HMC150 help - dark image

[fredyferl]

I have a Panasonic HMC150 and I feel like the image always comes out kinda dark. Is there anything else I can do besides playing with the shutter speed and the f-stop? Any setting I can change in the scene file? It's especially when there's trees or dark colors in the back of the image, I feel like the skier doesn't really stand out.

Here's some shots I filmed last week (starts at 7sec):

[video]https://youtu.be/-m2nu_LraOs[/video]The fisheye shot is the darker one. I feel like when I'm on the rail, I really blend in with the trees. On my computer the shots come out ok, I still find them dark compared to other videos filmed with the same camera, but on my tv the blacks are even darker.

**This thread was edited on Nov 30th 2020 at 8:29:51pm

 

[SmartWater]

On my computer the shots come out ok, I still find them dark compared to other videos filmed with the same camera, but on my tv the blacks are even darker.

for this, every monitor/screen has different calibration and displays colora differently so I’d reference which ever is most similar to where people will be viewing from. If you have a flagship phone with an OLED display it will be much better at displaying proper contrast and color compared to a generic IPS computer monitor. Only issue is its small.

I don’t know enough about the camera to suggest much, but are you using auto exposure? Does the camera have a histogram option or EV level? If you shoot full manual exposure you can ensure proper brightness.

You can also recover shadows and highlights through color correction and grading.

Familiarize yourself with iris, gain, and the built in ND filters. The latter could be contributing

edit: your exposure does seem fine to me, I think you just shot on a cloudy day with bright snow reflecting the light with nothing filling the shadows. Its an older camera so the dynamic range wont really be there

**This post was edited on Nov 30th 2020 at 10:56:55pm

 

[Mayrandpodcast]

shots look fine to me, id say one look into your camera setting to see if the previous owner boosted his blacks (darkness?). then you always have the option to work them in post

 

[eheath]

When i had an hvx200, i had my contrast boosted and had issues like that too. The key is to set up a scene file that has a flatter profile so you can add your own contrast later, itll make these kind of shots more clear to watch. That being said, the lighting was pretty garbage so you can't expect a lot of of any camera when there is flat lighting.