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flicker/dazzles in video of brick wall, why?
I was shooting this building but saw that the footage was ruined by this annoying flicker, and I don’t know why it is there. Anyone with experience who knows what this caused by?
It happens on every building with brick walls or other areas with lots of texture! :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BChqJgw-5Ds
// Lisa Gren
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2 Replies
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Hi, Lisa:
It’s called moiré and it can happen with CMOS cameras; some more so than others. What camera are you using? Dialing down the sharpness and contrast in the camera settings can help.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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Lisa – as Jason says, it’s called moiré, and it is the result of poor downscaling from the 20 or so megapixels collected by your sensor to the <2 megapixels needed for 1080p video.
Most of the extra pixels are thrown away in a process known as “binning”. This can create moiré on patterned objects (e.g., bricks and shingled roofs). Many DSLRs (especially Canons) suffer from this phenomenon.
Panasonic G and GH cameras, on the other hand, have a better downscaling algorithm. Here are a couple of side-by-sides between the Canon 60D and a moiré-resistant Panasonic GH camera:
Sadly, newer Canon cameras are not much better. Here is a side-by-side between the Canon 60D and 70D:
This was part of the reason I sold my Canon DSLR and bought a Panasonic DSLM.
If you don’t want to buy a new camera, there is a company called Mosaic Engineering that sells anti-moire/aliasing filters for Canon, Nikon and Blackmagic cameras.
Hope this is helpful and good luck!
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