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Shooting NTSC in Germany, need some advice.
Hi Cowers,
For an upcoming project, I am shooting an NTSC DVX-100A in Germany. NTSC because the final product is for an NTSC market. I understand there is concern about flicker with 50hz lighting in europe, but will that matter if I am in 24P? I can understand if I am shooting 60i that 50hz flourescent and mercury lights will flicker, but if I flip to 24P, will it help? Any advice would be great (like does synchro scan help?).and yes, I have to shoot indoors with existing fixtures, so relighting isnt an answer.
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Hard to say until you get there. Not sure if you’ll see strobing with 24p on 50 cycle lighting but it is possible. You may by able to cancel it out with by adjusting your synchro shutter speed.
I had a bunch of 60i shoots in Austria a few years back with this exact issue. My eventual solution was to shoot PAL 50i instead which worked like a charm. We then converted the final project back to NTSC for local delivery which again looked great. You could do the same with a PAL DVX100 rental if you have the budget for this.
Noah
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