E-M1 MkIII ProCapture Banding

[NACEOD]

Evening,

My son had a hockey game at a rink we usually go to 2 or 3 times a year. I was going to use Pro Capture to get a series of pictures of the the puck as he caught it. While test shooting, all of the photos had banding. I tried all of the combinations of flicker reduction settings but the banding was always there. Using the mechanical shutter everything was fine. Any suggestions for other settings to try?

This rink used to have halogen lighting. It looks like they switched to LED lamps since the last time he played there. I think that's what the issue is.

It's not a problem, I was able to get good enough photos with the mechanical shutter. Just curious if anyone has run across this or have any suggestions.

Thanks, Rob

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[John King]

Maybe change the anti-flicker setting from 50 to 60, or vice versa.

It's a known problem with artificial light and electronic shutters.

 

[Robert Davidson]

Hi Rob, I assume you are in the US or Canada which has the 110v 60hz freq. Oh I see John has already mentioned this. Cheers, Rob

 

[NACEOD]

Thanks for the quick replies.

I'm in Arizona. I tried Auto, 50 and 60 and Anti-Flicker On/Off for all 3. It didn't make a difference. I looked through the manual and couldn't find anything else that might help out. I'll try out a couple different shutter speeds next time we play there to see if it helps.

Thanks again.

 

[Robert Davidson]

60hz and mechanical shutter should do it. Cheers

 

[NACEOD]

That's exactly what I ended up doing and everything came out fine. My son, the goalie got his first shutout of the season.

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