Rolling shutter in CMOS cameras.

[tigerwayne]

I just wanted to show what happens when a video camera with a CMOS pickup device is used. Most CMOS cameras have what is called a rolling shutter. It has to do with the way the CMOS sensor is scanned by the electronics in the camera. This is the result when used with a strobe light. One of the reasons why you might want to have a CCD pickup where

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[tigerwayne]

What prompted me to put this up is a thread on the CML where this is being discussed. Apparently not all CMOS cameras have this problem. I know that all the ones that I have (2) do. Also not all CCD cams don't have it but everyone that I have used captures the flash in full frame without any problem. Just wish they weren't so heavy, it must be all that glass on the front end. Well if you want good images ya have to pay the price one way or another. On the pans one person described them as like jello which is not a bad way to think of it. One other person pointed out that with led lights there is a strobing effect when they are dimmed that is visible in the image on some cams.