black shade

[Ian Planchon]

that has to be the most common thread title ever by now.

I know you have to black shade after a firmware upgrade. I have been digging for 45 minutes now and can't find a post on WHY you have to do it. what happens if you forget and start shooting?

sorry to start yet another thread on black shades!

 

[Mike P.]

Blackshade is just RED's name for getting rid of fixed pattern noise or dead/hot pixels. Basically makes sure your sensor is reading with the least amount of extraneous artefacts.

If you don't do it you're basically shooting at the factory settings, which are most likely not ideal...

 

[Ian Planchon]

OK. I tend to forget things when I am a hurry. and am paranoid I will forget next time. this isn't a damage sort of thing then huh? just seemed weird that its stated with such authority that it MUST be blackshaded after a firmware upgrade on dragon. wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something!

cheers.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

If you forget you'll almost certainly get bright Red Green and Blue pixels speckled throughout your picture. Can be very annoying to cleanup.

 

[David Battistella]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...For-Dummies-amp-Experts&p=1462770#post1462770