Fluorescent light bulbs

w00dy14

w00dy14

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Just looking on getting some of the cheap ebay set ups for video lighting. They all come with fluorescent light bulbs. At least the one's in my price range. I was wondering if these would cause flickering in my videos and if they are worth it?
 
I use a $600 lighting kit that uses fluorescent bulbs. Came with 5 umbrellas but I only use 1 big one because I use the other ones in the studio. I like the fact that I can control how much light goes into my videos along with how much diffusion I want the lights to have. I am not too sure why you think they would cause flickering in your videos?
 
I think you might get flickering if the light bulb frequency is different from what the camera is set up to shoot. So you need to match the shutter speed/FPS of the camera with the flicker frequency of the light and there won't be any flicker. Some cameras do this automatically when shooting in auto-modes.
 
Thank you for the replies. I was all set to buy them then seen in my Camera's instruction book for video taking it talked about flickering with fluorescent bulbs. Sent me back into a spin, lol.
 
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