That was my assumption but when out on my first test run I took some incident readings in talents location. the exposure reading seemed to blow out the talent. I typically like to stay at specific stop and light accordingly but when I lit to that stop It seemed... wrong?
EDIT: Using a 7D
Talent was reading at roughly a f.2 (off the key) and I had my Iris set to 4/5./6 and it seemed to expose properly at that point. But my logic was that If they read at a f2 and I am at a 4/5.6 shouldnt the key be super dark?
Since you own a L-758cine, you can also calibrate it to the film stock or digital sensor to show you when your lighting is out of range. Here is a link with a in-depth tutorial of how it is done :http://www.ryanewalters.com/SP/sekonicprofiles.html
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Since you own a L-758cine, you can also calibrate it to the film stock or digital sensor to show you when your lighting is out of range. Here is a link with a in-depth tutorial of how it is done :http://www.ryanewalters.com/SP/sekonicprofiles.html
Good luck with your projects!