GH5 Exposure Settings // How to Get Perfect Exposure with the Panasonic Lumix GH5

[@PhillipRPeck]

I know this is just an introduction (and good job btw), but I think it's helfpful to know that different picture profiles have different IRE values. Cine D for instance clips at 105 (which is why that's an option for setting your Zebra) whereas VLog-L clips at 80 (so setting at 95 wouldn't be helpful). Also, middle grey and shadow detail will shift around in different profiles as well. Maybe information for a more detailed tutorial later!

[@CalebHoover]

yeah this was totally just an intro into the different tools but yeah more detailed later on would be 👍

[@Freddd95]

Wow, that information just made zebra settings a lot more complicated for me... How do you know what IRE value the different picture profiles are clipping at? You really have to change zebra settings every time you change picture profile? And how about the manual adjustments within a specific profile?

[@SamuelTheCoello]

@@CalebHoover let me know if that new tutorial is out or in the works. I’ll throw in a view and a like and comment lol

[@SamuelTheCoello]

@@CalebHoover i only have 300 subs but I’d do a shoutout if ya did because I’d learn faster from you than trying to research myself haha

[@spudwas]

What is your recommended high and low settings for ISO? Thanks ...ahead of time.

[@speliotis]

Do you have a Tutorial on White Balance?

[@CalebHoover]

i don't at the moment but hopefully sometime soon

[@LakeshoreParanormal]

I bought a gh5 in 2024 ❤still a beast 😊

[@MoonbearDiedHere]

Revisiting exposure settings and how each one helps. Thank you. I forgot how to change the function keys til this video refreshed my memory and now I have the Vector scope setup again.

[@CalebHoover]

Glad it helped!

[@djkrowa]

@@CalebHoover wolcfrow yt

[@360TacticalSolutions]

Do you have an auto focus tutorial?

[@CalebHoover]

no i don't i basically ignore auto focus on the gh5 😂

[@360TacticalSolutions]

@@CalebHoover LOL ya I figured I’d ask. You would think they could figure out how to make auto focus usable considering how great the camera is with so many other areas

[@konstantinlapshin5010]

For a newbie, this was so helpful. I really struggled, being colorblind and all, to set my exposure right. The zebra and the waves are amazing! Now I set them up on "custom fn" so I can bring them up on the screen as needed. Thank you

[@CalebHoover]

awesome! glad it was helpful!!

[@CabralCreates]

Great video! It’s good to see more gh5 youtubers

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for checking it out! yeah the gh5 is a great camera!

[@avsvisual6786]

That's for sure! We're out here!

[@swaha55]

Thanks for this video Caleb. How can I control the contrast? for example if it’s a bright sunny day with the high contrast, how can I bring the highlights and the shadows together to eliminate blown out highlights?

[@esbirro2006]

GH5 is an awesome camera, even in 2023. The images with my two Sirui Anamorphic lenses (50 and 24 mms) are absolutely beautiful. Long life to my GH5

[@DungarooTV]

Great video...a question please: would you suggest adjusting lighting by adjusting apeture instead of ISO? I'm confused as many people just blow up the ISO from 100 to 1600 but that would make it look grainy at the higher end.

[@swaha55]

I have histogram turned on but the small histogram box does not show up. I only get the Vector wave form scope showing. I never see the small histogram box. I must have some other setting wrong. Any ideas?

[@CalebHoover]

try hitting the display button a couple times to see if you can get the display up

[@GoneSailingCA]

Thanks, helpful, do you think the ND filters are needed for just day to day travel stuff, we shoot a lot on our boat, gonesailing is our channel. Is there a cheaper option ? The freewell package is about $800, sorry this was actually in the previous video I watched.

[@26alexxkidd]

Zebras : 95% overall, but 65-70% for skin, that's super important!

[@CalebHoover]

good call!

[@simonmonty7171]

Does it also depend what profile you are shooting on? I would think so

[@UlfKlose]

@@simonmonty7171 VLOG won’t allow you to go over 80 %.

