Making adjustments on the lens

…Now that we've balanced two parts of the exposure triangle,…let's refine things by making some adjustments at the lens side.…I'm going to start with the cinema camera.…And this particular camera does not have an active mount, therefore,…I need to make the adjustments over at the lens side.…Let's bring up a waveform monitor, over on our display there.…This is my external display you're seeing.…And you'll note that as I adjust the aperture,…more or less light comes in.…And what I'm going to do is keep those mid…tones for her skin tones right around 60 to 70%.…

And as I start to open that up, I don't want my whites to blow out.…So, don't push it all the way to the top.…That's looking pretty good.…Now, in this situation I 've made the adjustment at the lens side.…If you are using a black magic camera that has an active mount, such as the…EF mount one, or the pocket cinema camera, I can make adjustments at the camera side.…Using the up and down arrow, I can change the aperture,…and as I open up there, you see the shot gets brighter.…