Film Container Caps Prove Useful (page 2)
Don't Synchronize, Improvise!
Anyone who has tried to film a room where there is an operating TV or computer screen knows that you end up with an annoying flicker. There are devices that can synchronize a camera shutter with<\h> a TV screen, but they are very expensive. Quite by accident, I found that my Sony Digital8 camera has an Auto Exposure (AE) setting that does that particular trick. My model is a DCR-TRV310, but other similar models that have a "Sunset & Moon" function, should work just as well.
While in the AE sunset/moon mode, turn on the manual exposure system and adjust the camera for the best exposure of a TV screen. Keep in mind that whenever you're in that mode, the lens is fixed at an infinity setting and the manual setting must be employed for close focusing.
Chuck Graham
Joliet, IL
