OLPFS

[Jeremy Snell]

Just wrapped a 11 day shoot in Colombia where we swapped OLPF's (STH and LLO) almost twice a day. Documentary style commercial shoot with only a Flex LED light for interiors.
For anyone wondering which OLPF to get, the answer is both. The 5 minutes it took us to change OLPF's was totally worth it every time. The Kippertie sensor protector is a must though!
If anyone else shoots documentary style with available lights, this is truly the best work flow.

 

[John Marchant]

Is the correct answer

Swapping OLPFs is totally trivial once you get over it.

 

[Patrick Kendall]

Yeah those little screws for the OLPF are a nightmare.. I'm wondering how hard it would be to print out an OLPF sensor protector on a 3d printer?

 

[Jordan Buck]

Patrick for the £10 that the kipper tie one is, its way less hassle to just click and wait to arrive in my opinion

 

[Jamon Lewis]

Is the correct answer

Swapping OLPFs is totally trivial once you get over it.

Still waiting for my tracking number John :thumbup:

 

[Jeff Barklage]

Did you reset the back focus each time?

 

[Phil Holland]

Did you reset the back focus each time?

I can say with certainty you do not need to adjust the back focus when swapping between the RED Low Light Optimized or the Skin Tone - Highlight OLPF.

 

[Mark Pedersen]

Just wrapped a 11 day shoot in Colombia where we swapped OLPF's (STH and LLO) almost twice a day. Documentary style commercial shoot with only a Flex LED light for interiors.
For anyone wondering which OLPF to get, the answer is both. The 5 minutes it took us to change OLPF's was totally worth it every time. The Kippertie sensor protector is a must though!
If anyone else shoots documentary style with available lights, this is truly the best work flow.

Do you need the Kippertie protector with the interchangeable OLPF system? We just had our cameras updated and now have both STH and LLO, but haven't tried swapping yet.

M

 

[John Marchant]

It's perfectly possible without our little protector, but it's a nice safety net for very little money

 

[Ulf Krentz]

It's perfectly possible without our little protector, but it's a nice safety net for very little money

I´m also using it, not for safety paranoia, more to cover the sensor to protect it from collection dust during the procedure, this is a great solution and I honestly don´t know why RED is not providing anything like this with their interchangeable system. Thank you John.

Cheers,

Ulf

 

[Daniel Kelly Brown]

I wish both the olpf's and red lens mounts had captive spring loaded screws like the module adapter has. I hear they are including captive screws in the PL mount now. They should really offer for us to send in our mounts for upgrade to captive. The olpfs screws are probably to small, but would be amazing if they could figure it out!

 

[Patrick Tresch]

I wish both the olpf's and red lens mounts had captive spring loaded screws like the module adapter has. I hear they are including captive screws in the PL mount now. They should really offer for us to send in our mounts for upgrade to captive. The olpfs screws are probably to small, but would be amazing if they could figure it out!

+1 great idea!