Yickman Posted November 16, 2021 Share #1 Posted November 16, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 16, 2021 Posted November 16, 2021 Hi Yickman, Take a look here Lumix S5 and flicking lights is slow mo. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted November 16, 2021 Share #2 Posted November 16, 2021 LEDs and fluorescents? In that case it is normal to have stroboscopic effects. Welcome to the forum 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frame-it Posted November 16, 2021 Share #3 Posted November 16, 2021 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 16, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 16, 2021 That is a brilliant feature I hadn't found it yet Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yickman Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted November 17, 2021 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yickman Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted November 17, 2021 22 hours ago, frame-it said: Thanks I'll check out the video! Yickman Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yickman Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted November 17, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 22 hours ago, frame-it said: Thank you, that's a great feature but because I use the camera for video I don't think I can use that setting for video. Yickman Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiver Posted December 14, 2021 Share #8 Posted December 14, 2021 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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