Low Light Optimised OLPF thoughts

[Jan Reiff]

got my 2nd Dragon today, this 2nd is with Low Light OLPF ...

here are some dirty fast tests in ultra low light, i just throw it in

http://we.tl/yf8smNQnac

my conclusion: especially when you see it in motion, underexposed footage looks actually cleaner with the low light OLPF.

it´s a good back up for some extreme situations, saying that, i had never a problem in controlled light with the "standard" OLPF but if there will be some shots when a scene needs higher ISO (higher framerates for example) it´s nice to have this in the back ...

i will keep one Dragon with the Standard and one with the low light OLPF, think this is a perfect package for all what will come ...

 

[Robert Ruffo New]

Does the LLO OLPF have this issue:

Unfortunately all Dragon variants have this problem, MX Red products do not. There is hope this can be fixed via firmware or SDK.

 

[Robert Ruffo New]

Maybe talent center stage, with some fresnels pointing directly into camera from behind (exposed for talent letting lights go hot, music video style). Then with camera, pan left to right to see when and if the orbs show up and varying focal lengths from wide to closeup of talent.

These are situations where the orbs would definitely show up if an issue. Like these conditions:

yes please - this is exactly what I would want to see.

 

[Aria Khosravi]

Does the LLO OLPF have this issue:

As others have said, it's a sensor issue and is going to be there. However, after my first day with the Low Light Optimized OLPF, I think it's safe to say that the color of the streaks is more neutral as opposed to the pink/magenta streaks you get with the STH OLPF.

For what it's worth, I know for a fact that the MX sensor had the CMOS streaking problem too. Maybe it wasn't quite as bad, but the first time I set up my Scarlet in 2012, it was the very first thing I noticed, pointed against some windows with venetian blinds.

All CMOS cameras exhibit the artifact to some degree. I have a Sony A7 I use for stills and it has this artifact much worse than the Dragon does. Haven't tested with the higher end Sony cinema cameras but it's possible that they exhibit it too.

 

[Thomas Koch]

I wish I could give my thoughts, but they put in the wrong OLFP when they did the upgrade. Now there is no ETA on when I can get one I requested shipped.

EDIT: I requested LLO OLPF.

 

[Andy White]

Wrong sensor or wrong OLPF - wrong sensor would be a worrying occurrence!

 

[Thomas Koch]

Wrong sensor or wrong OLPF - wrong sensor would be a worrying occurrence!

Unless they wanted to give me a new super secret sensor!

 

[Nikhil Kamkolkar]

I wish I could give my thoughts, but they put in the wrong OLFP when they did the upgrade. Now there is no ETA on when I can get one I requested shipped.

EDIT: I requested LLO OLPF.

How did you figure out you got the wrong one? Is there some visual indication or something in the camera menus you looked at?

 

[David Battistella]

The OLPF have the words written on them

LOW LIGHT OPTIMISED or

SKINTONE HIGHLIGHT

you just have to look into the sensor area and it in written on the interchangeable OLPF itself.


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