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[Stephen Mick]

Ordered two of Doug's products this morning. Now I just need the Epic to put one of them in.

 

[Brent Carter]

Yes, our solution is just as easy to remove as it is to install.

BC

 

[Shawn Nelson]

Brent, this is fantastic news!! Please email me the moment I can have one, I'm good to install it myself.

 

[Justin O'Neill]

So glad RED's solution will be removable. I would say in our shooting 50% of the time we like the flairs and 50% of the time we don't. A permanent flair blocker would have sucked.

 

[Ruff]

Will this guard be pre installed and ship with all newly sold cameras?

 

[Elsie N]

Brent, will these be installed on Stage 3 cameras? If not, can we request they be installed before shipping?

I believe is that is the plan. If not, yes, you can request that, no problem.

BC

Will this guard be pre installed and ship with all newly sold cameras?

From Page 3 of this thread.

 

[Mike McEntire]

I really need this for the Rolex 24 hour race at Daytona later this month. Keep me posted.
Thanks!

 

[Brent Carter]

As soon as I have confirmed units we can start shipping, I will post here, yup.

BC

 

[Phil Holland]

As soon as I have confirmed units we can start shipping, I will post here, yup.

BC

This is great news and it sounds like it's "soon" great news.

 

[Mark Pugh]

thanks. great stuff.

 

[SUNILPREM]

RED is preparing a user-installable OLPF port bushing for users who feel this is an issue for them. It has been approved through engineering and we are ordering up some quantities of this to be fabricated. When we have some in stock, I will provide an email address where you can request this OLPF port bushing and we will send it out to you to install. Or, we can install it for you. Both at no charge.

Should have more info early next week on this...

BC

Great ,Thanks,

 

[Mark Pedersen]

Great ,Thanks,

When was Brent's response posted?

I would like an update on when this will happen.

Tnx,

M

 

[Brent Carter]

Post #48 still applies, Mark.

BC

 

[Mark Pedersen]

Yup sorry, just went back through the thread and was about to delete mine

Thx,

M

 

[Matt Uhry]

Sweet Brent - any chance we can get a picture to see what you came up with ? The flares boned me badly a few times.
I'm glad that Red handling it officially.

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com

 

[Brent Carter]

We are getting in some of the the user-installable OLPF Port Bushings as we speak so can begin shipping these out as soon as today. This bushing reduces the reported flare issue on EPIC and SCARLET for existing camera owners. If you are interested in this, please email olpf@red.com with your camera serial number and shipping address. Once we get your email, it is will enter the order processing queue and we will reply back with the installation instructions. If after getting the instructions and reviewing them, you would prefer we do the install here at RED for you, no problem - just let us know. The bushing kit and RED installation - both at no charge.

Since it will be asked... For new cameras, we will be addressing the issue with a permanent solution that is an integrated part of the manufacturing process (ie, not user installable).

BC

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Brent, are all new Epic M cameras purchased from now on will have this permanent OLPF bushing solution?

 

[Jaakko Rinne]

please email olpf@red.com with your camera serial number

This might be a stupid question, but is my camera serial number just the # on the bottom of my Scarlet or something else?

 

[Ketch Rossi]

This might be a stupid question, but is my camera serial number just the # on the bottom of my Scarlet or something else?

Just the # on the bottom...

 

[Jorge Díaz-Amador]

Can anyone provide an example, or a link to an example of the type of flare that this "fix" is meant to resolve?

We've got a client, an owner-operator of an EPIC M, that has been experiencing flare issues, under certain conditions with certain lenses. The type of flare I'm speaking of only presents when there is a very bright object (the sun, for example) in the frame. It presents as a ring-shaped flare and is usually reddish in color.

Thanks,