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From: knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen)
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Subject: Re: How to photograph color monitor?
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Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 13:42:43 EDT
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> Can anyone out in netland give me pointers, hints on how to photograph
> color monitor displays?
> 
> Thanks,
> Taylor Jackson

Main thing is to use a slow shutter speed, no faster
than 1/32.  This is especially important with a focal-plane
shutter.  Slow film is fine because you can open your lens
all the way up, since no depth of field is needed.

El cheapo camers have slow blade shutters, so should work well
if you use fast film.  Parallax thru the viewfinder will
require some guesswork on anything other than an SLR.

If your camera has thru-the-lens light metering, use it and
believe it, provided you move in close enuf to fill the entire
viewfinder with the screen.  And of course, darken the room
as best you can.

I've had good luck with color and amber CRTs myself.
	mike k