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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Feels Like a New Sensor in Weapon

Bjorn,

Wow the 6500asa looks very impressive. Could you tell us which OLPF you were using? I assume the Vimeo H264 compression has minimised some of the grain? I am yet to shoot a project that requires me to push the Weapon's exposure but looking at this I will feel a lot more confident in doing so.

In regards to CMOS smear I have done some tests with the Weapon where we pushed it hard and I saw no CMOS smear worth noting. I could say with confidence that CMOS smear is not an issue with the Weapon.
 
Tom Gleeson said:
Bjorn,

Wow the 6500asa looks very impressive. Could you tell us which OLPF you were using? I assume the Vimeo H264 compression has minimised some of the grain? I am yet to shoot a project that requires me to push the Weapon's exposure but looking at this I will feel a lot more confident in doing so.

In regards to CMOS smear I have done some tests with the Weapon where we pushed it hard and I saw no CMOS smear worth noting. I could say with confidence that CMOS smear is not an issue with the Weapon.
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Standard olpf and nothing done to the picture except changing tint and kelvin. You can download the 2k process 444 from vimeo. it should show the grain structure which I think looks fine for what it is... me not pulling focus, is a bigger problem :)
 
Björn Benckert said:
At 6500iso it really feels like a new sensor.


That's because it is a new sensor. (maybe)

Red snuck in a new sensor (the Dragon2) and are keeping quiet about it.

This new Dragon2 sensor solved a lot of problems that new boards alone could not quite fix.

Gee... I wonder if my conjecture is correct.

:)
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Is anyone else seeing the black artifacts in the lens flare as the first car approaches? (I think it's 0:16 or 0:19) What is that?
 
Kenneth C Merrill said:
Is anyone else seeing the black artifacts in the lens flare as the first car approaches? (I think it's 0:16 or 0:19) What is that?
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I'm seeing some artifact of the super saturated blue from the lens flare. I'd love to see a side-by-side of DRAGONcolor and DRAGONcolor2 of that specific thing.
 
On the weapon, though you can push the sensor to 2000 iso, I still prefer shooting at 320 iso. This probably now is less dependent on the sensor, and more on the cinematographers lighting approach. So I think it's no longer the sensor dictating the art, but the art dictating the use of the tool.
 
We shot on a Carbon Weapon yesterday, Skintone OLPF btw 800 and 1600...and it BLEW MY MIND!!!!

OMG - huge improvement over Epic Dragon!!!!!

Can't wait for our upgrades!!!
 
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