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- From: boshoff@sunvax.sun.ac.za (Hendrik Boshoff)
- Newsgroups: sci.fractals
- Subject: Re: fractal photos
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.164657.5677@sunvax.sun.ac.za>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 16:46:56 +0200
- References: <93007.215927LMACC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Organization: University of Stellenbosch
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- In article <93007.215927LMACC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, Len Alshan <LMACC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
- > Would appreciate any information regarding photographing fractal images.
- > Am working on a PS/2 Model 80 with 8514A video and have good photo
- > equipment. Not interested in professional grade photos or slides. This is
- > purely a for fun project.
- > Thanks
-
- I'm no professional either, but I obtained useful color slides just
- using the built in light meter of my slr camera.
-
- It seems to me the most important thing is to eliminate the
- video monitor's flicker. That happens at about the power frequency
- or half that (60 or 30 Hz). So make sure the shutter remains open
- for long enough.
-
- Darken the room (preferably completely) to eliminate reflection
- from the screen.
-
- Definitely use a tripod.
-
- Try a lens of length 100-110 mm, more or less the same as for
- full face photography, to keep the distortion down. (That is if
- you want a "flat" picture. I suppose a fish-eye can give interesting
- effects, but you can attain them simply by using another projection
- when plotting.) Move the camera to fill the viewer with the picture.
-
- Play with the intensity and contrast settings of the monitor to get
- the background as black as you like it and the colors as saturated
- (after your eyes have become adapted to low light levels).
-
- If the resultant shutter speeds are acceptable, use one or two stops
- down from you lens's largest f/stop (to play down possible optical
- imperfections).
-
- Usually the colors are arbitrary, so a slight change in rendering
- from monitor to film shouldn't bother you.
-
- I had Ektachrome 200 handy (you could use a finer grain (slower film),
- but you can't do better than the pixels). I set my 35-200 mm zoom
- on 100mm at f/3.5. Various images with different colors measured
- at between 1/15 s and 1/2 s. I bracketed by over and underexposing
- two stops, but in the end the light meter's suggestion was the best
- each time. The result was acceptable, but they of course look just
- what they are: photographs of a video display.
-
- Hendrik
-
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- Hendrik F.V. Boshoff
- Dept E&E Ingenieurswese Dept E&E Engineering
- Universiteit van Stellenbosch University of Stellenbosch
- SUID-AFRIKA SOUTH AFRICA
- email boshoff@firga.sun.ac.za
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