Is there a way to make the shade of lighting constant when making stop motion animation?

I am an avid stop motion fan, but even with the same light source every pic/shot I take in reality, each picture shows a different shade of light (this is without the flash.) Is there a way to get the same shade of lighting when taking this pictures? A certain mode on the camera? Certain lights? Do I need a better camera/is my camera crappy? Anything helps. Thnx! Is there a way to make the shade of lighting constant when making stop motion animation?The problem is the high sensitivity of the CCD and high shutter speed that are features of digital cameras. When digital camera is used for stop motion, the most common problem is flickering. Even though your light source looks stable with the naked eye, a digital camera can catch the tiny variation in light fluctuations from a lightbulb and the result is that your pictures differ in how light or dark they are, which causes a flickering effect when compiled into a movie. Even large Hollywood projects like Corpse Bride and Robot Chicken have to spend time de-flickering all their pictures afterwards in Photoshop because they used a digital camera.



It's not enough to turn off the flash on your camera in order to reduce flicker. You need to make sure all options are on manual. Turn off your auto-white balance and your automatic focus as well. For more tips on how to reduce flicker, check out the "Digital Still Cams: Flickering, exposure variations, etc" section of this site:



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There's a whole bunch of problems that come with using a digital camera for stop motion, flicker being one of them. It's much easier to use either a camcorder or a good webcam. That way you can focus on the animating instead of focusing on trying to work around all the techical difficulties of using a digital camera for stop motion.