FX3'S New update - Base ISO 800(CINE EI only) & 12800 :) Here's the official Sony Cine article for you SLOG overexposers out there ;) sonycine.com/articles/how-correctly-expose-s-log3---a7s-iii---fx3---fx6---fx9/

There is kinda misunderstanding regarding the topics at hand... first is the "overexposure". Technically speaking, if we are to go by what Sony recommends for Slog3 which is exposing middle grey to 41%, exposing the skin to 65-70 IRE is already overexposing it already to more than 1 stop, and even reaching 2 stops overexposure. The reason why we "don't want" to overexpose is because by exposing the middle grey to more than 41%, we are not maximizing the dynamic range of the camera anymore. But if you watch other videos such as Gerald Undone, they measured the A7s3 and A74 at around 13 stops of dynamic range. That's a lot of dynamic range compared to Canon's which is only at around 11 stops in these camera price range. So with that, its really fine to overexpose it in relation to Sony's recommended exposure of middle grey which is at 41%. Why would you still want to overexpose it? The reason for overexposure is the noise floor. Exposing your middle grey to 41% willl most likely put your shadows into the noise floor, thus the final output will be noisier especially that exposing a human subject at 41% will mean you need to adjust the exposure on post, thus being more noisier. If you expose it at 1.7 stops higher than 41%, at around 55% IRE on the skin tone, you are now exposing your shadows farther from the noise floor, thus your image being clean. And yes, you are misunderstanding the 1.7 stops overexposure that many of the youtubers are talking about. It is actually pertaining to the middle grey which I talked about. So when they say overexpose Slog3 at 1.7 stops higher, they are not pertaining to the metering of your camera, but rather they are talking about Sony's recommended exposure of middle grey. Second is what Joel Mulder have explained regarding the exposure of skintones, which depends on the ethnicity so depending on the ethnicity of the human subject, it goes around 45IRE to around 70IRE as what Joel Mulder have mentioned

Sony A7 IV User: I'd say the best way to expose SLog3 is setting your Zebra to 94+. As long as you stay under this level you'll have an awesome image. ISO 800, 3200, 12800 are the best values. Then play around between +1.0 and +2.0. For High Contrast Sceneries I like to go up to +1.7 or +2.0 (not blinking) so I have much more information in the shadows. If there are people in the image try to expose them correctly because the viewer will pay most of the attention to them. Of course 4K 4:2:2 is a must. Framerate depends on the project you're shooting. 24fps for most cinematic look, 25 or 30 for broadcast (depends on where you are living), 60 for ultra smooth actions (nice for dance performances)

I’ve used it before, and I believe my problem is what I’ve came to your channel for. Understanding how to expose for it. I’ve been trying to wing it a bit of what I know a little that I’ve learned, but you’ve broke it down so much better than what I’ve heard recently. Thanks so much, Victor! Really appreciate you!

The best SLOG3 explanation I've come across! Feel more confident with exposing in this picture profile as things were always a hassle previously. Thank you for this video!

Keep in mind skintone IRE depends on the kind of skintone. Darker skintones will have a lower ideal IRE (as low as 42), while lighter skintones can be up to around 78. It also depends on reflectance, which is something to keep in mind.

I recently came across your KZfaq video on exposing S-Log3, and I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude. Your insights and explanations were incredibly informative, and I feel like I've gained a much better understanding of how to make the most out of S-Log3. Your enthusiasm and clear communication style really made the topic accessible, and I appreciate the effort you put into breaking down the complexities of S-Log3. It's evident that you're passionate about sharing your knowledge, and it's been incredibly helpful for someone like me who is still navigating the intricacies of this feature. Your video has given me a renewed sense of hope and confidence when working with S-Log3, and I can't thank you enough for that. Consider me a new subscriber - I'm looking forward to more insightful content from your channel! Once again, thank you, Victor! Keep up the fantastic work.

Wow this was so good!! Love you explained it. It helped me wrap my head around it ! I haven’t brought slog 3 to my event shootings becuase I play it safe. But excited on locking down that new beast setting !

Great video dude! Glad I subbed! I've only started using SLOG3 and still learning to use it. Grateful for content creators like you to show us ways to expose SLOG3!

