[old_tv_nut]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

My Nikon Coolpix S3700 and other digital cameras I've worked with DO sync their shutters to ~60Hz light. I can point my camera at my TV screen with the basement fluorescent lights on, and it will synch to the flourescents (which are slightly off frequency from vertical scan frequency) instead of the TV and a rolling bar on screen will be seen with the camera...Kill the florescents and the bar instantly disappears as the camera syncs to the TV...If I use lights that do not flicker at 60Hz such as incandescent lighting or the sun the camera will always sync to the only source of flicker: the TV.

Cool!