One of the key lighting issues to emerge from the Olympics in 2012 was how outdated the guidance was on how the events should be lit. This was not about the sport, of course, so much as the television coverage of it and the evolution of TV and camera technology. The introduction of high definition and the increase in techniques such as slow motion and high motion to add drama to sports viewing left SLL Lighting Guide 4: Sports Lighting woefully behind the times in this arena. The Olympics experience, which resulted in companies such as Philips having to develop fittings on the hoof to resolve technical problems such as flicker, gave rise to an Addendum to LG4, issued in July 2013. This contains a new Section 7 on lighting for television.
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