How to PROPERLY EXPOSE SLOG-2 | Sony a7iii Tutorial

[@TimmyLodhi]

Whoever can name the punk-rock legend that makes a brief appearance in this video gets 10 points for Gryffindor.

[@youngerbrotherpictures]

Jello Biafra....Had the pleasure of playing a handful of shows with him, doing our last album on his label (Alternative Tentacles), and hanging out with him a bunch while touring! (Band I was in was called Mischief Brew). Cheers Timmy, still struggling with this but your video helped a ton!

[@TimmyLodhi]

@@youngerbrotherpictures amazing! No one else was able to get the answer! I also had the honor of playing a few shows with the Guantanamo School of Medicine. I remember the name Mischief Brew. Folk punk, right?

[@youngerbrotherpictures]

@@TimmyLodhi Yes indeed. I mean not my favorite kind of music haha but I am also biased because I was in the band so I loved it. Small world, to stumble across this video today randomly. Was just checking out some of your other work, really awesome stuff Timmy. Seriously great! Subscribed and hoping to see more!

[@TimmyLodhi]

@@youngerbrotherpictures Very cool to hear from you! Thanks for reaching out and will definitely check out your stuff.

[@BossyShark]

The zebras to 100 thing is going to be the most helpful thing ever. I had it set to 70 and kept thinking I was WAY over exposed because of the zebras - and then my shadows were unrecoverable. Setting them to 100 makes so much more sense - and now knowing that those highlights will be recoverable still as long as they're not blown out is incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@jar.n0]

would you say 100 or 100+ is better?

[@CrescendoKeysChannel]

The clearest and most helpful I have watched so far for using my Sony camera.

[@Lizzzzzzy921]

This was the only video on properly exposing in general that really clicked in my head. Thank You 🙏

[@TimmyLodhi]

Awesome to hear!

[@axelbernard2010]

This is probably most understandable video I have watched yet

[@upbypnw]

Timmy, thank you. Thank you for making it easy to understand, follow along and clarify so may questions I’ve had for the last 2yrs of owning my A7III when it comes to using and exposing SLOG. You don’t understand how many videos I’ve seen that have left me clueless or more confused. I’m glad I bumped into your channel and hope you continue to make videos in general.

[@iKINDREAD]

I relate

[@fredwilsenack8634]

Great tutorial. It’s the first video I’ve watched that clearly explained how my Sony A7III should be used.

[@legrandjd]

Thanks very much Timmy!!! it’s great!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Glad you like it! Thanks for checking it out my man.

[@Beaver_CS]

Ptdr JD ???

[@armine_art]

@@TimmyLodhi Hello, tell me, please, where can I download LUT for SLOG-2 according to your settings? I would be grateful for help!

[@TimmyLodhi]

@@armine_art Watch my "Key to Color Grading SLOG2" video. I have a LUT for free download.

[@armine_art]

@@TimmyLodhi Thank you!

[@iKINDREAD]

Awesome. This is the first Davinci proper color transform input and output. I was having trouble so many was to do it. Thanks!

[@trangnpt]

This video solved all my problems in the last 2 months. Cant thank you enough.

[@jamiemlawrence]

perfect video, and great production quality too! Super helpful

[@mpark1206]

Congrats on the 1000 subs. As a fellow A7iii shooter, I'm glad I found this channel.

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks Min!

[@dspoet1]

I've watched all ya videos on S-LOG 2 and hands down, the best on KZbin. I've ran from shooting S-LOG 2 because of all the misinformation. But after watching your videos, I'm going back to S-LOG 2 on my Sony A7III.

[@TimmyLodhi]

Glad to hear they’ve helped!

[@storiesbyad]

Multiple solution in single video.....very helpful 🙏

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks for watching!

[@brenoraffa2750]

Than you a lot for this amazing tut, gonna start trying slog2 more serious now!

[@makarayos6019]

Thank you so much! You helped me a lot to save my time and made it easier for grade S Log color!

[@TimmyLodhi]

You’re welcome!

[@theghostmotel9639]

Nice Jello Flex 😉 Very happy with this tutorial/vid. Thank you, very helpful

[@we.visuals]

This video is amazing. A little golden nugget. Thank you!

[@timjourdanmedia]

holy shit, that was amazing. just got my a7iii. like i just know i will have to rewatch this 3,4 times to propperly understand it, but thanks alot

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks for watching!

