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Under Shelf Lighting for Backdrop Studio
I recently purchased some LED strip lights from a third party for under my shelves for the backdrop of my studio for filming cake decorating. We installed all of them, they looked great until we turned on the camera. No matter what shutter speed we chose, there is terrible "banding" from the lights.
I'm wondering if I could use the current setup I have but use your "FilmGrade™ DC Power Supply for LED Strip" with this setup I already have. It is a remote control setup, so would I need to purchase your dimmer also to make this work? This is what I purchased.
If I wasn't able to use my current setup, what is the full setup I would need to do non-flickering lights under two shelves (43" each) with 27" between them where they'd need an extension? It's really just ambiance lighting, so we're trying to keep it in a friendly-er budget.
We can confirm that the flicker rate of LED lights is most often defined by the power supply and dimmer utilized, rather than by the LED product itself.
As such, you may find that utilizing our 12V FilmGrade™ DC Power Supply for LED Strip may improve the performance of your third-party lighting installation.
That said, it appears that the remote receiver of the product referenced utilizes a special connection plug which our LED Strip Lights do not use. As such, you may not be able to use our products with the remote and receiver.
Regarding an installation that would use our own products, our LayoutMap pages, such as the ones below, illustrate the arrangement of our components. We estimate that two 43” shelves could be illuminated with one segmented 16.4 ft (5 meters) reel of LED Strip Lights, powered by one dedicated 12V power supply.
LayoutMaps™ - LED Strip Light Layout 3002_2B
LayoutMaps™ - LED Strip Light Layout 3002_2D
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