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It's been a while since I was on a set, but most DPs seemed to adhere to the principle: "When in doubt, add bigger lights."


In the modern digital era, that has actually changed quite a bit. Now cameras are really sensitive – the equivalent of what used to be 2500 to 4000 ISO is now really common – so instead of adding light, often you have to flag off light in areas you want dark.

So instead of many bright lights you just have duvetyne and flags everywhere, which many DoPs have complained is harder to work with.




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