Hippogriff
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Any keen photographers out there who understand cameras really well? I've been working on my LED project (abstract art within a frame) and have got to the point where I'd like to take some video of it.
This thing is bright... 180cm of 60 LEDs per 10 cm RGB LED strip, split into three sections, for 324 LEDs in all (if you're counting the R, G and B distinctly).
My little Canon Ixus 65 (yes, I know it's quite old these days) just gives me a load of white if I try to video it... well, slight exaggeration, but mostly white. I've tried changing the ISO to the highest and lowest it offers (not sure of the actual levels, it's a slider bar) and I've tried alterating AWB to "Custom" and evaluated the white balance...
I've checked back the results after each test and - to be honest - I really couldn't tell much difference, I can certainly say that none looked like what my eyes were seeing.
I guess cameras are just not like the human eye, but I'd be curious if anyone had any hints and tips as to how you might go taking video of bright LEDs with something modest like my camera.
P.S. - I've been doing it in a dark room, I really should add that, which might well be making my problem worse (probably is?)... I could try it in a daylit lit room tomorrow.
This thing is bright... 180cm of 60 LEDs per 10 cm RGB LED strip, split into three sections, for 324 LEDs in all (if you're counting the R, G and B distinctly).
My little Canon Ixus 65 (yes, I know it's quite old these days) just gives me a load of white if I try to video it... well, slight exaggeration, but mostly white. I've tried changing the ISO to the highest and lowest it offers (not sure of the actual levels, it's a slider bar) and I've tried alterating AWB to "Custom" and evaluated the white balance...
I've checked back the results after each test and - to be honest - I really couldn't tell much difference, I can certainly say that none looked like what my eyes were seeing.
I guess cameras are just not like the human eye, but I'd be curious if anyone had any hints and tips as to how you might go taking video of bright LEDs with something modest like my camera.
P.S. - I've been doing it in a dark room, I really should add that, which might well be making my problem worse (probably is?)... I could try it in a daylit lit room tomorrow.