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From: billd@celerity.UUCP (Bill Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,rec.photo
Subject: Re: photographing computer screens
Message-ID: <223@celerity.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 02:35:23 GMT
References: <18196@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <2709@pixar.UUCP> <9900@pur-ee.UUCP>
Reply-To: billd@celerity.UUCP (Bill Davidson)
Organization: FPS Computing, San Diego CA
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In article <9900@pur-ee.UUCP> 3ksnn64@pur-ee.UUCP (Joe Cychosz) writes:
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>monitors which tilt (like Suns or SGIs).  I also try to get the lens as
>close as possible to the screen and still be able to focus. This helps
>reduce the effects of the curvature of the screen.  For a 70-210mm Macro
>Nikon this is about 2 ft.  

Er, that's not what I learned in photography school.  You can't totaly
eliminate curvature but it is definitely INCREASED by getting closer.
Your best bet should be to get as far away as possible.  Since you will
still want to nearly fill your frame, the distance will be dictated by
the length of lenses you own (and the amount of space available in front
of your screen :-)  Shooting from far away with a long lens flattens any
picture.
	--Bill Davidson
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