[@speliotis]

Glad I subscribed... Enjoy the way you explain things about the GH5...

[@CalebHoover]

Thanks for the sub!

[@GlennUpgraded]

What color chart are you using?

[@conordia6906]

Hi Caleb, thanks for the video. Can you tell me what it means when the histogram turns white/orange, the same with the figures for the aperture, sometimes they are white, sometimes they turn orange, I'm not sure what this indicates. TIA! :)

[@iSpike]

G’day Caleb, great tips mate 👍🏻 I should be receiving my GH5 within the next two weeks, I’ve had it on back order for 4 weeks and getting excited now. Doing my research in preparation. Cheers from Western Australia 👍🏻✨📸✨

[@CalebHoover]

awesome! let me know if you have any questions once you start playing around with it!

[@iSpike]

@@CalebHoover Thank Caleb, Yes I will, nice to meet you and thanks for the offer of assistance. Cheers

[@themoog]

Hi what lens setup did you have when doing this video? Great videos! Btw

[@biabiggi7503]

Hi So how do u set the white balance on a Gh5s, if u are out vlogging on a hiking for example? with dramatic changes of the weather 😁

[@FourKnown]

At 9:12 you say "see this gray line?" but your finger is covering the view. What exactly is "the gray line"? Is it the broad white band or the darker irregular more gray area above it?

[@andreboeufgras]

Great, thanks!

[@CalebHoover]

You bet!

[@miguelplasencia_]

Would you know why I cannot set my zebra patterns over 80%? :(

[@CalebHoover]

not totally sure why that's happening. i wonder if it has to do with luminance levels or something. but i haven't encountered that before.

[@sutv6754]

excellent Caleb. Very helpful. I wanted to ask you and maybe I did but one big mystery across the gh5 board is Luminance Levels Setting. That is a dirty word that nobody talks about. I have searched and searched. I've done some tests and I see the numbers for Luninance levels are different depending on on 10 bit or 8 bit. There are 3 choices for each. What the hell? Why does nobody address or talk about these settings. Do you know?

[@CalebHoover]

you know i've always just kept luminance levels at 0-255 and haven't had any issues in 10bit or 8bit. that's mostly content for the web tho. if you're doing more broadcast work you might need to adjust that to 0-1023 or something like that.

[@sutv6754]

Caleb Hoover if you examine it, there are completely different settings for the 8 and 10 bit. I think it’s odd these settings are such a mystery to pretty much everyone. I reached out to a couple ambassadors and they don’t know either. Thanks.

[@lmacatol]

Is 605 hat a 2t2 hat?

[@ShyairLopez]

When you change your exposure you're able to see the change on the screen, for my gh5 when I change the exposure it doesn't change of the screen I have to take a picture to see the exposure. How can I change it to your setting.

[@RonaldBrown59]

Great information, and thanks for sharing.

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for watching!

[@fkylw]

Question: When I have Auto ISO set and I adjust exposure, nothing happens (the bar shows up and down notches but the exposure in the scene doesn't change. When I set the ISO it won't let me adjust the exposure. What am I doing wrong?

[@cryptojav70]

Great video! Could you offer any insight.... I’ve been trying to use manual but every time I set the exposure settings, when I hit record the exposure changes.

[@CalebHoover]

is the exposure actually changing or is it the back screen going dim, which is one thing that drives me crazy about the gh5. make sure you're subscribed cuz in a few weeks i'm gonna talk about exposure settings again. maybe some answers in that 🤷‍♂️

[@Filmmaker809]

Hey Caleb, Are you changing the aperture from the lens or from the GH5?

[@CalebHoover]

yeah i’m controlling the aperture from the camera.

[@Filmmaker809]

Thanks Caleb.

[@FashionableFather]

If or when I get this camera I’m gonna be an expert. Right now you’re just feeding an obsession.

