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The importance of exposure

The importance of exposure

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The importance of exposure

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Let's talk about one of the core things that will determine your image quality. I always like to tell students, there are two main things that you gotta worry about. If you can get those two things right, you can usually get a decent image out of the camera. There's more than those two things you gotta worry about, but if you can just get at least. Your focus right, and your exposure right, more often than not, you're going to be okay. But getting them right, isn't necessarily, as easy it sounds. When it comes to exposure, if you're only relying on your naked eyes, you're going to be making a lot of mistakes, especially if you're shooting out there, in the bright daylight. So, fortunately, many video cameras and DSLRs today, have several different tools, that can help you judge exposure. Now, the reason exposure, is so important, is because if you end up. Overexposing things, even by just a little bit, it can end up looking really bad in video, and it can be very hard to correct in…

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