Turn off ND Filter on Motion Mount

[Etienne Perrin]

Hi everyone,

Juste received my EF Motion Mount. Maybe it's a silly question but I was wondering if it was possible to turn off the ND Filter on the camera because it's locked on 1/3.03 in minimum and I lose 1.60 stops.

I didn't found anything on the operation guide so if somebody knows if it's possible to use the Motion Mount without a minimum ND filter, could be great!

Thank you!

 

[Bob Gundu]

Hi everyone,

Juste received my EF Motion Mount. Maybe it's a silly question but I was wondering if it was possible to turn off the ND Filter on the camera because it's locked on 1/3.03 in minimum and I lose 1.60 stops.

I didn't found anything on the operation guide so if somebody knows if it's possible to use the Motion Mount without a minimum ND filter, could be great!

Thank you!

Unfortunately not possible.

 

[Bobby Farokhzad]

The light loss is inevitable, there is no way to have the motion mount on the camera without having over a stop of light loss... this and the fact that the motion mount acts a little weird when shooting wide open, is why many shooters have shied away from it. My greatest wish from red is to figure out how to implement a global shutter (I don't even care about the internal ND's by now) without affecting the camera's sensitivity, color, and dynamic range.

 

[Marcus Friedlander]

Unfortunately, because of the glass built into the mount, the motion mount is only really useable in situations where you are going to ND anyways. (Basically just daylight exteriors.)

However, a lot of times I wish I had one because I would love to lose the weight of the matte box and the physical filters when doing gimbal/car mount stuff outside.

 

[Erick Liu]

The filter is built into the mount, although it is electronic, its impossible to just turn it off