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Hmm...
But in yesterday I have been asked to 0ldScratch that he should help us, but he didn't sent the answer to me... just waiting now.
Did you send him a PM on here? 0ld Scratch logs in only one in a while, so we may have to wait quite some time.
Have you get better idea?
Well, I wonder if someone has a way of contacting him that he would respond more quickly to. Like his E-mail, maybe.
Anybody?
I could try to send email to him. Maybe he answers quicker. Thanks minifig051, but... I really, really and reality really hate this problem, because it destorys the film a lot, I think. So!
I have many ideas like zombie movie, action movie and pyramid movie but the camera problem stops me, please help me!
Maybe I should change to my old camera, it's cam corder, because I just notice that it has brightness manual settings and focus manual settings, so my first and second videos in youtube are made from it, but then the options are auto, so today or tomorrow I will test when options are manual, maybe that not have light flicking, because I think only webcams have that problem that we have. But if you can fixed the problem somehow and some day, write the answer to this topic, because I don't want sell my LWP9000. Have a nice day folks.
EDIT: Now I have been tested it. It was great, no light flicking, maybe little bugs because I have white t-shirt and so on, but it looks great. Yeah, I think I change my webcam to my old camera Everio HDD Camcorder. Now I'm a little bit happy.
Last edited by Lord Lajaka (October 8, 2011 (03:47am))
Why do you want to fix this problem so fast? If I were you, I'd just wait until 0ld Scratch responds. He'll be able to help you (and me) for sure. Even though it might be a while, he'll respond eventually. Do something else while you're waiting, like scripting or something. I've still got to finish the editing for Bricks: Episode 1 before I can start on Bricks: Episode 2. I'm also going to do some tests so I can further improve my animation. There could still be some light flicker, but at least I'll get better at the animation part. What I'm trying to say here is; take your time.
How's the resolution on your camcorder? If it's kind of low, then you may want to keep using the 9000. The 9000 is capable of producing nice and crisp picture quality.
Yeah, if 0ldScratch can fix that problem and when he tell it to us I changed back I think. But let's have a look. I understand you.
Hey there, sorry it's taken me a while to answer. Unfortunately, I don't really have anything useful to say. It doesn't happen a lot but I do still get some light flicker on the 9000, even with everything set to manual. It seems to happen mostly when introducing something bright to a dark set or something dark to a bright set. Even with the exposure and gamma settings on manual, the image brightness changes to compensate.
I think it helps if you can find the older firmware for the camera, before they removed some of the manual options. Apart from that, just try to keep light levels consistent in your shots, make everything as bright as possible, use frame averaging, etc. All the usual stuff, I'm afraid.
Hey there, sorry it's taken me a while to answer. Unfortunately, I don't really have anything useful to say. It doesn't happen a lot but I do still get some light flicker on the 9000, even with everything set to manual. It seems to happen mostly when introducing something bright to a dark set or something dark to a bright set. Even with the exposure and gamma settings on manual, the image brightness changes to compensate.
I think it helps if you can find the older firmware for the camera, before they removed some of the manual options. Apart from that, just try to keep light levels consistent in your shots, make everything as bright as possible, use frame averaging, etc. All the usual stuff, I'm afraid.
Gamma? I don't have that setting. What version of the software do you use, and how can I get it?
Frame averaging really helps with picture quality, like you said it does.
If all else fails, I've heard it's possible to reduce light flicker in post production.
Hmm... just a little waiting now, but I still looking my older camera. But just a little waiting, but I don't want to wait some month, I think. So, quickly as can. But I'm still waiting a little time that I am saying all the time right now. 
One other thing - try a minifig with darker arms. Looking at the picture in your first post, the image is slightly overexposed, so his left arm is too bright. I think that's throwing the exposure off.
Or lower the exposure/gamma a little so that the arm isn't pure white.
I did some tests last night, and I didn't have any light flicker. I noticed my quality wasn't as crisp as Scratch's quality. I looked at his lighting setup on one of his Flickr photos. He doesn't have any paper over his lamps. I think that if I remove the paper, the lighting will be brighter. That will solve the problem I've been having for a while, the red always coming out too bright. If the lights are brighter, I'll have to lower the camera's exposure, gain, and brightness, which will make the red appear not as bright. I'll try that tomorrow.
Can you send the link, because I don't find that pic. (just for fun I want to see it) because I will buy some digital camera on december cristmas eve. 
Here's the picture I was talking about.
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