Restoring a RCA 21CT55

[etype2]

Manual setting at 1/30. Stopped using the cell phone camera, now that I have a better camera. The good news is, I can “control” the color balance by taking multiple shots and choosing the closest to the actual image and my eyes.

I’ve seen the dark “shutter” bar on photos elsewhere. Going to try your settings .... and defocusing.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by etype2

Manual setting at 1/30. Stopped using the cell phone camera, now that I have a better camera. The good news is, I can “control” the color balance by taking multiple shots and choosing the closest to the actual image and my eyes.

I’ve seen the dark “shutter” bar on photos elsewhere. Going to try your settings .... and defocusing.

In my experience, the shutter bar is caused the camera synching it's shutter to the brightest source of flickering light. I've never liked the color temperature and operational characteristics of 'efficient' lighting and continue to use incandescent throughout my house...With the exception of the garage and basement which were fitted with commercial fluorescent fixtures by the previous owner of my home...I've found that I can't readily take a photo without a shutter bar in auto mode if the fluorescent lamps are illuminating the sets being photographed...The camera syncs to the brightest flicker which is the room lighting, and the TV which has a vertical refresh rate that is not the exact frequency or phase as the AC building mains rolls relative to that.

Best to use natural light to avoid shutter bars, or make sure your light source cannot flicker with the building's AC.