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Hi Gunther,
I use a variable-ND adaptor to put my Nikon lenses on my Sony cameras, and I use the VND to make exposure changes through holy grail shoots. I use all 8-stops of the VND before adjusting shutter (which is before adjusting ISO, of course). It's nice to have extra room to adjust exposures, before I have to start adjusting ISO. I usually make the VND exposure changes very small but, of course, I can see the sawtooth pattern of these changes in LRT.
What would you suggest would be the best tool in LRT to smooth these changes?
Usually, if they are small enough, I deal with them with the Visual Deflicker tools, but sometimes I'm a bit late in making VND adjustments, and the jumps are larger. At the moment, to deal with these larger jumps, I put 4* keyframes on each frame on either side of the change (e.g. I've made a VND change at frame 100, so I put a 4* keyframe at 99, and at 100). Then in LR, I adjust these two side-by-side keyframes to match exposures (I have to do this by eye, for some reason LR's "Match Total Exposures" doesn't work in these cases, not sure why). I've tried giving these two frames 2* and 3* keyframes and using the Holy Grail Wizard, but I'm guessing that, because the EXIF doesn't indicate a settings change (shutter, ISO, aperture), this tool doesn't work the way it does when EXIF shows a settings change.
This issue also applies for changes with manual aperture rings (I have a fully-manual lens that doesn't report aperture changes, which I sometimes make while shooting, if I have to).
Is pairs of 4* keyframes the best way to go, or is there a smarter tool in LRT that you would recommend?
Cheers!
Chas
I use a variable-ND adaptor to put my Nikon lenses on my Sony cameras, and I use the VND to make exposure changes through holy grail shoots. I use all 8-stops of the VND before adjusting shutter (which is before adjusting ISO, of course). It's nice to have extra room to adjust exposures, before I have to start adjusting ISO. I usually make the VND exposure changes very small but, of course, I can see the sawtooth pattern of these changes in LRT.
What would you suggest would be the best tool in LRT to smooth these changes?
Usually, if they are small enough, I deal with them with the Visual Deflicker tools, but sometimes I'm a bit late in making VND adjustments, and the jumps are larger. At the moment, to deal with these larger jumps, I put 4* keyframes on each frame on either side of the change (e.g. I've made a VND change at frame 100, so I put a 4* keyframe at 99, and at 100). Then in LR, I adjust these two side-by-side keyframes to match exposures (I have to do this by eye, for some reason LR's "Match Total Exposures" doesn't work in these cases, not sure why). I've tried giving these two frames 2* and 3* keyframes and using the Holy Grail Wizard, but I'm guessing that, because the EXIF doesn't indicate a settings change (shutter, ISO, aperture), this tool doesn't work the way it does when EXIF shows a settings change.
This issue also applies for changes with manual aperture rings (I have a fully-manual lens that doesn't report aperture changes, which I sometimes make while shooting, if I have to).
Is pairs of 4* keyframes the best way to go, or is there a smarter tool in LRT that you would recommend?
Cheers!
Chas