This is super helpful, especially seeing them side by side -- you can really see the image quality and clarity/accuracy difference between the three. Always struggled with getting SLOG3 exposed properly (A73), but now have the 4, so I'm going to try these recommendations!

I am new to videography, but I am a professional photographer. I’m trying to teach myself videography and since I have the Sony A7iv why not learn with it. Now I am using LumaFusion on my iPad Pro with the M1 chip and I watched another video that shows to do your exposure at least +1.7 to +2.0 and I was not liking the results after color grading. And now since watching this video I just tested it out and I am really happy with the results with skin tones using +0.7. And your video really showed on all three exposures the difference so I couldn’t wait to try it out. I’m so glad I found your video thank you so much for taking the time. It’s greatly appreciated

Simple and Straight to the point.....a big shout out for explaining ETTR in such a lucid way.

Your thumbnails are works of art and these vids are so informative! Preordered the FX30 and am super excited to take my vids here on KZfaq to the next level. Will be watching lots of your videos while I learn everything about this new camera

OMG... finallyyyy... I find a video where I really understand exposure on Sony a74 while using slog3.. I even bought a few LUTs and still couldn't get desired results and after watching and understanding this.. BOOM... I finally get the desired results.. Thank you so much...

I’m not a Slog user. I shoot lumix Vlog but learning is learning, great information and examples from you that will help me and anyone else continuing to grow

Keep in mind that the Base ISO will differ depending on which camera you're using. On m A1, the two base ISOs are 800 and 4000. If you're not sure, go to a dim room, and look at the shadows as you crank the ISO from 800. At a certain point, it should clean up and that's your second base. This is helpful because shooting at 4000 is going to produce much cleaner results than shooting at 3200.

One of the most useful video I've seen in a while, exactly what I was looking for, many thanks!

Subbed! Been exposing my shots in +1.7 ~ +2.0 forever and was never satisfied with it on post-editing. Little did I know newer Sony cameras has more dynamic range from +0.3~+1.0.

I feel like I've seen a few of these videos but this was actually way more helpful and in depth than anything. Great video.

Everything about this video is just perfect; the information presentation, practicality, subtle background music❤ You earned my like and subscription!

It's amazing how I've watched hundreds of videos on exposing slog3 properly and this is the first video that I feel really gave practical information that I can actually use to get things exposed properly on the fly. Almost every other video basically just says get an external monitor.

Amazing video and perfectly explained, thank you so much!☺️

Perfect video as always! Super helpful info with no filler, and informative examples that describe it perfectly. Love it!!

dude - this was so helpful, really appreciate you breaking down the scenarios and everything step by step! thank you!

I must have seen countless videos all with differing ways to expose - Thank you for your clear and easy to understand explanation!

Wow. That was too hard for me to understand, after many videos, until I ran on this video. Great,simple and all details covered! Thank you and Kiu!

Have been trying out Slog3 more recently and always struggling to expose it. I was always going crazy to achieve +1.7 and I'm glad to know it's not neccessary!

Great video and super helpful. Been apprehensive about using slog3 but maybe now I’ll give it a try. Thanks 👍🏻🇬🇧

really good stuff! just got the a7 iv and this helped me a lot knowing how to exposure SLOG-3

yessss! been waiting for this video!

I’ve been having so much trouble with slog3 thanks for explaining . Helped alot

Buddy, very good content. Straight to the point. Very clear. Helped a lot :)

Thanks very much. I came to an A7iv from a BMPCC 4k and blindly followed online advice to aim for +1.7. The footage always seemed a bit too hot for my liking in post and now I understand that in 10bit I can back-off the exposure and get a better end result.

I haven't used SLOG3 just yet, just getting down all the movements and basics of videos. This video helped a ton, especially for someone who is still kind of new to video.

Boss, very clearly you explain sony a7iv slog 3 and cinematic settings. It's just wow. ❤️

This was super helpful Victor, such an easy explanation with examples. I'm currently using SLOG3 on my A7IV mainly during outdoor docu shots and indoor talking heads and your video helped me to better understand what I'm doing behind the camera. Thx - Balint

Shoutout to you for the thumbnail design. Love the hint of the 70s film feel. Very very clickable :)

bought my A7IV last week, i will try this SLOG3 settings! Thank you!

