Do i need to do black shading after each upgrade?

[Mohamed Younis]

I just upgraded to 3.0 and i did a black shade calibration 2 days ago

[Josh Beadle]

yes

[Andrew Allsbury]

On this topic...does the black shading follow the SSD card? Meaning, when I change/format SSD cards do I need to re-black shade? Thanks guys!

[ericyoung]

On this topic...does the black shading follow the SSD card? Meaning, when I change/format SSD cards do I need to re-black shade? Thanks guys!

No - it stays with the camera. It just needs some formatted media during black shading to write temporary files.

[TheBied]

I just upgraded to 3.0 and i did a black shade calibration 2 days ago

After upgrading, the camera will default to the factory calibration map. However, the user calibration map will persist between upgrades.

Best practice is to run a new black shade after a firmware upgrade, but we do provide the ability for you to recover your previous user calibration map in the calibration menu.

A good tip for checking whether or not to run black shading is this:
1) Let the camera come up to temperature
2) Put a lens cap on the camera for a nice flat black field
2) Crank the ISO to 12800

If you observe a nice flat field image, you're calibration is good and you don't need to black shade.

[Paramon Ivanovich]

Thanks Matt,
very good tip!

[Lliam Worthington]

Thanks for the tip. That's great.

[Peter Keith]

Cracking tip. You learn something new everyday : )
Cheers TheBied!

[Andrew Allsbury]

Thanks guys!

[Ivan G]

It's been a while since I've done this but do I have to have a lens on to do this properly?