How to Use the EL Zone on SmallHD Monitors

I started using the new EL Zone Exposure Tool on my SmallHD Indie7 recently and I love it. It is so much easier to set the correct exposure on different skin tones compared to the Arri or Spectrum False colors.

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[topicruben]

Love your setup, man. I just got the KX and an smallhd indie 7, so this was awesome. Thanks

[JacobVossFilms]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks for making this

[bseng]

The EL Zone is a really cool! Just having all the information provided in stops over or under middle grey is so much more helpfully when communicating lighting changes with your gaffer on set. I'm keen to try this version of false colour more in future.

[luislomeli]

If you expose for the brightest part of your image EL zone may show you’re clipping when you actually have more latitude to play with if your camera has more than 12 stops of DR. FYI

[kentjensen]

Excellent video. If you do more use cases with EL Zone I'll be sure to watch. Cheers from Norway.

[Jarchangelo]

Awesome content! I didn’t know about that. Great tool to help with the exposure!

[walkerhull]

For the record, the zone system was not invented by Ed Lachman, he adapted it to a cinematography context from the original zone system invented by Ansel Adams.

[pixelreflexmedia]

Great video. Thanks for the information; it's very helpful.

[jeremytan]

super helpful video! How do you find the Indie 7 for outdoors on a sunny day? Not sure whether to invest more into the Cine 7... would love to know your thoughts

[Sethmotley]

For some reason the Log3g10 is not showing up in my settings. Any thoughts or am I missing a step?

[christmasstripper]

This is funny! You spend all your time futzing to get the proper exposure on the bust yet the lighting / exposure on YOUR mug is in the toilet. ("Physician heal thyself" should come into play here.)

[roshankumar-ltjy]

hii, it looks like the ND you put up, was 0.9

[michaelfrymus]

How would you use EL Zones with high end cinema cameras that have larger dynamic Range than what the EL Zone 'sees'?

[akcine]

I have the same setup, komodo with the SmallHD monitor DSMC3, but on the style I don't have the option for EL Zone, just ARRI and other 4 options, none is EL Zone. Any ideas? The monitor is updated to the latest version.

[tycooper]

Im using the Canon c70 with the 702 Touch but I do not see EL Zone

[kimkrohnberle]

Let's say you work with EI and not ISO and you want a consistent EI base throughout your scene, would you simply adjust EI down to hit correct middle ground exposure and ND the rest? ..protecting your shadows. E.g: EI 500 + .3 ND key now @ T2.8. Pull out the .3 ND for a T4.0 on a long lens.

[jamesreed]

How do you compensate when your camera has more than 12 stops of dynamic range? I wish there was a way to change that.

[stevenkralovec]

Since you’re using red log, I’m not familiar with how to expose it properly… does it need to be overexposed as much as possible without clipping, like s-log3? Or is it totally different? And would this make a difference in exposing with the EL false color tool?

[nyambe]

Any change of getting this on Atomos Ninja V or Sony Cameras?

[jwakk]

Can the EL Zone system be used on Blackmagic products?