MX IR TEST...

[David Battistella]

Color Science?

Same?

[Dylan Macleod, CSC]

Color Science?

Same?

REDALERT - not playing with new Color Science. Just looking at IR in this test.

[Miltos Pilalitos]

We only had a 2K tungsten light (full spot) to test with.

Do you remember who the manufacturer of the light is? Is it normal for a tungsten unit to produce so much IR radiation?

[Mitch Gross]

Do you remember who the manufacturer of the light is? Is it normal for a tungsten unit to produce so much IR radiation?

IR is heat. 90% of the energy out of a tungsten bulb is heat.

[Miltos Pilalitos]

IR is heat. 90% of the energy out of a tungsten bulb is heat.

Well yeah, all electromagnetic radiation can produce heat but somehow i was under the misconception that light fixtures for cinema applications were filtering the IR spectrum out.

I guess they don't.

[Dylan Macleod, CSC]

Well yeah, all electromagnetic radiation can produce heat but somehow i was under the misconception that light fixtures for cinema applications were filtering the IR spectrum out.

I guess they don't.

It was an ARRI 2K open face. But I don't think it would make a difference. I've been able to reproduce this with a variety of tungsten fixtures.

Lets keep the eye on the prize though - new sensor - NO WORRIES!!!

[Miltos Pilalitos]

Lets keep the eye on the prize though - new sensor - NO WORRIES!!!

Damn! A few weeks ago i spent a fortune for Tiffen Hot mirror filters! I guess i will use them as ND filters now...

[Ryan E. Walters]

These are very impressive results- I wonder what the new contamination level is? Although once you get past 1.2 color shifts really start to become more of a problem ...

Thanks again for providing us with the test results. :)

[Roberto Lequeux]

I don't understand. With a hot mirror held over the top 1/4 of the frame why is the jacket still white-pink? And the original color is green, right?

[Dylan Macleod, CSC]

I don't understand. With a hot mirror held over the top 1/4 of the frame why is the jacket still white-pink? And the original color is green, right?

We probably shouldn't have even put the IR filter in at all. It complicates the comparison of the two sensors.

The top part of the Mysterium sensor (that is filtered) looks like the IR is pretty much gone - the soft filter edge makes the distinguishing line a little blurred - but if you put your hand over the bottom part of the Mysterium image and only look at the top part - which is getting filtered - the blacks start to look a little more neutral.

In the MX sensor - the line between filtered and unfiltered is invisible. The IR filter isn't doing anything. It doesn't need to.

The lamp was spotted in as well - so there is a bit of a vignette. Not ideal - but just look at the overall difference in the two sensors.

MX rules!