Well this is an eye opener ! I have also been trying to keep the exposure at 1.7 to 2.0, and have always been blowing out the highlights and to be honest, it drove me crazy to the point I resorted to S-Cinetone as I was missing out on footage of my newly born daughter. Yes I a novice, but everything else is going perfectly I just couldn't nail SLOG3. THANK YOU !! I will give this a go ..

Thank you for this! I'm already used to go with S-Log3 on my a7IV but I never tried it in low light because I wanted to play it safe with no profile or S-Cinetone, now I'm definitely going with this method!

Dude, thank you for explaining this. I’ve had a real hard time as a beginner in video understanding this. But you helped me get a handle on it. What seems to be nice about slog3 is it’s a lot of set it and forget it. Set your iso and shutter speed, and only worry about your aperture and nd filter to get proper exposure. I do kind of wish the a7iv had a slightly higher base iso for night time shooting for slog3, like 6400 or something. Either way, it still looks amazing.

I ended up setting my A7IV exposure to +1.7 because I watched a few KZfaq videos… was working with really overexposed imagery but coming from 8bit it was still impressive the amount I could fix in post.

Amazing video. I'm getting the a7IV through my workplace and will definitely be referring back to this video when we start using it.

Wonderful video Victor! Thank you for providing your knowledge! Just bought a Sony A7s III and will start using S-LOG3 for the first time ever. Very excited to start this journey,.

I’ve always loved s-log 3 and getting that perfect exposure at night was sometimes a challenge. So using the highlight metering mode is something new to me but I’ll definitely be using that for night time. Thanks so much!

thanks man gonna try you SLOG 3 exposure was simple and to the point. Using Sony a7iv also and a beginner.

Damn, this is very helpful - thanks for putting out the most concise video on this topic! I was notoriously against shooting log footage at night, but now I see there might be some reasons to in the right conditions I will of course test your method out :)

Looking forward to applying this new knowledge, thanks!

Thank you. I had just watched a video on the +1.7 earlier today didn't realise it was for an earlier camera model... Luckily youtube recommended your video..Will try it out.

Awesome stuff!!!

Now I know what settings I should use in lowlight! thank you for this!

This helped a bunch man, thanks!

Bro this is the breakdown that we all needed. Thanks bro

First time using s-log with fx6. Learning the camera and best way to expose to get the best quality look and feel.

Thank you very much for the detailed review and comparison. Very helpful, I started using "Gamma Display Assist" and in general I got more understanding of how to shoot correctly in slog3 :)

That was very informative ! I try it out this afternoon, I kept always exposing to 1.7+ on the A7IV

Very helpful because i was here overexposing S-Log3 on the a7IV +2 like i did with the a7iii...Thanks mate!

thank you for the lesson sir victor

Thank you very helpful! I was constantly trying to get to 1.7 but then id change situation and it would immediately be overexposed.. nice to know I can get away with having metering on a lower level

Thanks for this. I've been looking on info for exposing night or low-light scenes.

I was not a big fan of s-log 3 but i really wish to explore the s-log 3 for my future works and i just found you today... Thanks lot for sharing the knowledge. Super happy to be a subscriber and looking forward to meet you one-day. PEACE ;)

Hi, Victor. I'm one of the new guys you mentioned: New to videography & new to the a7iv. And as you predicted, I learned a lot from this video so that I think I can give SLog3 a try now. But admittedly, it was too daunting before I watched your "this-is-how-you-do-it" video. I noticed from your YT Channel Home that you are doing a lot of a7iv topics, which I need desperately, so I subscribed & belled. Thanks for pulling me out of the fog and into S-log. Yeah, you can quote me on that- AFAIK, it's original. :-)

I haven’t learned this much about my camera in a while. The technical side of things is so important! Love shooting s log 3. Will love it more now!

This was helpful thanks so much!

I have a Sony A7IV this was really helpful! Thank you! SLOG is amazing!!!

I think you really helped me out. Thank you.

Haven’t shot S-log yet! Will be going out in the morning to shoot, planning to give it a try 🦾 have been using your methods to color grade in Davinci! Amazing stuff bro 🙏🏼 Hats Off 🌸

Ahh dude! This was brilliant. Shooting an event next week that will be indoors at night, was nervous to use s-log3 but will give it a practice over the next few days! Appreciate the video!

Very helpful for a beginner! thank you!