[@Aceimus1066]

The most underrated video creator on KZbin.

[@TimmyLodhi]

Dang dude! You’re too kind.

[@AhmedAbrahan]

Thank you for making this brother.. And for including me on the screenshots

[@TimmyLodhi]

You got it my friend!

[@muhdzulhakim96]

Timmy, you are my saviour. Thanks a lot man!

[@TimmyLodhi]

So glad you enjoyed it.

[@fotosvond_]

That's a pretty good and short introduction to a topic that is not easy for everybody. :) I started to record in Slog 2 just recently and tried 2 things differently: 1) I set my zebras to 106. I saw a video on Harv's channel where he stated to set "lower limit" for highlight preservation to the output value of your gamma (which, for Slog2, is 106). Don't know whether it's a big difference to your approach, however it works well. 2) As I don't like DaVinci and don't want to spend TOO MUCH time with the editing process in an application that takes months to learn on its own, I did something that most people will probably call a stupidity, but I set my colour space to Rec. 709 in camera, lowered saturation to -15 and tweaked all the depth and tint settings as I already knew how they work best for me with my Cine2 profile. What I end up with is a file that I only have to tweak in terms of exposure, contrast and (slightly) saturation while gaining a lot of dynamic range for scenes involving a bright sky. On an 8-bit camera (A7R III), this gives nice results. Even though pros might find this ridiculous, I can say that the amount of DR gained this way is significant. Not just over creative mode recording, but even over Cine2 which I would consider one of the best non-log gammas in terms of DR.

[@dean9504]

whoooo🔥🔥🔥

[@NupurMaharaj222]

Hi Timmy, your videos are fantastic and so easy to understand. Such an easy workflow :) Thanks !

[@eliahpablo9002]

Such a good video!! So many questions got answered. Thanks

[@Fairoz93]

you rock! you deserve more recognition. Love from Singapore!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thank you friend!

[@Kotawithus]

what an Explaination Man!!! Totally Helpful!!

[@MrShanePhoto]

Awesome and simple. Thank you

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks for watching! 🙏🏽

[@TheStudio_70]

I’ve been using Nikon for my videography but I have the A7iii and was intimidated to even try it for video. So many content creators provided crappy info that just confused me more. I’m going to try this setup out tomorrow. Thanks for the great info👍

[@cmck1777]

Watched this on my phone and was like 'this guy's a genius'. Watched it on my monitor and was like 'this guy's a genius... whose point of focus was his microphone not his face'.

[@TimmyLodhi]

🤣 to be fair this was filmed during the early days of the channel when I didn't think it was worth it to re-record the a-roll

[@FrankNelissen043]

Thank you Just what I needed

[@nitablackwood6301]

Thanks for this. I just got the a7iii. I haven’t loved any of the other creators luts either. This is the first one I’ve loved because it actually looks great on darker skin. Going to use these tips today.

[@amalieradoor]

Zebra!!!!! Of course!!! I'm shooting on my A7iii tomorrow as a second camera, and I've been pulling my hair figure out how to expose right without my waveforms. But of course I just need to use my zebras!! Thanks for saving me last hour!

[@TimmyLodhi]

So happy you found it helpful!

[@joshualakey2574]

Thank you!!! Super helpful. Very thurough and will step up my footage 100%!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@SalsTouch]

Insanely helpful! Thank you bro.

[@itsmeericb]

Great video! Helped a lot! 👍👍

[@TimmyLodhi]

Glad to hear it!

[@marcelitoprogamerxdlol5333]

Thank you Timmy, very clear, to the point explanation

[@TomKaszuba]

Extremely helpful information. Thank you very much.

[@maxparkes585]

Such a great, informative, easy paced video. Thank you

[@byspky]

Keep up the grind your videos are very informative and entertaining!!!

[@auroDC]

Really helpful video man! Thanks alot, keep doing more and more!

[@alexhunter878]

easy and simple! thanks for this!

[@ericdelano8703]

Thanks for the helpful video!!!

[@LukasPressMedia]

Thanks for that video, makes it more easy for me to try the change from cine4 to slog 2! Highly appreciated :)

[@TimmyLodhi]

You got it, Lukas!

[@urbanpeklar]

Great video man, well explained while engaging 🙌 keep going!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thank you for watching brother!

[@AkhilsaiNo1]

Wow. You've made it so simple.