[@CalebHoover]

Yeah man! I hope it's in your near future! I feel like these GH5 videos are some of my top viewed, so I guess I'll keep going with it ya know 🤷‍♂️

[@FashionableFather]

@@CalebHoover I'm kinda hoping the gh6 comes out and lowers the price even more. I missed the juicy holiday deals. And yes these vids are killin; but of course they are of super value.

[@hatemail657]

This is great. Thank you. How do you work when you're shooting a little more quickly, like a wedding party or something you need to be a bit more nimble? Are you still going through the same process or are you a little more loose when approaching that and just checking for zebra patterns versus going through all three tools? This seems great if you're locking off a shot or setting up something that's a bit more choreographed.

[@joakimtollerud2172]

ok Caleb you got me. I'll customize a waveform button.

[@CalebHoover]

lol! that's what I'm talking about!

[@Worthfishing]

Thanks man. How would I lock exposure? When I’m outside shooting moving the camera around the Exposure is all over the place. I mainly shoot in manual mode.

[@CalebHoover]

you know honestly ive never done anything with exposure lock. i wonder if you halfway press the shutter button if it would lock everything. i've mostly just adjusted as needed when shooting in video manual mode. i'm a heavy nd filter user and that helps a lot if i need to have my aperture open. sorry im not more help on that man.

[@GunnarssonAlexander]

Worth Lock the exposure? If you’ve set a manual exposure it’s ”locked”. I don’t understand the question... Of course the exposure may shift if you swing the camera around.

[@djteknovibe93]

There's an AF/AE button on the back of the camera, you can that can lock your exposure if you keep it pressed down although if you're in manual mode all you have to do is set your exposure and not change the ISO, aperteur or shutter shutter and exposure won't change.

[@Worthfishing]

DJ Teknovibe I’ll give that a try I’ll let you know how it works out for me thanks a lot buddy

[@djteknovibe93]

@@Worthfishing That's ok. :)

[@NavdeepSingh-qf5eb]

Thanks mate 😃

[@revmatchtv]

Super helpful video! Subbed =)

[@CalebHoover]

thanks for subbing!

[@dlohnes]

Hi Caleb, I see you're shooting with the awesome Sigma Art 18-35mm lens. I'm having some trouble setting the focal length on my Gh5 and can't find much info on it. Could you explain what settings you use on the GH5 when you use this lens. Thank you!

[@franciscoribeiro6204]

X2

[@LounisSitcom]

I found it helpful so I liked

[@CalebHoover]

thanks!

[@arminbravo9169]

What’s that AF on the bottom of your screen? What does it do by having it there and how do I get it on mine? Super insightful video on exposure, thank you! One batter bar huh? Someone likes to live life on the edge!

[@CalebHoover]

yeah life on the edge! that af button on the screen i was playing around with auto focus and i had the af switch on.

[@debeeldfabriek]

great stuff!! Dank u wel (means tnx in Dutch) but in the meantime keep it healthy in times of corona. Greetings from Belgium (Europe)

[@CalebHoover]

hi!! thanks so much! 🙌 stay safe!

[@LonzosStudios]

my histogram disappeared in video mode only the wave form displays. when I switch to manual (M) mode it returns. What I'm I doing wrong?

[@CalebHoover]

not sure why it would do that. did you accidentally hit the display button. I hit that a bunch when I don't mean to.

[@Freddd95]

1. Why are there two different zebras, and how can you distinguish between them when shooting? 2. If I just want one zebra at 95%, do I just set both zebras to that same value?

[@colinthecameraguy]

I find the wave form monitor too small (i do use the histogram) however, I have purchased an IOS app . . . FieldMonitor by Abam Wilt (which is similar to the Panasonic Image app) and I use an iPad mini as my monitor. The FieldMonitor app allows for remote camera operation as well as Scopes plus False Colour (which is what I use to critical exposure) and the app is like 20 bucks!

