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The Exposure Triangle Introduction and Light Meter

Lesson 6 from: Videography 101: How to Use Your Camera to Record Videos

Tomas George

The Exposure Triangle Introduction and Light Meter

Lesson 6 from: Videography 101: How to Use Your Camera to Record Videos

Tomas George

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Lesson Info

6. The Exposure Triangle Introduction and Light Meter

<b>In this lesson, you will be introduced to the exposure triangle, which is shutter speed, aperture and ISO.</b>

Lesson Info

The Exposure Triangle Introduction and Light Meter

OK. So for recording videos and also taking photos, we want to be able to properly expose our image where it can look too dark or too bright, we can adjust the exposure and video editing software. But it's always best in my opinion to properly exposure image before you hit record and we can expose our image by using the exposure triangle. The exposure triangle consists of aperture shutter speed and iso I'll be covering these in detail in the next few videos as understanding the exposure triangle and knowing how to properly exposure image is an essential part of videography and photography. So to properly exposure shot, I do recommend using manual mode for everything on your camera except maybe autofocus. This way, if you use manual setting, then all of these settings will be fixed and things won't change throughout your video. So to record the best possible video, I do recommend getting away from those auto settings or modes on your camera. Some of these auto settings or modes can be u...

seful for photography. But for video, I do recommend switching your camera over to manual mode before we look at the exposure triangle. It's also important to know that most Ds LRS and mirrors cameras will have a light meter which can often help you properly expose your image. If the number is above zero, then your image will be overexposed or too bright. If the number is below zero, then your image will be underexposed and too dark. OK. So now let's have a look at the three areas of the exposure triangle starting with shutter speed. As I believe this is the most important one for recording videos.

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Bonus Materials

Lesson_6_-_11._PAL_Region.pdf
Lesson_6_-_12._NTSC_Region.pdf
Lesson_1_-_Videography_101_-_How_to_Use_Your_Camera_for_Recording_Videos.pdf

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