Modular Dragon OLPF sneak peak

[Björn Benckert]

Bjorn,
Your concerns are well placed. Changing OLPF's is not the answer. We need a sensor/OLPF combination versatile enough to shoot day exteriors, dusk, and night without taking the time and risk of dealing with arguably the most sensitive parts of the camera. And many times this change over having to be to be done in time critical situations. The more I read here that changing and compromising on OLPF's might be the final "fix", the more I miss my MX.

I dont miss the MX, dragon with olpf2 is to me still far better as a night camera as it does not clip the tops and the bottom goes with ADD and downsampling as I see it further down than MX. So it's still a huge improvement. But now when I played with both olpf 1 and 2 I ofcourse want the best of both worlds in one without having to fiddle with a screw driver and screws right at magic hour... thats the time when things get more hectic than any other time. The producer is stressing around overtime, the sun is the nicest and it goes away in a few minutes... not the best time to poke around the sensor

 

[David Battistella]

Bjorn

i can see your samples on iPhone but is it this kind of thing?

https://vimeo.com/m/56633038

EDIT: Ah OK I see now.

PS: you gotta update that avatar now man! LOL
PPS: nice flares...

battistella

 

[Bohdan Klos]

Bjorn,
Your concerns are well placed. Changing OLPF's is not the answer. We need a sensor/OLPF combination versatile enough to shoot day exteriors, dusk, and night without taking the time and risk of dealing with arguably the most sensitive parts of the camera. And many times this change over having to be to be done in time critical situations. The more I read here that changing and compromising on OLPF's might be the final "fix", the more I miss my MX.

I read today that someone wanting the OLD OLPF was told by Red it is out of stock. I would really wonder if Red is wise to make a new batch of OLPFs with Magenta orbs?

Chances are the old OLPFv1 will become obsolete very quickly and replaced with a better low light OLPF. Red has said they are making a mid way (or goldilocks) OLPF - that is the OLPF the camera should ship with as standard or the one people who don't want to expose their sensors to dirt and accidents every shoot will order.

 

[David Battistella]

I read today that someone wanting the OLD OLPF was told by Red it is out of stock.

It seems this user exercised his OLPF choice just yesterday.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...ot-Lilau-quot-is-born-Low-Light-OLPF-selected

I would really wonder if Red is wise to make a new batch of sensors with Magenta orbs?

Just to correct your "facts".

The Dragon sensor does not change. The glass in front of the sensor known as the OLPF can be changed. OLPF means Optical Low Pass Filter. It contains an OLPF (mostly to deal with moire) and possibly some other filtration. It the last thing light passes through before hitting the sensor.

So, RED does not manufacture sensors with Magenta orbs. The orbs you are talking about are a "feature" of the V1 (lowlight OLPF). Many were not too pleased with this "effect" and they are reduced in the current OLPF (referred to as the Highlight OLPF).

Battistella

 

[Bohdan Klos]

It seems this user exercised his OLPF choice just yesterday.
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...ot-Lilau-quot-is-born-Low-Light-OLPF-selected

David, Yes, person at the start of thread got an old OLPF but at the end of that same thread Sidney posts the following... http://www.reduser.net/forum/showth...LPF-selected&p=1406900&viewfull=1#post1406900
He says old OLPFs are unavailable right now. Been trying to order for a month and told to wait. That was who I was referencing but couldn't find the thread. Thanks!

Just to correct your "facts".
Battistella

My "mistake", I mistyped - I of course meant OLPF - sensor is good it is the OLPF that has the ORBs. I edited that word in my post. Thanks for spotting that!

 

[D Fuller]

Sure, but if clients starts to change olpf every day at sundown... well then it's quite a risk that that camera will probably spend more days over at red getting new sensors than it would be rented out. And I think a few turns like that and your insurance company will not look at it as accidents but more like wear and tear...

Why would your insurance company be involved at all? If I rent something and damage it, I (and my insurance company) am responsible. Or is that not how rentals work with you?

 

[Eric Branco]

I tried to order old OLPF yesterday and was told that it was out of stock and they didn't know when they'd be getting more.

 

[ivan friedman]

Hello Jarred, any news on this? I am waiting for my upgrade just for this little baby.

 

[Mark van Coller]

One of my Epics is currently in for upgrade. To the best of my knowledge when people changed from V1 to V2 they had to send their cameras back to Red for remapping/calibration. If I go with V1 for this upgrade does this mean that I will have to send my camera back for this remapping when the Modular OLPF System comes out. I live and work in South Africa so sending cameras back and forth means I am without a camera for up to a month.

 

[Adam Montville]

They are making the "calibrations" in the firmware menu UI on camera. You can now pick if you have the V1 or V2 installed, and the camera switches back and forth, like Blackshades.