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Article #2723

Re: Screen Photography

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From: Wilson Heydt
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 20:54
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In article <15160004@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>A question for those of you who have taken pictures of your VGA screens.
>
>1/15 of a second should have been adequate. I have done screen shots that
>fast although mostly I shoot at 1/2 to 1 second due to the slow speed of
>the film I use. This is for US electrical cycle times.

As slow as you go, the refresh rate isn't going to matter.  From the
photographic side, though, you're risking problems with the color values
due to reciprocity failure.

	--Hal

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From: whh@PacBell.COM (Wilson Heydt)
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Subject: Re: Screen Photography
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Date: 27 Aug 90 20:54:45 GMT
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