Not good.As expected, due to the electronic shutter certain artificial light conditions made my photos unusable:
The ISO is much lower in the second one...This shot was made a few seconds later (without that green light beam):
The S9 has a "Synchro Scan" mode for Photos. This capability to mitigate flicker or horizontal stripes has been carried over from Video settings, and as far as I know this is the first time it is available for Photos with Lumix cameras. See page 251 of the Manual. I'm not sure this would have helped because you needed a fast shutter speed to capture the action, and it is probably most effective for the slower shutter speeds you would normally use for video. But it might be interesting to have a test case with a bright flashing light added to normal lighting, to see if this could help with the issue.Luckily that doesn´t mean that all photos under artificial light will be ruined.
The S9 has functionality to make adjustments automatically to reduce issues that can come occur with an an electronic shutter - Sean at LUMIX USA discussed this on a YouTube livestream and it sounded like this works like Synchro Scan but you’re not having to make adjustments to automatically.I would be interested to know if you have tried Synchro-Scan and how it worked.
I haven't had any problems with my S9 yet, but I haven't used it in artificial light.
The output from DLP digital projectors is where I've experienced the worst problems with banding on the Sigma fp, which also has a digital shutter; I've seen it elsewhere, but very rarely. I'd think the S9 would behave similarly.The S9 has a "Synchro Scan" mode for Photos. This capability to mitigate flicker or horizontal stripes has been carried over from Video settings, and as far as I know this is the first time it is available for Photos with Lumix cameras. See page 251 of the Manual. I'm not sure this would have helped because you needed a fast shutter speed to capture the action, and it is probably most effective for the slower shutter speeds you would normally use for video. But it might be interesting to have a test case with a bright flashing light added to normal lighting, to see if this could help with the issue.
Synchro Scan fixed that issue, but only when adjusted to 1/120s which ist too long for action.I would be interested to know if you have tried Synchro-Scan and how it worked.
I haven't had any problems with my S9 yet, but I haven't used it in artificial light.
I always use Auto-ISO, but ISO has no effect on banding.The ISO is much lower in the second one...
Did you use "Auto ISO" for these 2 pictures?