The new false colour standard? Director of Photography Ed Lachman ASC introduces the EL Zone system.
The IRE system used in false colour measurement doesn’t directly correlate across the aperture range. Shane Hurlbut ASC asks Ed Lachman ASC about his EL Zone System, developed for “standardizing exposure in the digital age“…
… which is taken from their full-length conversation (via Filmmakers Academy):
Upon its integration into their PageOS Firmware, SmallHD asks Ed Lachman to further elaborate on how to use the EL Zone system:
Further Viewing
Cine Dailies demonstrates the workflow of an EL Zone-equipped field monitor:
The EL Zone System, and for that matter the false colour “standard”, are only two of a host of tools designed to assist in capturing correct exposure: