Were it I shooting video, I'd meter the scene and set the camera on manual at that setting. There's nothing more annoying than having the exposure changing throughout some footage. That goes for WB too.
Unless, of course, it's just the filmic equivalent of a snapshot. Then Auto everything and go for it. On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe this will be helpful to others: > > I found that when there is a high contrast between the main > subject and the background (e.g. dark-clothed people with a white wall > in the background), > if the exposure is set to the central-point (as I frequently do when I > shoot still images) or to the focal point, then the motion of > "focus object" can cause rapid changes of the brightness of the video. > > So, it is better to have the exposure set to the full-frame,center-weighted > mode (green rectangle). > In this case, the brightness doesn't fluctuate widely, when the object is > moving (e.g. dancing). > > I don't know how this applies to K3, as I observed it with a K-5 > (and probably K-7). > > Igor > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
