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Kibo informs me that bugbear stated
that: Al Dykes wrote: In article , wrote: Kibo informs me that Hugh Nagle stated that: Now, I know I could do a screen capture, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how best to photograph a computer screen. It's easy. You'll need a tripod, positioned with the camera as parallel as possible with the screen, & a shutter speed that's an *exact* multiple of the displays refresh rate to prevent dark bars appearing in the photo. Eg: to photograph an American TV screen (60Hz field rate, 30Hz refresh rate), you'd use a shutter speed of 1/30th, 1/15th, etc. It's easier on the brain to just do a really long exposure; a half-frame doesn't matter (much) if you're exposing 60 frames anyway. Tripod and a 1Sec exposure works every time, and I don't need to know the refresh rate. Yes, very true. I was just making the assumption that the OP might be wanting the TV/monitor in the background of a shot in which other things were happening, rather than it just being the sole subject of the photo. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Kibo informs me that bugbear stated
that: Al Dykes wrote: In article , wrote: Kibo informs me that Hugh Nagle stated that: Now, I know I could do a screen capture, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how best to photograph a computer screen. It's easy. You'll need a tripod, positioned with the camera as parallel as possible with the screen, & a shutter speed that's an *exact* multiple of the displays refresh rate to prevent dark bars appearing in the photo. Eg: to photograph an American TV screen (60Hz field rate, 30Hz refresh rate), you'd use a shutter speed of 1/30th, 1/15th, etc. It's easier on the brain to just do a really long exposure; a half-frame doesn't matter (much) if you're exposing 60 frames anyway. Tripod and a 1Sec exposure works every time, and I don't need to know the refresh rate. Yes, very true. I was just making the assumption that the OP might be wanting the TV/monitor in the background of a shot in which other things were happening, rather than it just being the sole subject of the photo. -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Dave Martindale wrote:
bugbear writes: It's easier on the brain to just do a really long exposure; a half-frame doesn't matter (much) if you're exposing 60 frames anyway. Yes, so 1/2 or 1 second exposure works really well. Tripod and a 1Sec exposure works every time, and I don't need to know the refresh rate. The problem with 15 seconds Stop, You need a better screen font in your newsreader. I said 1Sec. As in "one second". Even if you read the 'S' as a '5' it would say 15ec. What's an 'ec'? BugBear |
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Dave Martindale wrote:
bugbear writes: It's easier on the brain to just do a really long exposure; a half-frame doesn't matter (much) if you're exposing 60 frames anyway. Yes, so 1/2 or 1 second exposure works really well. Tripod and a 1Sec exposure works every time, and I don't need to know the refresh rate. The problem with 15 seconds Stop, You need a better screen font in your newsreader. I said 1Sec. As in "one second". Even if you read the 'S' as a '5' it would say 15ec. What's an 'ec'? BugBear |
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"Hugh Nagle" wrote in message ... On 10/20/04 4:12 AM, in article , " wrote: Yes, very true. I was just making the assumption that the OP might be wanting the TV/monitor in the background of a shot in which other things were happening, rather than it just being the sole subject of the photo. That's *exactly* what I had in mind when I posted originally. I wasn't planning that the camera/tripod would be perfectly "squared up" to the monitor. I intended that the monitor surround (i.e. non-screen parts) plus some other "office environment" elements would be included in the photograph. Even if you are photographing an LCD monitor you will find out quickly, if not using an SLR, that the picture should be composed on the camera LCD. I can handhold my Nikon 3200 (flash off!) and read normal displayed text but, at the distances concerned, the eye-piece is inadequate. -- James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland, USA |
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"Hugh Nagle" wrote in message ... On 10/20/04 4:12 AM, in article , " wrote: Yes, very true. I was just making the assumption that the OP might be wanting the TV/monitor in the background of a shot in which other things were happening, rather than it just being the sole subject of the photo. That's *exactly* what I had in mind when I posted originally. I wasn't planning that the camera/tripod would be perfectly "squared up" to the monitor. I intended that the monitor surround (i.e. non-screen parts) plus some other "office environment" elements would be included in the photograph. Even if you are photographing an LCD monitor you will find out quickly, if not using an SLR, that the picture should be composed on the camera LCD. I can handhold my Nikon 3200 (flash off!) and read normal displayed text but, at the distances concerned, the eye-piece is inadequate. -- James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland, USA |
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