P3D Re: Photographing Slides From Computer Monitor

[egoldste@xxxxxx (Eric Goldstein)]

>   Tips on photographing a computer monitor:
>
>1) Darken the room to eliminate reflections off the screen.
>2) Lower the brightness to minimize 'blooming'.
>3) Use a long lens to minimize effects of screen curvature.
>4) Use a long exposure (>1 sec.) to minimize refresh (raster) overlap.
>5) Use a tripod (see 2, 3, and 4 above).
>6) Adjusting screen size may improve sharpness due to aperature grille
>   pitch vs. image pixel pitch interaction (see discussion above).


Good tips... thanks Gregg (Podnar). I'd also add maximize your contrast, as
your monitor is capable fo about 4-1/2 f/stops of contrast range and the
slide film can handle about 6 stops, and check your white point to get as
close to 5500 K as possible.

Ralph Johnston of Photo-3D and the Stereo New England group did some
monitor shots a while back; I believe he also posted some advice to the
list which can be found through the archives. If I'm remembering correctly,
he did them in medium format; I remember seeing them and they looked better
than I expected, helped I think by the lower magnification of MF stereo...


Eric G.



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