Exposure in film photography
Sept 18, 2017 0:53:38 GMT
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Post by Flynn on Sept 18, 2017 0:53:38 GMT
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Thank you so much. Yeah, that actually makes a lot of sense. I wasn't taking into account the need for each frame to stop (which I knew it did; I just wasn't thinking about it), which would necessitate an increase shutter speed. I was aware of the awkward visual appearance of high shutter speeds, so I was having trouble reconciling how it all works. I understand it now.
As for exposure, I had never realized how much a cinematographer was contrained by the amount of light, given that ISO and shutter were already set. I'm guessing that moving picture films are designed to have greater latitude when filming so that a cloud passing over doesn't ruin a scene by causing an underexposed moment. In still photography, it's easy to change the shutter or aperture to compensate, but in moving film, you'd want a film that wasn't so picky.
Thanks for all your answers.
Thank you so much. Yeah, that actually makes a lot of sense. I wasn't taking into account the need for each frame to stop (which I knew it did; I just wasn't thinking about it), which would necessitate an increase shutter speed. I was aware of the awkward visual appearance of high shutter speeds, so I was having trouble reconciling how it all works. I understand it now.
As for exposure, I had never realized how much a cinematographer was contrained by the amount of light, given that ISO and shutter were already set. I'm guessing that moving picture films are designed to have greater latitude when filming so that a cloud passing over doesn't ruin a scene by causing an underexposed moment. In still photography, it's easy to change the shutter or aperture to compensate, but in moving film, you'd want a film that wasn't so picky.
Thanks for all your answers.