The first time I saw the stage shoot rule was in 1972, from a Fuji compact
camera user manual. It was our family camera, with a 38mm/f2.8 lens and
program shutter (no battery required). It was given to our relative at end
of 1970's, I still miss this camera very much.
Talking about stage shoots, I have no less than 20 times experience, one of
the most difficult task in exposure control.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I've never heard of such an exposure rule for stage shoots and this was
> only my second stage shoot and the first one gave me no difficulty. But
> after going back and taking another look at the images I have to
> conclude that most are overexposed to the tune of 1/2 to 1-1/2 stops.
> Applying a rule of -1 or even -1.5EV exposure compensation would have
> resulted in much better images. Not only the exposure but the ability
> to use a faster shutter speed. I'll have to do it differently next year.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> That is the histrogram fooling you, with a dark background and very small
>> human faces, you should only read the face value, the histrogram will
>> show
>> nothing because the area of the faces added together is just too tiny
>> compare with the whole scence. I never read histrogram for stage shoots,
>> I
>> will only use highlight warning tool if necessary. But in most cases I
>> just
>> under the exposure by 1 stop to avoid over expose of object, it is any
>> old
>> rule written on the exposure manual "for stage shoots, set -1.5EV under
>> exposure".
>>
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