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[RajathSR]

I would like to suggest one of the most underrated feature when using pro mode in our Samsung cameras. 

The Cameras have reached a stage where we can create high quality films straight out of our phone. Pro video mode has ample manual controls for us to play with, but I felt there is one missing feature .... and that feature is 

"Zebra stripes for controlling exposure" 

Here is an example:

As you can see in the above picture, wherever there is bright areas in the frame, those areas will be highlighted in the form of zebra stripes in our camera. This will help us to judge the exposure of our shot and adjust them accordingly. Sometimes (infact most of the times) it's difficult to judge the correct exposure for our scene just by looking at the histogram and the EV scale. 

This is where zebra stripes features provides us with a guide to achieve the right exposure everytime. Just like how there is focus peaking to assist us in nailing the manual focus, zebra stripes feature assist in adjusting the bright areas of our shots. 

This would definitely be a game changer feature if implemented in our cameras. I request Samsung to consider this innovation and enable it 

#IdeasUnleashed #InnovationLab #Camera #Bengaluru #Bangalore 

[raipraveen83]

Can you tell what zabra value one should use while shot 

[RajathSR]

the values depend a lot on the type of scene which you are shooting
you can keep the value between 70-80 IRE for shooting people. the zebra will be highlighted on the person's face.

for a landscape scene or general shots, you can keep the zebra value around 100 IRE so that, whenever you take overexposed photos, the zebra stripes will appear on the overexposed part, just like how the above examples that I have shared.
So in such situations, you can reduce the overall exposure

[raipraveen83]

Thanks for the detail .. so Zabra and false color do same job right

[RajathSR]

both are used to control exposure
zebra gives you less details about the exposure levels. It just shows the over exposed part, or only a single region where you have assigned the zebra to show

but false color, gives you an entire range of brightness
right from the over exposed parts to normal exposed parts and under-exposed parts. False color give you the entire range of exposure for whatever you are shooting. so this is more detailed than just using the zebra levels

[raipraveen83]

Thanks man