designet wrote:
This may be a little off-topic, but thought I\'d share it here, rather than some other thread where I don\'t know many people.
Setting Up Sony A7 for Friendly Zone System Exposure Control
hmm sounds rather complicated to me.
This is how I manage it:
set Zebra to 100+
keep ISO as low as possible, you loose a little less than one stop of DR every time you double it. ISO 50 is nothing else but an ISO 100 Image which has been pulled 1 Stop by the camera, so you loose some highlights and gain some shadow detal
My memory slot 1 on the dial is programmed to ISO 100 and A mode and I use this whenever I have enough light keep my camera steady enough at the desired aperture which is most of the time.
slot 2 is programmed to S mode and auto ISO which I use when there is a danger of too long exposure times for sharp images. This usually means that it is darker and the scene cntrast won\'t be too big.
Now I use the exposure compensation dial until the Zebra pattern shows in the highlights an the I turn it about 2/3 of a stop more because Zebra is based on the jpg and highlights areas which are not over exposed. I never tested this exactly but 1 stop over what zebra shwos as no overexposure seems to be a safe enough bet.
[*It happens that this results in midtone, I then turn on DRO 5 which will let me see into the darker areas. If the midtones stay black despite DRO 5 I will have to sacrifice some highlight detail.
