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Black Shading and why it is so important:
Many of you may have come across intense noise from your Red camera footage. Perhaps someone didn't black-shade the camera before shooting (considering all other aspects of shooting were normal).
Black shading maximizes image quality by ensuring that pixel sensitivity remains consistent throughout an image. The technique has been used for a variety of high-end applications in digital capture over the years. In this article, we'll discuss when this is beneficial and how it is applied. Black shading works by measuring the pattern of fixed noise, storing it in memory, and then subtracting it out of all subsequent frames—leaving only random noise behind. The pattern stored in memory is called a Calibration Map in the RED menus, and is effectively a map of the black level for every pixel—hence the name black shading. Full details here.
Lens Coverage on Red Dragon:
Before you shoot on Red Dragon, be warned that at 6k, certain lenses will vignette. On the Ultra Primes Set, anything starting from 16mm to wider will vignette when shooting at 6k. See this wonderful chart from here.
Zeiss Master Primes will vignette at 18mm and wider. See the full lens support chart here.