[Jenn Lindsay]

Hi Ty! Yes, you hit the nail on the head. I think the problem was a cheap SD Card (I got excited about a big pack of these: https://www.amazon.com/Gigastone-10-Pack-Olympus-Panasonic-Digital/dp/B08MQVKXRN/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3RUJFW6XYQOPA&keywords=gigastone%2B8gb%2Bsd%2Bcard&qid=1699985003&sprefix=gigastone%2B8gb%2Bsd%2Bcard%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-2&th=1)

Since the files are on the crappy card now….does that mean they are dead? Or would you try and transfer to a higher quality card to see if it reads differently?

[Jenn Lindsay]

Hooray! Thank you!

[Jenn Lindsay]

I just want to thank everyone for the replies! I ended up formatting the second drive and used Carbon Copy Cloner, as suggested, and as far as I can tell everything is working just fine. Thank you so much to everyone who pitched in here!!!
Jenn

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX, Motion
MacBook Pro 15-inch, late 2016, OSX 10.12.5
* Canon C100 Mk II
* Canon T5i
* Canon Vixia HFG20
* iPhone 6S+

[Jenn Lindsay]

Mark! Thank you for your advice! I will try your suggestions.
Hope you are well and safe. 🙂

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX, Motion
MacBook Pro 15-inch, late 2016, OSX 10.12.5
* Canon C100 Mk II
* Canon T5i
* Canon Vixia HFG20
* iPhone 6S+

[Jenn Lindsay]

Hello Mark, et. al!

I want to thank you again for all of your help. I have been shooting flicker-free here in Africa!

I’ve been very busy filming probably way too much stuff and learning a ton really fast. At first I had a bad flicker at shutter speeds in multiples of 60s, just like in Greece, but thanks to you I learned my lesson this time and got it to 1/100ish and I was good to go.

I am also working with new equipment, a Zhiyun Smooth II smartphone gimbal which has been really fun, and an Atom 60 from Smart Slider. I’ve definitely underutilized these new toys as I’ve been really go go go and I don’t have enough hands to handle everything. I hope I can get something cool out of the slider during my interviews tomorrow.

I’ve had some drama with a jealous monk trying to sabotage our filming but I think we’re gonna be able to turn it into a plot twist. As far as I know, there’s no Creative Cow forum to deal with corrupt Buddhist monks sabotaging production. ☺

Thank you again!
Jenn

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX, Motion
MacBook Pro 15-inch, late 2016, OSX 10.12.5
* Canon C100 Mk II
* Canon T5i
* Canon Vixia HFG20
* iPhone 6S+

[Jenn Lindsay]

Hey Mark,

Quick question.

If the iPhone is filming at 30fps but the lights in Greece are 50Hz, how come there’s no flicker with the iPhone camera? It only happened with the C100.

Just curious ☺
Jenn

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX, Motion
MacBook Pro 15-inch, late 2016, OSX 10.12.5
* Canon C100 Mk II
* Canon T5i
* Canon Vixia HFG20
* iPhone 6S+

[Jenn Lindsay]

Mark and Jeff and Joe, thanks to you guys this terrible mistake has turned out to be quite educational. I can’t thank you enough.

I get that shutter speed / frame rate / halogen light Hz should all be roughly in a common multiple. This makes choosing frame rate easy-ish for my upcoming Rwanda/Uganda/Sri Lanka project, where I’ll film in 24p and set shutter speed to 1/50, 1/100 etc….

However, what about my other project (both of them are described here: https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/325/3209)? It is shot both within and outside of the USA. (I had no flicker issue in the USA or Norway with the T5i and iPhone; it all came in with the C100 in Greece). If I’ve done half of the filming so far in 29.97 and then shot in 23.98 in Greece, do you think I should go back to 29.97?

THANK YOU, and yes, I’ve heard about this amazing tea you speak of…. ☺
Jenn

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX

[Jenn Lindsay]

It is very helpful indeed.

I wonder how I can come to better understand the difference between system frequencies, frame rates and bit rates and how they interact with shutter speed. I get that the shutter speed and Hz of electrical lights need to be in multiples of each other, but I’m getting really confused about what 29.97i or 23.98, or 30p refer to (these are the three frame rates [?] in my timeline because I was shooting with the iphone occasionally (30p), and because a friend there recommended that since I was shooting AVCHD at 59.94 that 23.98 was better, so I changed from 29.97 about mid-shoot….)

But obviously I have no idea what all this means.

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX

[Jenn Lindsay]

Mark, thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to help me!

I will try the white object trick. Am I supposed to just leave clearscan and auto flicker reduction on all of the time? Also, clearscan has just an on/off setting, right?

Is there some sort of website where I can find out standard Hz in countries where I’m filming? On the docket after Uganda/Rwanda are Norway, Sri Lanka, the US and the U.K./Ireland.

If you have any thoughts on ideal frame rate I’m happy to hear them. It seems FCPX prefers 29.98 but I don’t know how that interacts with shutter speed.

Do you agree that my only hope for de-flickering in post is the costly plug-in?

So many questions. I appreciate your patience.

Thank you again.
Jenn

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX

[Jenn Lindsay]

OK, maybe I will have to invest in that because I can’t go back and reshoot the footage. Dammit. I really hope it works.

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX