Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1/25th sec. in the UK where the PAL system makes two fields interlaced in that time. Any less and there's a band of lost information, any more and there's a band of duobled information. (You'll need an old camera with old shutter speeds for this.;-) In the US, with NTSC, I believe they run 24 frames a second but I guess that 1/30 might still be a good starting point. Experiment. Jem - ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Zartarian <royzart@connix.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:26 AM Subject: [Leica] Photographing a video monitor > LUGs, > > I'll be doing some shots where a video monitor is a significant part > of the image. Because noise must be kept to a minimum, I'll use > an M body. > > What's the fastest shutter speed I can use with the focal plane > shutter to prevent bands from appearing across the screen? I recall > reading somewhere that 1/8th sec or slower is necessary but can't > locate the information among my resources. > > Thanks > Roy >