Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:3783 rec.photo:3843 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mcnc!xanth!ames!amdahl!uunet!seismo!esosun!cogen!celerity!billd 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 Lines: 18 In article <9900@pur-ee.UUCP> 3ksnn64@pur-ee.UUCP (Joe Cychosz) writes: ..... >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 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ....!{ucsd|sdcsvax}!celerity!billd