Minor halo in footage

[Eugene Lehnert]

Hello-

I've owned a Scarlet camera since the first generation. I've always noticed a subtle halo around objects. I've always thought it was my older Nikon lenses with Canon adapters but I just received a new lens and I'm having the same problem. I find it's very difficult to finely focus the image. I see a softness or blurring when zoomed in at %100. Does the OLPF have anything to do with this? I had to send back the camera back when I first got it and I had to return the handle since it would not hold any batteries. I'm wondering if the OLPF is an issue now as well.

Thanks

 

[Phil Holland]

That's the sort of thing you'll need to post of an example of to help us help you.

Either a screen grab, or even better, a .R3D Snapshot.

 

[John Marchant]

Its quite possible that you're seeing the inherent softening of the motion-targeted OLPF... but only a grab will tell as Phil says.

Bear in mind that the same glass on a DSLR will often yield an apparently sharper image - due in part to a more aliasing-prone OLPF design, and furthermore to preset sharpness that is added even when shooting raw on stills systems. In some cases the manufacturer's software correction for optical errors also plays into this - stills camera can often have calibrated digital adjustments built in to correct for chromatic aberration, vignetting, distortion sharpness and other lens characteristics.

 

[Marc Wielage]

Shoot an alignment chart with very fine lines and a cross-hatch pattern, and I bet it will expose any problems that are there. Great dealers and rental house should have these in the backroom to check rental lenses...