[@TimmyLodhi]

That’s the goal!

[@jerryfrometa]

This helped a lot, thank you man!! 🙌

[@TimmyLodhi]

So glad!

[@iamfraserk]

This was very helpful. Thanks, Appreciate it.

[@TimmyLodhi]

Heck yeah! Thanks for watching.

[@hxtlxst]

Hey! This was great! Thank you!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Hey, thanks!

[@mr.legend6877]

Thank bro..take love from bangladesh,bro🇧🇩❤

[@samira8644]

Very helpful thanks🙏🏽

[@DeinMovementCoach]

love it. Thank You

[@Francesco_Lorenzetti]

Great video!

[@BFXFactory]

helpful,thank you

[@wasikecreations4785]

Thank you this is really good.......

[@SerbanAndrei201]

you are the best

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thank you!

[@luckycontent2151]

Great video timmy! And also congrats on the 1000 subs ;)

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks so much! What a wild ride it's been.

[@itzajdmting]

Great video man. Even as a bare bones newb, nothing went over my head. .. Subbed 😎

[@MattCeption]

just got another subscription! absolutely amazing man thank you for the help!

[@TimmyLodhi]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@MartinKPettersson]

Great explanation and useful information! Helps a lot, thank you!

[@abdulhaseebmm]

You're a legend!

[@TimmyLodhi]

🙏🏽

[@JamieSandel]

Wow this rocks

[@BosGanteng]

thanks timmy

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thank you!

[@lucabudgen]

This was a great video! Exactly what I needed. You should have a lot more subscribers Timmy :)

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks Luca!

[@FenzirL]

Great content man! 🙌🏻 Loving the tutorials! Really helpful 🤛🏻

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks for watching!

[@exsoworld1449]

Thank you for showing the way. Your information helped me allot and my photos are turning out with more quality. Cheers +1 sub

[@TimmyLodhi]

Very cool to hear!

[@anita_onlyfilms]

Hi Timmy Thanks for sharing your knowledge helped me improve myself so much Could you please do video about how to shout at night and low light please please please

[@createdaley]

There isn't a video out there that shows how to create, export and distribute LUTS. If I knew, I'd make it myself but please consider doing a tutorial on that too!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Hey! I actually have a video up on how to create your own LUT's in Davinci Resolve. I think I released it 3-4 months ago. Let me know what you think!

[@ManuelParodiRamos]

Plosives man, plosives. And thanns for the info

[@xeogyn9744]

this act help a lot. thank you sir

[@DRei618]

gold

[@rodrigotobar2478]

Hi, thanks for the video. I have the impression that there´s a tendency to shoot thinkin in post-color-grading stuff (S-Log2) and not to try setting the camera to film the way we want.

[@Itadakidesu]

you rock!

[@TimmyLodhi]

You rock too! Thanks for watching

[@dawsonbailey95]

Hey Timmy, awesome video! I just got the atomos shinobi and was looking for a base lut that would just show me from slog2 to rec709. I prefer not to have a creative lut on there cause I wanted to do the color grading part myself! Thanks, also congrats on the 1k🙌🏻

[@TimmyLodhi]

I’ve been using Sony standard conversion LUT listed on their website. It’s not my favorite but it works for monitoring purposes. I also created my own a while back which I used for the purpose of overexposing which is in one of my previous videos. I think it’s the titled “the KEY to color grading your SLOG2 footage”

[@Lua_Films]

Great Video i'm 14 years old and a filmmaker & Photographer, I have a question i'm shooting currently on my Sony ZV-E10 (8bit) slog 2 ITU709 Matrix can also use your convertion Lut or is it just for s gamut ?

[@holynagus3628]

Awesome. Thanks so much

[@MusicGalaxyy]

great video! how about if im using slog with color mode of itu709 matrix?

[@jayyfit928]

POV: yu watching this video in 2023 and he's on 4.77K subs. Keep it up bro

[@TimmyLodhi]

💪

[@ryvnryvn]

such a good informative video. thank you for making this (:

[@TimmyLodhi]

Thanks for watching, Ryan!

[@michelrombouts3102]

This video is still hitting in 2023! appreciate you 🫶🏽

[@TimmyLodhi]

So cooool! Thanks for watching

[@ManuelParodiRamos]

I keep coming back to your channel. Will you do a video with your workflow using the ninja? I am starting to use zebras at 103+ on the ninja and 58 on the camera display to try to cover highlights and skin tones. It would be interesting to see how you work with the atomos. Peace!

