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Using zebra stripes

Using zebra stripes

So there are a number of different tools, that can help you judge exposure, from histograms to wave forms. But the one that I use most often, is zebra stripes. Zebra stripes are a tool. In your camera, to help you judge exactly which part of your image, is overexposed. So, first thing we gotta do if we want to use zebra stripes is actually make sure that we have them turned on, and setup properly in the menu. So i'm going to go into the camera Menu. And on your menu you will usually find this, not under the camera set, but you're going to find it under the LCD or viewfinder set. So, anything that controls your display, is usually where you're going to find zebra stripes because, these stripes, to be clear, are never recorded to tape. So, you're going to see them on your monitor. But they're not being recorded to tape. So, in this case, I'm going to go in here and find my zebras, which are right down here, and I have Zebra select, where I can select the brightness, I want to set my…

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