On a recent set up day at a Stanley/Black&Decker meeting I had 6 Opti Tri Pars behind a lecturn as uplights on dark blue velour drape . In 4 channel mode the DP set the master at 50% and the RGB around 45% , it came out looking blue . Don't know why he chose this route but that's what he liked . As I was about to leave for the day the DP told me the uplights were flickering . He brought me to the makeshift editing room to view some of the test tape they shot . It was not a "flicker" or "roll" , it looked like a water effect behind the lecturn . While the "effect" looked very cool it definitly was not what they were looking for .
Back in the room I set the master to full and the B channel to full , put a sheet of Roscoe #98 (to dim them) over the lights and problem solved .
The cameras were Sony HD's (don't know the model but they cost around $15k each) . The screens we viewed the "effect" on were TFT's . One of the video people said the "effect" didn't show up on his plasma monitor .
I suspect a refresh rate issue .
Anybodies thoughts ?????????
I sure did like that "water effect" though lol .
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