[@CalebHoover]

i've heard really good things about that field monitor app! i'm gonna have to try it out!

[@colinthecameraguy]

@@CalebHoover It was less than 20 bucks and I had already purchased an IPad mini for use with my Mavic Air so I just bought a cold shoe clamp for the iPad mini

[@nihatnl747]

Nice camera

[@GlennPerdicaro]

Fantastic tutorial thnx!!!

[@CalebHoover]

Glad it helped!

[@ShinTenshi]

hi so is it better to shoot with the native 400 uiso? than 100 iso? best regards

[@CalebHoover]

i try to shoot 400 as much as i can but sometimes it’s just not possible like when it’s super bright outside. i would say anything under 800 iso works great

[@ShinTenshi]

@@CalebHoover merci beaucoup :)

[@FinalCutMultimedia]

Thanks bro

[@bestvideos4ever1]

good job, make next video how to get creaspel clear focus with gh5....thanks !!!!

[@CalebHoover]

sounds like a great idea! thanks for sharing!! i will put that on my list of vids

[@danielmottayaw]

Hey, was wondering if I could get some help... I started setting my shutter angle to 180d but now everything I shoot outside looks super blown out. Even when I use extended iso at 100. My aperture is set to 2.8 and I'm using the lumix 12mm-35mm. Do you have ANY idea what might be causing this? I can't find anyone else talking about similar issues.

[@CalebHoover]

i agree with marguerite, an nd filter would probably help. use a variable nd filter and you can stay wide ope at 2.8 and make adjustments with the filter. i typically think f4 or f5 is really good for outdoors with a variable nd.

[@asappabby]

keep posting!!

[@Cimagery]

Audio on this video is muffled a lot. Just something I noticed, but love the video!

[@CalebHoover]

😂 yeah the rode wireless go was tucked up under my beard. not my best moment.

[@PaulFeinberg]

Funny my video that is coming out today is shot outside because dang I love this cool weather in Florida! lol I will not be saying the same thing in a few months though lol Every time I watch your videos it make me want a GH5 lol But I am very happy with my Sony system. You blew by me in Subs dude I knew it would happen! You got some good content man.

[@CalebHoover]

haha! yeah i saw a meme saying 'pray for florida' cuz it's in like the 40s. haha! seriously people would be walking around in shorts and tees here if it was above 40! Thanks for checking out the video man.

[@PaulFeinberg]

@@CalebHoover gosh ya, I love it right now. Of course!

[@samfenkz5926]

u won a sub

[@CalebHoover]

awesome!! thanks for checking it out!

[@ZJProductionHK]

god 0 dislike !! 100% like. and thank you, love your content

[@CalebHoover]

i appreciate it!

[@arminbaldon5347]

It let me go only up to 80% on v-log….. why?

[@djteknovibe93]

I always use the histogram and nevere get an under or over exposed image, it's all about being able to read the histogram and understand what the information on screen is and what it means.

[@CalebHoover]

the gh5 has some great tools for exposure! but understanding them is key.

[@djteknovibe93]

@@CalebHoover Yeah the zebras are an important part of getting exposure correct but I never use them. I originally started when I got my GH5 using the 'Natural' profile and going by the histogram with regards to exposure because that's what i've always used when taking photos before I got into recording videos. I am gonna start using zebras though because I think the exposure of my videos could be even better than it is.

[@CalebHoover]

DJ Teknovibe yeah the zebras are a great tool. they help me a ton!

[@djteknovibe93]

@@CalebHoover I'd say they're probably a more accurate way of getting exposure.

[@CalebHoover]

@@djteknovibe93 Totally!

[@zyllz2414]

bruh how are you going as low as 1.3?

[@CalebHoover]

metabones speedbooster

[@djkrowa]

what happened to your fingernails?

[@CalebHoover]

i'm half zombie

[@dinnerwithmariah]

is it me or is the audio awful?

[@CalebHoover]

😂 wide open basement isn't good for audio what?