How I Expose My Videos with Zebras | Quick and Dirty Exposure Trick

In this video, I'm going to show you how I expose my videos with zebras. It's one of the easiest methods for getting spot on exposure every time!
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Super-valuable! I don't know why I've not seen more explanation of zebra levels before this. Thank you!

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This is so informative. And I like that you don’t get too technical for us folks who are just getting into this stuff. This gives me a great starting point and I can run with it and learn through experience. Just what I need! Thank you and keep up the great work! I can’t wait to get my A7C out there and get some footage!

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I learned SOOOOOOO much from this video. Including that I've been using zebras wrong this entire time.

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I’m so happy it helped you!! Aren’t zebras a total game changer?! 🦓

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This was so great explaining this to me. Thank you. I’m planning on getting a canon r6 mkII and I know with clog3 it has an extra stop of range so it’s recommended to set the zebra to 40% to match -18 gray for that clog. Love how you explain the happy medium too 65

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Bravo 👏🏻 I wish more people just explained it so simple and easy like this. Yes, you can go way more technical to this, but most of us will never use it for anything other than on the fly adjustments. Thank you for this. Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

I’m so glad what I taught made sense! That’s exactly what I try to do - just focus on the practical aspects so that it’s easy to understand and use, so I really appreciate the feedback. Let me know if there’s anything else you want to know about!

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[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

So glad you enjoyed it!!

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That makes me so happy to hear! Anything else you want me to make a video about?

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I’m so happy to hear you say that! It’s been a huge help for me 😊

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Fantastic and easy to understand zebra explanation, thank you 😎

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Thank you so much for the feedback!!

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Thank you so much. I needed to hear that, because I’ve been second guessing all of them and had kind of lost momentum which is why I haven’t made one in a while. I guess I’ll have to start making them again!

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That’s kind of there I’m at! Feel like there’s pressure to keep some kind of schedule, but I think I’m just going to post when I have something important to share and stop trying to make things up that may or may not be helpful. Thanks again for the pep talk!!

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You’re so welcome! Glad you liked it 😁

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I’m so glad!! Thanks for the awesome feedback 😊

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[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

You’re welcome! Is there anything else like this you’ve got questions about?

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I do love the zebras! :)

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Thanks so much! I’ve never been called an expert before 😆 it feels nice! I love the ZV-1. Look for an open box at Best Buy - it will save you a ton of money! Your channel idea sounds great! I would definitely watch!!

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Well explained thank you! For the past week I thought having zebras in the highlights was okay 🤦🏽‍♂️

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thank you friend, this makes my r6 digest my video better

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Wow this is great! me and my ZV-e10 says thank you! 👍🙏🎉

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Great video. What might a proper zebras ire be if you want to record afternoon sky?

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[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

You’re welcome! Let me know if there’s anything you’d like explained!

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[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

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Very helpful. I really enjoyed this. Now I understand why zebras have a setting for 70. Thank you.

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

So glad you found it helpful!

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[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 😊

[@quasiguy]

This was a delightful and informative video. I've never used the custom zebra setting on my camera for skin tones (or familiarized myself with Ansel Adam's chart), so dialing in the 65 +/-5 custom setting was a new adventure for me. Since I'm largely videoing people, in interviews and in general, your suggestion is going to come in handy. Thanks for your charming and cheeky approach to this helpful topic. Keep up the good work!

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

I’m so happy it was helpful for you, and I’ve never been called cheeky before, but I like it 😊

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[@Anna-gv7vo]

ahahahah I love your vídeos, you always make me laugh! One question, if you don't mind... At 3:45 if you take a photo of that scene but with a person in it looking at you, how would you set the zebras to? +-70% for the skin and maybe blow up the sky or +-106 to the highlights in the sky and underexpose the person's skin tones? TIA

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Good video❤

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Obrigado querido, abraço do Brasil. Ganhou mais um assinante, um like e um comentário. Continue, seu canal está quase monetizando.

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Great work 💛

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

Hey Aseel! Thank you 😊 How do you usually expose your videos?

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1:03 lol :) Like!

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SUPERB

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Recording Raw video is amazing.

[@TechnoMusicFreaks]

Hi! Thx for this video, I have a ZV-E10 and I want to shoot in RAW outside. I setted the Zebras to 100. So basically when I see on the screen I just have to modify the F-stop to get rid of them right? Cuz sometimes I see zebras on my model that I wanna photograph.

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thank you

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

You’re so welcome!

[@ScreenFiends]

Hey, great video. I'm using a Lumix but I guess this is pretty much universal. One question though what do you mean by Plus or minus 5?

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

I’m so sorry - should have showed it on the screen 🤦🏻 on my camera there’s an area where you can customize the setting. It lets you choose your level and then you can specify if it’s everything up to that level, above, or “around” it. So 65 +- 5 would include 60,65 & 70. Honestly, since making the video, I’ve gotten lazy and stopped getting super custom. I pretty much use 70 most of the time. And yes, you can apply this method to your LUMIX and it should work the same!

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Those honest zebras. 👌

[@NotThatRyanReynolds]

😆

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Bahahahaha love the laymans translation. I.can relate

[@f52023]

What impact is on skin tones when underexosing, with A7iii? I like to expose in "middle" for highlights keeping as much information as possible but not underexpose too much, and Im able to bring exposure up in lightroom.

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@1:01 LOL so funny :)

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Godtier video Goodstuffs

[@thomasshakelton]

This works great for my PP5 Cine2, PP7 Slog2 but for some reasons they don’t show up on my PP9 Hlg using Sony A7iii any andvice?