Sony ILCE-7C Help Manual page 475

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-7C
α7C
Anti-flicker Shoot. (still image)
Detects flickering/blinking from artificial light sources such as fluorescent lighting and times the shooting of images to
moments when flickering will have less of an impact.
This function reduces differences in the exposure and color tone caused by flickering between the upper area and the
lower area of an image shot with fast shutter speed and during continuous shooting.
MENU → (Camera Settings1) → [
1
Press the shutter button halfway down, and then shoot the image.
2
The product detects flickering when the shutter button is pressed halfway down.
Menu item details
Off:
Does not reduce influences caused by flickering.
On:
Reduces influences caused by flickering. When the camera detects flickering while the shutter button is pressed halfway
down, (flicker icon) will be displayed.
Hint
The color tone of the shot result may vary when you shoot the same scene using a different shutter speed. If that happens, we
recommend that you shoot in [Shutter Priority] or [Manual Exposure] mode with a fixed shutter speed.
You can perform anti-flicker shooting by pressing the AF-ON (AF On) button.
You can perform anti-flicker shooting by pressing the shutter button halfway down or pressing the AF-ON (AF On) button, even
when in the manual focus mode.
Note
When you set [ Anti-flicker Shoot.] to [On], the image quality of the live view may be reduced.
When you set [ Anti-flicker Shoot.] to [On], the shutter release lag may increase slightly. In the continuous shooting mode, the
shooting speed may slow down or the interval between shots may become irregular.
The camera detects flickering when the frequency of the light source is 100 Hz or 120 Hz only.
The camera cannot detect flickering depending on the light source and shooting conditions, such as a dark background.
Even if the camera detects flickering, the influences caused by flickering may not be reduced enough depending on the light
source or the shooting situation. We recommend that you take test shots beforehand.
[ Anti-flicker Shoot.] is not available when shooting in the following situations:
While bulb shooting
[ Silent Shooting]
Movie shooting mode
The color tone of the shot results may differ depending on the setting of [
Anti-flicker Shoot.] → [On].
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