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Movie problem, can anybody please help me? (screenshot included)

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Cregg Annarino:
Hi Joe,

How are you making out with your problem?

Have you tried shooting video mode in full manual vs automatic? In auto or any mode but manual the camera will meter using reflective metering which is the light that it sees bouncing off your subject whatever it may be. That can cause problems with exposure as the camera may try to compensate. Like if you were filming or taking photos on a snowy day, you would have to increase your exposure compensation to +1 or +2 to compensate for the camera trying to correct the exposure, leading to an image that doesn't look right.

But in manual mode it is incident metering which means it captures the light falling on your subject with no camera compensation, this is why people use a hand held exposure meter. Another example would be a wedding dress and a black suit. If you metered in auto or any mode but manual on each one in two different photos you would get drastically different results if the camera is trying to compensate for the white vs. the dark. But in manual the white dress or black suit would be captured as you see it with no compensation. You can then fine tune to get the results you see with your eyes by adjusting the shutter speed and ISO values.

And if you are using a wide angle lens, you shouldn't really have a problem shooting wide open with the lens, they produce a greater depth of field than other lenses. Especially if you are shooting at the lenses widest setting.

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