Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.video Subject: Re: Photos from VHS videotapes Message-ID: <4749@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 17:40:49 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.4749 Posted: Wed Sep 19 17:40:49 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 01:11:07 EDT References: <294@hou2e.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 13 I remember back when I was taking photos of the first Man on the moon, plus some things from the National Geographic special on the human body, I can tell you some things about photographing the tube. The best camera to use is one with a variable shutter speed and a leaf type shutter. This lets out most SLR's which have a focal plane shutter. Most 35mm rangefinders are OK. Set the shutter speed to 1/30. This means a tripod or some other method of holding the camera and using a remote shutter release. Darken the room to avoid glare. Unless you freeze frame is really stable (and most are not, I would suggest just shooting the picture while the player is running. -Ron