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Proper exposure with a loupe

Proper exposure with a loupe

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Proper exposure with a loupe

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Rich Harrington: In the video world, there is a very common saying, that is, better to be a little bit underexposed than overexposed. And I find that if I'm outdoor shooting, it is so tough to judge exposure on these cameras. Robbie Carman: Absolutely! Because when you're outside or even actually under studio lights like we are now, the camera LCD when you're in live view tends to look a little washed out. And so if you're judging your exposure based on this with all this ambient light coming in from the studio lights here or outside, you tend to compensate usually in the wrong direction. Rich Harrington: It's a nice little mirror that you have there. It's a highly reflective glass surface that's perfectly angled to pick up all the light. Robbie Carman: It's true. So when you're outside under bright lights, you might make the mistake of sort of stepping down too much, where you end up with sort of a underexposed footage, or if you're in sort of medium lit scenes or darker scenes, you…

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