Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpvcfs1!robertt From: robertt@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Bob Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Photographing Screen Message-ID: <780127@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> Date: 3 May 90 14:43:44 GMT References: <90120.160802DLP@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA Lines: 9 Shutter speed can be very important - you actually want something relatively slow. I don't know what the scan rate for mac monitors is, but a longer exposure (probably greater than 1/30 - something like 1/8) would insure that you didn't catch any screen drawing "dead spots" - if you've seen wierd looking monitors in a movie before, you know what I'm talking about. bob taylor HP Vancouver