OLPF Removal in the D750

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

This one is for @Horoscope Fish I know you had the OLDF removed in your D750 a fairly long time ago. Can you give us a long tern review of what you think about the process. Also for those of us that are old and feeble minded remind us of who did the process for you. And last but not least, would you do it again or recommend the process for others?

 

[Horoscope Fish]

This one is for @Horoscope Fish I know you had the OLDF removed in your D750 a fairly long time ago. Can you give us a long tern review of what you think about the process. Also for those of us that are old and feeble minded remind us of who did the process for you. And last but not least, would you do it again or recommend the process for others?

Original Thread...http://nikonites.com/d750/30579-i-had-olpf-removed-my-d750.html#axzz4JgyvGS4g

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Well I'm very happy with the result but I'm going to stop short of making a blanket suggestion that everyone run out and have this done. Mainly because it requires having one's D750 torn asunder by a third-party which (I'm assume) shreds any warranty you might ever have hoped to have with anyone. Anywhere. Ever. If you've decided you want to have it done, I went through Life Pixel and had a very good experience. They were very responsive to email and made the whole process easy-peasy.

All that heaviness aside I'm very happy with the results in the long-term. Shots are very sharp - definitely sharper for having had the filter removed - and require very little sharpening during post-processing. Moiré has not been a problem; I think I've seen it present twice and both times it did, it was very minor. If I shot video I might be singing a different tune about that but I don't shoot video with my D750, ever. Likewise I have not had any issue with White Balance settings. I don't really use the pre-configured WB settings such as "Daylight" or "Florescent", I tend to hang out on "Auto1", or, if I'm not using that, I'm setting a custom WB. For me it's pretty much one or the other but no issues with either.

So yeah, in short... It's all good on my end and I'm a happy camper. Thanks for asking! . :encouragement:

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Original Thread...http://nikonites.com/d750/30579-i-had-olpf-removed-my-d750.html#axzz4JgyvGS4g

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Well I'm very happy with the result but I'm going to stop short of making a blanket suggestion that everyone run out and have this done. Mainly because it requires having one's D750 torn asunder by a third-party which (I'm assume) shreds any warranty you might ever have hoped to have with anyone. Anywhere. Ever. If you've decided you want to have it done, I went through Life Pixel and had a very good experience. They were very responsive to email and made the whole process easy-peasy.

All that heaviness aside I'm very happy with the results in the long-term. Shots are very sharp - definitely sharper for having had the filter removed - and require very little sharpening during post-processing. Moiré has not been a problem; I think I've seen it present twice and both times it did, it was very minor. If I shot video I might be singing a different tune about that but I don't shoot video with my D750, ever. Likewise I have not had any issue with White Balance settings. I don't really use the pre-configured WB settings such as "Daylight" or "Florescent", I tend to hang out on "Auto1", or, if I'm not using that, I'm setting a custom WB. For me it's pretty much one or the other but no issues with either.

So yeah, in short... It's all good on my end and I'm a happy camper. Thanks for asking! . :encouragement:

Thanks for the update. I have had it in the back of my mind but will wait till the warranty is over before I do it. I really liked the look my d7100 had without the filter in it ever. I keep wondering why they even put them in at all on the newer cameras.

 

[BackdoorArts]

I keep wondering why they even put them in at all on the newer cameras.

Really? You've seen the sh*t storms for things that no one can reproduce, like the shadow box in the D750. Imagine if Nikon released a camera where every body could produce moired images? The internet would go nuts.

Nikon published a detailed treatise about the OLPF when they released the D800e to explain why they weren't crazy for doing it and they were fairly specific about pixel densities and where the line was where the OLPF was no longer required in all but extreme cases. 24MP's on a full sized sensor is on the wrong side of that line and would be the death nail for a body released without it, and in Nikon's case it could permanently damage the company.

Moire is not a huge problem for most photographers, but for many pros it's something they encounter all the time. Canon hasn't removed it and, if my brother is right about it, probably never will. They have software that is unbelievably good at sharpening images SOOC (name escapes me), so why would they risk the hit?

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Really? You've seen the sh*t storms for things that no one can reproduce, like the shadow box in the D750. Imagine if Nikon released a camera where every body could produce moired images? The internet would go nuts.

Nikon published a detailed treatise about the OLPF when they released the D800e to explain why they weren't crazy for doing it and they were fairly specific about pixel densities and where the line was where the OLPF was no longer required in all but extreme cases. 24MP's on a full sized sensor is on the wrong side of that line and would be the death nail for a body released without it, and in Nikon's case it could permanently damage the company.

Moire is not a huge problem for most photographers, but for many pros it's something they encounter all the time. Canon hasn't removed it and, if my brother is right about it, probably never will. They have software that is unbelievably good at sharpening images SOOC (name escapes me), so why would they risk the hit?

I think the D7100 was the first or near the first for Nikon to leave it off. I have never had any problem with it. I was really surprised when I found the D750 had it.

 

[BackdoorArts]

I think the D7100 was the first or near the first for Nikon to leave it off. I have never had any problem with it. I was really surprised when I found the D750 had it.

The D800e was the first camera where they removed it (replaced it with glass) and the D7100 is the first one without it. Both of these have a pixel density within the parameters that make it potentially unnecessary. That's 36MP on a full frame camera, not 24MP's like the D750. The D7100's pixel density is even greater than the D800e/D810, which has a DX crop of just over 16MP's. Because of this they quietly left it off the D500 (nothing specifically mentioned but evidence suggests they did), but not the D5 at 20MP's full frame (about 9MP's DX which is way below the threshold) or the D750 (about 10.6 MP's DX). Under moire producing conditions you'd be almost guaranteed to see it on both cameras, particularly wide open. This would be a nightmare for most commercial photographers.