or a LUT that represents more the "stylistic" aspects of my expected result? Thank you! :)

What level are the zebras metering at?

How would you ETTR with auto ISO? For example, if you're using S-Log2 on a real estate shoot and have to go through from an interior scene to exterior?

I take your luminance distribution was set up by a using DSC LABs ChromaDuMonde chart with a target ETTR luminance for a given camera and picture profile ( v-log etc…)! ? If so, what happens if we can’t get to the ETTR target? Mines v-log so I believe 95%. The LUT would drive exposure down and when brought up in post, up comes the noise. You should create three LUTs that would handle different exposures, but still maintain accurate gamma curves. 1. What you have now. I’m not sure how many stops over middle grey this one is for v-log? 2. This one targets one stop over middle grey. 3. This one targets middle grey at the normal exposure ( 0 stops over). Thoughts?

Question, for example using v-log on a LUMIX S5 under a high contrast scene, how is basing zebras at 95% going to ensure correct skin tone or subject exposure using the Leeming LUT for monitoring? I imagine your LUT was designed under controlled lighting for an accurate repeatable luminance curve. In the end, with all cameras and their limited dynamic range, isn’t it always a choice of what you’re willing to give up for overexposure to retain your subject. Short of biting the bullet and purchasing an expensive DSC LABs for luminance cross greyscale gamma curve and shooting this in every scene, how can we get correct luminance curves for varying dynamic lighting environments? Thanks for the video.

What % are the zebras set at? 100% 80% 70% ??? Thank you.

I just purchased the Sony combo pack as I stumbled onto it following Gerald Undone's recommendations. Just tried it on some already available HLG3 footage and after applying the LUT it looks dark, but great after adjusting the gamma and gain. I mainly shoot family videos with changing lighting conditions, so when exposing for the brightest shot (towards the window) everything else gets rather dark. I guess will always be the case except when using auto iso (ducks for any tomatoes thrown at me) or chopping sections up and grading separately in post (something I am trying to avoid).

I think an in the dark edition would be a cool video

Quick and simple. Great video.

long time user with gh5 but recently with A7c. i find the exposure at 91% zebra (for Cine gamma) a little on the dark side. I feel i should go 100% for zebra?

You may have mentioned this before but at what percentage are you setting your zebras? I am using the Leeming Lut Pro II. 99%? 95%? Thanks

Fantastic - what percentage did you have your zebras?

Question, I am using zebras and the waveform to help balance my exposure and that’s helping, but now once that’s done, my question is what do I prioritize to lighten my exposure - aperture, shutterspeed or iso? Like should I keep aperture at a minimum (2.8 on my lens) and then use shutter speed and/or iso to adjust the exposure? Which one should I keep low and which should I be adjusting to move the waveform ? I obviously want to stay away from noise as much as possible, Someone please help I am dying trying to figure this out and I can’t!!!!

Should I do ETTR with PP On or Off if i'm using the HLG3 on a Sony A7R4?

wow
you just reduced the dynamic range, great stuff

What are the zebras set to?

Hi Paul!

Quick question, I'm a total noob with filmmaking, just got your luts but the pdf guide is (I think) written for the old Sony menu system. Is there a newer one somewhere for the a7siii menu system?