I always stick to SLOG3, but have always been exposing to +2. Honestly haven’t been getting the best results in terms of grading. I’ll give +0.7 a shot!

Very Helpful 💚🙏🏼 I’m Scared Of Slog3 Before Because We Can’t Control Iso For Lower 800.But i think With Best Exposure Slog3 Saves Me For Post Production

Thanks so much!!!!! I use s log three - I’m still learning but I’m loving it!

This was exactly the video I was looking for to learn how to shoot on a log perfect man

Great content 😊👍🏻 Thx for sharing

Thank you sooooo much,. I have been overexposing for the last year now and always having trouble with clipped highlights

Wow that’s so smart about the changing the metering mode at night lol I feel silly now. Thanks for the tips! Great video

Great video. Thank you for sharing!

Found your channel just over a week ago and love the content

Great tutorial thank you 🙏🏽🌷

I've been using SLog3 a lot more lately. I think you've inspired me to do more testing with exposure. Not sure if you have a video on which correction luts you use for your slog3 or how you correct it, but they'd be a good one. Considering that you're doing a lut giveaway, i assume they might be your own luts. I'll be searching your channel for info on that. thank you!

Really good content!

Nice will give this a shot!!

this is very helpful very nice tutorial..

Well i'm using the New Sony FX30 and i use Slog3 as well i love it.. If you don't expose correctly with it and then try to apply your Slog3 to rec709 Lut, then it will look bad and make it harder to exposure and color grade, but i normally look at the waveform and make sure the highest it goes is no higher then 65 to70 percent. this way i can recover if something was wrong.. although i wish there was a slog3 to rec709 that wasn't so harsh because it think that LUT over does it, and doesn't look exactly like it was looking when i applied the monitor LUT to see what it will look like when i apply my LUT in Adobe Premier Pro, for some reasly actually applying the LUT in Premier is a bit more harsh on shadows. As i said i wish they was a LUT out there that was like Rec709 but not so harsh on the shadows..

Extremely helpful. Many thanks! I’d appreciate some insight on real estate videography, for interiors; WB and recommended settings. I’m planning to buy the a7iv just for videos. Thanks again.

I’m always using slog 3 , but I wasn’t using highlights only to shoot those low lights scenes. Tks for the tip. 💙

Really appreciate this and all the other content Vic! I’m still using the A7C with the settings from your last video HLG3. Have you made any recent changes to it?

It was to much think I learn about slog 3 tnx sir❤

Thanks bro. For explaining clearly. Fx 30 settings of s log 3

Thank you very well explained I was shooting 1.7 to 2 stop and my highlight blowing out

Thanks for this!! Really informative!! Want to win that LUT tho😍

i just got a 7iv this was very helpful!

I really love your color!

First off, thank you so much for all of this helpful information. Would you please be able to make a more in length video covering night exposure in different light settings? Possibly extending this working with HLG3? Again thank you!:)

Nice video, man! Slog3 i great!

That was super helpful

Thank you for this mate! I have been struggling with exposing S-Log since the a7smk1. Always thought it was the light and the issue that ND’s weren’t strong enough. So, do you strongly disagree on playing with the ISO for exposure if we do not have the ND’s (it’s quite the pain to invest in different lenses and ND sizes!) and what do you think about pushing it further than 3200? Thank you for some great tips about tones, the metering and zebra functions. I’m very excited to use the gamma feature too, how did you achieve that? Keep the great work, been enjoying your lessons 🙌🏻

This is by far the most comprehensive explanation i watched. It almost answers all I needed to know. I only have one unanswered question. Which metering mode do you use and to which situation will you use it. Thanks in advance for the answer 😊😊

Nice video! Didn’t know over expose 1.7-2 is for 8Bit. good tip. i usually look at the waveform. over expose abit just to lift up the low end with out losing the highlight. so in my head i know how much room i have in post. i know underexpose is recoverable but it generate noise. i think im kinda used to that work flow. but i will def try yours for sure. skin tones look pretty good and even. im buying the nisi new true color VND tomorrow heard lot of good things about it. gonna try it out. no X mark no wierd color cast or vignette. oh and for people who dont have a second monitor. apple app store theres an app call monitor+ pretty cheap compare to a actual monitor but it have all the function one need. it might be useful for new beginner

hello, I'll use from now on +0.7, thank you for the information have a nice day