[@TitoGarcia-bc5gr]

Crazy you have 7 thousand subscribers

[@ELEVENPERCENT]

You should make affiliate links for the monitors in your description.

[@TimmyLodhi]

Not a bad idea!

[@GhumakkadJoshi]

Hope you are doing well, As i can see you are not uploading video since last year. I am waiting for more new video. ❤❤❤

[@walterbinns6992]

Great tutorial! Question, where did you get that Big Trouble in Little China LUT from? I'm very interested to see how that works!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Film Riot/Triune Films Retro 80’s LUT pack

[@lumisho]

Gamma Assist comes with the camera... For those who don't have an external monitor.

[@TimmyLodhi]

True! It’d be nice if you could load your own LUTS onto the camera but you’re limited to the standard Sony conversion LUT

[@lumisho]

@@TimmyLodhi I agree

[@foxrunstudio]

Thank you

[@masianpictures]

Duuuuuudee!!!!!

[@TimmyLodhi]

😏

[@Lensamaulana]

it nice sir

[@baaao]

Can i use it in night?

[@ActuallyGoose]

Awesome explanation for what your workflow is, and how it's all done. I've recently got back into photography and videography, after quite a while of not having the time. I've got an A6300 with the kit lens and a Sigma 30mm 2.8, and have always struggled exposing slog2 correctly. Are there any differences you'd recommend doing for the apsc cameras, or should your method work as well? Also, white balance doesn't seem to work on my camera, it just sets the white balance to green, have you ever faced that issue? Can't find much info on that bit thought you may have come across that issue before. Thanks for making such great content!

[@TimmyLodhi]

Hey thanks for watching! I’m only familiar with the a6400 but the exposure stuff with SLOG2 is generally the same. All 8-but cameras will struggle with LOG no matter what but I think it’s possible to still get great footage. Not sure what your white balance issue is about! Have you tried setting a custom white balance?

[@ActuallyGoose]

@@TimmyLodhi white balance works perfectly fine when I set it manually, but the automatic white balance with my grey card for some reason sets it green. Tried resetting the camera etc but still happens.

[@117adstudio3]

Nice! Where did you get the sony conversion preset as your first step?

[@twinspowertv1078]

great video! been waiting for this one! So you don't overexpose using the exposure compensation just the ISO?

[@TimmyLodhi]

Yeah. I just use zebras as my main exposure tool when I don’t have an external monitor. From there, I’ll know how high I can overexposed.

[@faticabello]

Thanks for this video I love it so ♥️ Question what about low light situation can you use SLOG-2 or do you have other Tips ?

[@TimmyLodhi]

I have used SLOG-2 for low-light conditions in the past but to be honest, it's not the best. Because of the noise performance in the shadows, you tend to get a lot of ugly noise. I've had to cover this up by using denoiser plug-ins or adding grain to hide it. I think HLG or Cine3/4 might be better options for low-light.

[@timnguyen4494]

Hi Timmy, I’m Timmy!

[@colewilliams3437]

I’m having a heck of a time understanding log. They say to expose to the right and bring exposure down in post to keep noise minimal but if you’re supposed to expose to the right than your skin tones shouldn’t be at 70IRE and the clipping point wouldn’t be at 100IRE. They both would be slightly higher but how much higher? I don’t love the idea of using monitor luts all the time. I’d love to know what to set my zebras so when the lut is off.

[@TimmyLodhi]

It can be complicated! You can overexpose a decent amount with SLOG-2 and still bring those values down to "correct exposure" in post. The idea is that it reduces shadow noise. The 70 IRE for skintones thing is subjective, really if you're focused on proper skin exposure for interviews or talking heads, but doesn't always mean it's gonna look good.

[@MrMrtraveller]

Hey man thanks for the great explanation i have one question how to control the noise in slog as I'm facing it in outdoor and indoor wedding video in continiously entrance ?

[@KBENTERTAINMENTMEDIA]

Log settings when shooting in low light

[@thoughtfulconcept-mv7qr]

I assume you are using SLOG 2 on the Sony a7iii because it is 8-bit? And do you use this setting when grading for a Cine Look?

[@TimmyLodhi]

I am using slog-2! It’s the only picture profile I use on that camera.