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From: rsingh1@dahlia.waterloo.edu
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Subject: Re: photographing screens
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Date: 27 Nov 89 00:17:48 GMT
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In article <3777@hydra.gatech.EDU> robert@shangri-la.gatech.edu (Robert Viduya) writes:
>Has anyone advice or pointers to information on how to photograph video
>screens? 

I did a bit of this not too long ago.  I'm no ace with a camera though,
but the following info might help:
 
The film I had the best results with was Kodak Echtochrome 64 (sp?).
It seems to bring out the blues a bit more, which seems to suit the monitor
quite well.

Shutter speed I used was, if I remember correctly, quite short.  I guess
you want a shutter speed faster than 1/60th of a second (ntsc).  I played
around with lots, so I might be wrong on this.
 
Something that botched up some of my pictures was the monitor I was using.
In the lower right corner, there was a definite darker region than the rest
of the monitor.  Playing with the contrast/brigtness helped a lot.

It would be kind if you could forward any advice you get to me.  Or
summarize to the net if you get lots.  Later