ok im filming a music video with a sony HVR-A1U and im using strobe lights. when i try to film and the strobes are on all its doing is like what happens when you film a computer screen ometimes and theres bars going up on it. is there a way to fix this?
thanks
-Korki-

it's called interlaced video
when you view it on a television those lines will not appear, or if you are only viewing on a computer you can use a deinterlace filter
or if that's not the problem, could you post a clip of the video?

My bet is on the "It's made to take video for TV" camp also, especially after seeing some of the product specs online.

If your strobe light has an interval setting, try setting it to 15Hz, 30Hz, or 60Hz.

the easiest way is to just ad flash frames in your editing prog. + a lil slowmo 'n blur

Other than that you 'd have to make sure the frequency of the strobe isn't a plural of 50 or 60 Hz depending on your videostandard. pal-ntsc-

eg, if your strobe flashes and the shutter of your camera is closed at the time you 'll never notice the flash
If for instance your strobe flashes 3 times per frame (1/25th or 1/30th of a sec) it 'll just give 1 'big' flash, since the camera is too slow.
catch my drift?

the bars you see running (like on a crt screen) is the net frequency you see 'interacting' with the camera 's freq, being 25 frames a sec and the 50Hz or 60Hz voltage you get from your electricity supplier.

If you can adjust your shutter speed manually, you can test this out. At a certain point your shutter speed will be in sync with the flickering of your screen and 'll be almost stable.