How to eliminate yellow bar from sun caused by ccd chips please help!

eheath

eheath

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So i'm having a really bad time with the sun and my camera im getting a really dense and bright yellow bar from the sun caused by the ccd chips ive been told. is there any way to fix this? Is it my scene file or other settings? Please help!

here is an example this is a very mild example but i have cases where there arent any clouds and the line is bright yellow

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The only ways to keep it from happening are:
1) stop down the lens so that the overexposure blooming doesn't happen
2) use a CMOS camera; CMOS sensors don't have this vertical streak issue, or
3) reframe your shots so the sun isn't in it, or
4) use a bigger-chip camera that's more smear-resistant. The HVX200A/HPX170 are a little more resistant than the HVX200 was; the HPX500 is a lot more resistant, etc.
 
This effect is due to the overflowing of the vertical buffer, The only way to stop it from happening is to stop overflowing it. So no direct light into the lens is the ONLY way (or do any oh the things Barry mentioned). if you want to remove it in post, good luck with that Pixar ;)
 
Ahh but i like shots with the sun, i see so many people do it with the same/similar camera to mine and they don't have the yellow bar so there must be something going on here.
 
A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this...the doctor says,

Don't do that!"
 
i cant recall ever having that big a problem with either my hvx200 or hpx170. maybe your camera needs service...?
 
^I have a friend with the same camera as me (hvx200p) and he gets it too. we also use the same scene files so maybe its it?
 
I have taken quite a few similar shots to yours with my HVX200A and have never noticed a significant yellow bar like that. I'll try to dig up a screen shot and post it when I get a chance.
 
yeah, i gotta side with DGW here. you must be experiencing the "perfect storm" of scene setting, atmosphere, altitude and or jacked up camera. as ive shot right into the sun on several occasions and never had THAT kind of trouble
 
try a polarizing filter on your lens. This is something you can tell when you are shooting. Move around a few inches and find the right angle where you don't see the smear. Just like your eyes, a camera's lens is very sensitive to direct sunlight. While it may look like a a nice effect, it is not recommended.

You are lucky we have CCD cameras in todays age. You would have permanently damaged your camera if it were a tube camera.
 
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