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Question

Black bars when I film strobes - help!

May 27, 2015 3:23AM PDT

Hi all,

I am doing some filming work in nightclubs but I am relatively new to the game.

I've got a c100 mark ii so a decent camera and some good low light lenses to go with it, but when I try and film the crowd under strobe effects I get black bars running up and down horizontally over the footage (only under strobe conditions - it was fine at any other time).

I tried different shutter speeds but couldn't seem to improve it.

1. Any recommendation for filming under these condtions?

2. Is there anything I can do in Premiere Pro to fix the footage I already have?

Any help you could offer would be great.

Jim.

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First, this is expected.
May 27, 2015 3:31AM PDT
https://www.google.com/#q=filming+under+strobe+lights+black+bars finds prior discussions and NO SINGLE CURE. Lots of discussions but for the impatient that demand an instant fix, not instant cure.

Review the priors and try again with more settings. No one can tell you what setting might work for your gear. What worked for Joe and his DX42 won't work for your cam.
Bob
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create your own timed strobe light
May 27, 2015 4:20AM PDT

aka a "flash" but that's not what you want to do in a nightclub, is it? Maybe if the flash was highly directional, nobody would realize it wasn't just another strobe effect.