Updated Low Light OLPF Examples

[Robert Berger]

I auto white balanced in camera (2857K, -20.596 tint), a small S curve, plus some alchemy (0.373), default unsharp mask, and outputted a still with ADD. Then I added a subtle vignette in Camera Raw and boosted the "Whites" +60. That's it. It took about 30 seconds.

The low light OLPF is the way to go for indie work!

The way I'm lighting these street scenes is to use what's there and paint in a little light with a battery powered china ball on a boom pole. I have a company making me custom variable color temp LED strip lights (CRI 95) so I can dial in anything between 2700k and 6000k. The lights should arrive soon. Then it's just a matter of playing with the color temps of the LEDs and what I balance to until I find a combination I like.

Oh, and the updated OLPF fixed the flaring problem entirely!

New?? low light OLPF? is this the nwe interchangeble OLPF ?

best Robert

New showreel on www.camlight.nl

 

[Brandon J.F.]

oh shit...when do those beasts show up? thats horrific i missed all that all together...

It's no longer and issue. All fixed now.

this really looks great brandon...!!! maybe you could post a R3D... 'd be appreciated... very nice work...!!!:thumbsup:

Thanks, I'll post an R3D today!

New?? low light OLPF? is this the nwe interchangeble OLPF ?

RED revised the V1 OLPF. The updated version will be an option with the interchangeable system. I don't have that yet. I just got lucky and got the updated OLPF when I requested V1.

 

[sam karr]

Thanks, I'll post an R3D today!

It would be great. Love the shot. What are your impressions on the dragon scarlet? How does it compare to the scarlet MX?

 

[Brandon J.F.]

It would be great. Love the shot. What are your impressions on the dragon scarlet? How does it compare to the scarlet MX?

It's light years better than the MX. No rolling shutter, great low light capability, skintones are amazing, great highlight roll off, aesthetically pleasing noise at high ISOs...

 

[Brandon J.F.]

Here's the r3d: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8uawk72z6jr6x9/A002_C012_1012TB.0000840F.R3D?dl=0

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

The reason the red lights are going so weird is probably because RCX doesn't expect to see a low-light OLPF and its color science is way off.

 

[Brian Merlen]

Here's the r3d: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8uawk72z6jr6x9/A002_C012_1012TB.0000840F.R3D?dl=0

Can we grade the r3d file ourselves and post examples to this thread? Thanks so much for posting the sample, really great for us non low light OLPF users! I just ordered mine now when I saw your shot example

 

[Brandon J.F.]

The reason the red lights are going so weird is probably because RCX doesn't expect to see a low-light OLPF and its color science is way off.

Yeah, that may be. I'm optimistic the reds will be tamed in a future update.

Can we grade the r3d file ourselves and post examples to this thread? Thanks so much for posting the sample, really great for us non low light OLPF users! I just ordered mine now when I saw your shot example

Sure, go for it.

 

[Johnny Friday]

Can anyone tell me what the gain in light using V1 vs V2 OLFP? is it one or more stops? I can't seem to find any posted specs on how much light loss or gain of one vs. the other.

 

[David Battistella]

Johnny,

from phils tests what we see is a dr shift from the shadows to highlights favoring 1-1.3 tops in either direction. The stops move around but the total dr is the same. You get 1-1.3 stops more in the shadows or highlights.

The diiference is noticeable in texture, not really in sensitivity, but with the LLO you will get lower noise in the shadows.

Battistella

 

[Robert Ruffo New]

Johnny,

from phils tests what we see is a dr shift from the shadows to highlights favoring 1-1.3 tops in either direction. The stops move around but the total dr is the same. You get 1-1.3 stops more in the shadows or highlights.

The diiference is noticeable in texture, not really in sensitivity, but with the LLO you will get lower noise in the shadows.

Battistella

This is simply not true. OLPF 01, like MX, gently rolls into the noise floor. OLPF 02 does not, it dives right down to no information black below a certain illumination. Aside from the pink orb issue exclusive to current OLPF 01 and the magenta smear issue (which affects all OLPFs at this time), issues which may not appear or be a factor in your shoot, OLPF 01 is very, very good, and color improvements present in OLPF 02 are in my opinion minor at best over OLPF 01.