Sean Dahlberg Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I have a fairly rudimentary question regarding shooting grey cards but I want to make sure I'm going about this the correct way. Let's say I'm shooting 7219 and I want to overexpose the stock +2/3, for a thicker negative when processed normal in the lab, which I would later print down in the color grade (let's assume this is a "normal" look). My question is, when shooting the grey card, would I light/shoot this card at 320ASA since that is ultimately what I'd be lighting my scene to? This way, the film is overexposed +2/3 of a stop when processed but my colorist would know to they need to bring everything down -2/3 of a stop to get the image back to a "normal"? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 25, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted January 25, 2022 Yes, you overexpose the grey card as well so that it will be brought down to normal by the colorist doing the transfer. It helps to put "time to grey card at head of roll" on the camera report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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