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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.

Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents of a
screen capture.

Any ideas?

Hugh

Hugh Nagle wrote:
> 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.
>
> Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
> greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents of
> a
> screen capture.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Hugh

Long exposure. At least twice the refresh rate.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

On 10/16/04 11:04 AM, in article
BD96B0B0.2C6A9%, "Hugh Nagle"
<> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
> greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents of a
> screen capture.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Hugh
>
I should have elaborated. I'm using a Nikon d70 to photograph the flat, LCD
screen of a Mac PowerBook G4.

Hugh

Hi,

Check out this url:
http://home.san.rr.com/cymarron/monitor/
Rosita

"Hugh Nagle" <> wrote:
> 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.
<snip>
> Any ideas?


Yes, do a screen capture. You get 100% resolution, 0% distortion, perfect
color representation, what more could you want?
--
Judson McClendon (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

You won't need much depth of field if it's flat then !

"Hugh Nagle" <> wrote in message
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> On 10/16/04 11:04 AM, in article
> BD96B0B0.2C6A9%, "Hugh Nagle"
> <> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
> > greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents
of a
> > screen capture.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> I should have elaborated. I'm using a Nikon d70 to photograph the flat,
LCD
> screen of a Mac PowerBook G4.
>
> Hugh
>

"Hugh Nagle" <> wrote in message
news:BD96B0B0.2C6A9% ...
> 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.
>
> Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field -
> far
> greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the
> contents of a
> screen capture.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Hugh

Do you have an LCD monitor? I just picked up my camera and took a
picture with my little Nikon 3200. It's fine; no bands or anything but
with a CRT, I'd use an exposure several times the refresh rate.


--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA

Maybe expose and balance on a mid-grey filled screen and use a medium
telephoto to maintain squareness. Low ambient light, watch for reflections
of white objects like your clothes, tripod or papers etc. Shoot 1- 2 stops
down from max, using the sharpest range of your lens.

Shutter speed shouldn't be much of an issue with LCD, but for CRT 1/30 ish
or slower should be fine. You can also crank up the screen brightness to
get some more light...

Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply)
Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com

lcd monitors do not flicker like crt screens do... nothing special to do to
get a bright image that is not banded like crt images are known for... try
it.

"Hugh Nagle" <> wrote in message
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> On 10/16/04 11:04 AM, in article
> BD96B0B0.2C6A9%, "Hugh Nagle"
> <> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
> > greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents
of a
> > screen capture.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> I should have elaborated. I'm using a Nikon d70 to photograph the flat,
LCD
> screen of a Mac PowerBook G4.
>
> Hugh
>

On 10/16/04 11:04 AM, in article
BD96B0B0.2C6A9%, "Hugh Nagle"
<> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Saw a very nice pic on a newspaper today. Shallow depth of field - far
> greater "feel" than could be generated with software from the contents of a
> screen capture.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Hugh
>
Thanks to you all for your help/opinions on this.

Regards,

Hugh