Hi, thanks for the responses; I've been away from this list for a bit.
Per the color fringing, that example image I posted was indeed from the upper left of the frame. The laptop was sideways inside a gimbal room that rotated.
Unfortunately I'm not that much of a camera or on-set guy; I'm coming from the post side and being asked to help diagnose visual artifacts after the fact. (Currently dealing with bad vertical banding from a Phantom camera... grrrr).
I'm personally just pushing for our shoots to have someone look at frames under a microscope as soon as possible, on-set. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that particular noise pattern wouldn't really show up on a scope, or at least not as clearly as looking at separate channels at 100% zoom. I mean, the first thing I do as a compositor is zoom in and look at R, G, and B separately, and usually my reaction is "oh poop."
I'm really looking forward to some of the new cameras and new workflows. I won't go so far as to say film is dead, but I personally would be glad for tape to die.
- Jance