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Hi guys, I've just bought a new Lumix S5 and it's been great, only problem is that lights flicker on the screen in S&Q mode.

I live in the UK and thought that if I set the region to Pal that everything would be ok? It still flickers, even when I adjust the shutter speed to double the frame rate, or any other shutter speed for that matter.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong please?

Thank you!

Yickman

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22 hours ago, jaapv said:

LEDs and fluorescents? In that case it is normal to have stroboscopic effects. Welcome to the forum :) 

Thank you! 🙂 I've got no idea now, maybe led. So those lights cause flicker no matter what fps setting or shutter speed you set the camera to?

Thanks

Yickman

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  • 4 weeks later...

Experiment with setting the shutter speed at levels other than 180" shutter angle. In some Panasonic cameras, there's a function called Synchro Scan which allows you to adjust the shutter speed in very fine increments in order to reduce flicker.

If you're in a European country, setting the camera to PAL and shooting in frame rates that are multiples of 25 helps. I find that a shutter speed of 1/250 for 100fps eliminates most flickering issues here in Australia. The only place where I've encountered almost unsolvable flicker is in an art gallery which uses dimmable LED lighting - dimming the lights changes the flicker frequency to something outside of the usual PAL rates, and it's difficult as heck to deal with.

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