Fluorescent Lights

[Thomaslights]

I am doing a short documentary about a fashion designer and part of the shoot will be in her studio. It’s full of your standard fluorescent lights which give off that ugly flicker. I was wondering if I could just switch out the bulbs for higher quality ones in the hope that that would solve the problem. Are there any bulbs someone could recommend or even alternative solutions?

 

[Maura N.]

Maybe one or two ringlights can solve the lightning problem

 

[Robert Miller]

Go to manual settings and adjust the shutter speed until the flicker is off.

 

[alishialester]

There is the option to remove the flicker in post production but it is a lot more work to do...there are plenty tutorials to do that such as this one but I wouldn't count on this only as a last resort.

Like Robert said above, it is better if you can solve it with good camera settings. It saves a lot of time afterwards and you will have a better quality too

 

[Thomaslights]

Go to manual settings and adjust the shutter speed until the flicker is off.

 

[Thomaslights]

Go to manual settings and adjust the shutter speed until the flicker is off.

Hey Robert, I know of this as a solution. But I’ve never done it. When I get a chance I’ll go to the location and test it out. But I’m still trying to figure out if I can switch out the bulbs for higher quality ones in order to improve the colour.

Thanks a lot for your suggestion

 

[Thomaslights]

There is the option to remove the flicker in post production but it is a lot more work to do...there are plenty tutorials to do that such as this one but I wouldn't count on this only as a last resort.

Like Robert said above, it is better if you can solve it with good camera settings. It saves a lot of time afterwards and you will have a better quality too

Thanks a lot for the suggestion but I think solving the problem in camera would be ideal.

 

[Robert Miller]

Hey Robert, I know of this as a solution. But I’ve never done it. When I get a chance I’ll go to the location and test it out. But I’m still trying to figure out if I can switch out the bulbs for higher quality ones in order to improve the colour.

Thanks a lot for your suggestion

Good luck!