1) The dumbbell scene is incredibly underexposed despite the claim it’s “exposed correctly” to Nikon’s standards. Weird. It is especially underexposed in prep for an ETTR video. The waveform values seem incredibly suppressed. Check out this video, in contrast:
2) Even correcting the exposure and, for the sake of argument, let’s say the problem persists - back when it was acknowledged pre-firmware improvements, it looks like a modest noise reduction (5-10%) and CST from source video to rec-709 in Resolve makes it disappear entirely. There’s a YT video demonstrating this:
It’s important to know these things are there so we watch for them at ISO3200 and above, and correct for them, but every camera has its shortcomings and quirks and it’s our job to know the gear and work with them.
1) The dumbbell scene is incredibly underexposed despite the claim it’s “exposed correctly” to Nikon’s standards. Weird. It is especially underexposed in prep for an ETTR video. The waveform values seem incredibly suppressed.
2) Even correcting the exposure and, for the sake of argument, let’s say the problem persists - back when it was acknowledged pre-firmware improvements, it looks like a modest noise reduction (5-10%) and CST from source video to rec-709 in Resolve makes it disappear entirely. There’s a YT video demonstrating this.
It’s important to know these things are there so we watch for them at ISO3200 and above, and correct for them, but every camera has its shortcomings and quirks and it’s our job to know the gear and work with them.
Aug 22, 2025 at 09:25 AM
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