Nikon SLR Cameras

Why is my light doing this when it's being recorded?

Summer
Summer

I filmed it with a Nikon D3000, it didn't do this to any of the other lights I was filming that were similar.

OldPilot
OldPilot

Looks like a Strobe Effect as the light flashes on and off with the AC current. (To fast for the eye to see but the refresh rate of your camera catches it.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/...pic_effect

XTIAN170174
XTIAN170174

It is the frequency of the light - it does not glow steadily from a continuing source of power, but is powered in pulses.

Another instance of this phenomenon may be observed if you stretch a rubber band in front of a tv screen/pc monitor and strum it - the refresh rate of the screen will enable you to see a stroboscopic effect and the rubber band appears to have a waveform travelling along it in slow motion.

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

It actually looks like you filmed a light, played the video of the light on a TV or monitor, and then re-filmed the TV/monitor image.