Banding on Z9

Kuvasauna wrote:

vtpeters wrote:

Hi,

I've read about the risk of banding showing up in photos, but I seem to remember that this only happens at slow shutter speeds.

I'm currently editing my photos of a live concert by Swedisch guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and noticed (what I believe to be) banding in some of my photos.

Below you see an unedited RAW photo exported from Lightroom to JPEG at a resolution of 2000 x 3000 pixels. On the photo above and around the head of the guitarist you can clearly see the banding in de red background.

Nikon Z 9 with Z 70-200mm S @ 99mm - ISO1800 - f/2.8 - 1/320s

Is there a way to prevent this from happening?

Or is there a clever way to get rid of this in post-processing?

Or is this just one of the disadvantages of a shutterless camera?

Banding may happen when shooting bands. Some even wear headbands. But this banding must be due to Yngwies supernatural nature.

This banding looks like something that can be removed quite easily if it not seen in most of the photos.

Waiting to take my Z9 to shoot bands. I must study the High-Frequency Flicker Reduction mode before that.

Same venue a week after I shot Yngwie Malmsteen (Mike Portnoy with Transatlantic) and there's no sign of banding on any of the photos from that show...