Backround:
- Dimming the Magc shine cause a strobing effect especially while skiing in snow.
- Filming with a Gopro or phone camera cause interference in the video/pictures.
Here are some pictures talken from a Google Pixel XL phone.
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100% (no dimming) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHX13zRebMyd_NVCFA1khJGgwNgE2zpaUNzYirPLUH0p0AnIwe7fW5sVKwuZMPqWX2NTaP_8ECloPwLnsNG9wR7hfY8gBEFiL0Oh_jpxt2npDnynQdU8lJ8uMdWR_4YkDw9ZhEi_LgjE/s320/IMG_20190120_204613.jpg) |
Dimming 1 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq8NYzSu-zKHK560-EgwYveByvd_dOMMBVwmDZDCKq6QOicpA-PSCtNu4A4Qc9K_bQiGuUsuUpaakJTiLIMnRfQWQM9Ii1TatgkG0JkRMmX2KIN6chxTurZcM3nyYJ6-_VPwvmxEMnlk/s320/IMG_20190120_204614.jpg) |
Dimming 2 |
So during the exposure it seems the light is stopping compleetly 3-4 times.
Opening up
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sYS_TzUfvh2egk8uoqGmb8ZUJCqMoe_ken7bPldgxjLFGriZnz3ujbisIFGbtArmLomwzWAoXCcaAMMFZvHNnG4b42x5Eo325U_MHsjwQRzsukWYiMGk2sB89Na3Ivv_jTbQnwm6LqY/s320/IMG_20190120_211026.jpg)
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That yellow there is the filter capacitor about 470uF if i recall. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ObUtiivBrvozjr1GoikXH7x4NDT9iBjLGo98nUPKeoyERp5AXDRhFki_qp544UuCHUPVpoDF4oz3XlWYnSUirkLS-4gQF3vZe3eXI0ky1Wb1dfO1sziI4N4TGfG2d4ao3wg5DDZepR4/s320/IMG_20190120_222247.jpg) |
Adding 3000uF in parallel with the original. |
Result:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLCQLbZsn5YTl_bCrQSed3oDh2DP2A62e1JF1Ed_seY_mcgJgcDG0bHiWMy_YHHu0O-g3vh60VMbSj_SxW4g0P9RCfV7XGuguVpvyruH-GMn8W_gGq1epQA6mQjch9cRUHp13zLuEWDQ/s320/IMG_20190120_223147.jpg) |
100% ( no change, there is no noise to begin with) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCMSOcngcREd7kYkAsinndxfFKdL75qPUmvLNrlc8ZiMiROl0Spquc2Xs4NW-d1myauPM1MxAawbnJ4oRTS20F5Us0_P3eyCc2Ph9lerCFf0qzEZYKLHP9Iiz43pNoVOs64wZNlNmeXc/s320/IMG_20190120_223155.jpg) |
Dim 1 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWmlTblKxAC1_L5cx2ymopcNoGcUkmJoEEp_sRznRdTc15eXhzmJW4K3qnr3BIplfoimy9ehfYRvD_d_kK4jkknlfKLUeWaaY3Z0omeoiRferCMhyphenhyphennG2Q2hJe5hX9nCVjSvxI9ZZkLws/s320/IMG_20190120_223159.jpg) |
Dim2 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQfIBUfSb9JbDlBulcV4lVjaaTqjKTBSmR51tSJ8fZd1NpyWukpDkka5cZqNY5vMiZVnlCYHOKTfv_Ftl1x0U4R63g5YJMaUSrrjb9rT7MwTs-bdq4C_zj0gTnvJw9_nGMZ44HcHBWDjk/s320/IMG_20190120_223206.jpg) |
Dim3 |
Some stripes can be seen on the dimming but it is not by far as annoying as the original.
I guess this will address the most of the flicker and interference i see when using in combination with Gopro.
Isolated the capacitors and managed to cram them into the case. But it was a tight squeeze.