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Tips for Photographing Mobile Game Screens or Displays Clearly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 843465" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>I've not really had much experience photographing scenes with a screen in it. I can address the glare issue. Try using a circular polarizing filter. You will need to turn the filter (it's designed to be rotated while mounted on the camera), until the glare goes away. If you don't own one, they can be a little pricey. I would advise against getting one of the really cheap ones off of Amazon. Many, if not most will seriously degrade your image quality. There are some mid priced brands that do a good job. Note: you may not be able to eliminate all glare if you have lighting coming from different angles. The polarizer will only work along one plane. </p><p></p><p>As to Flickering lines, I would imagine the shutter speed required to eliminate this would depend on the device itself. I would think refresh rate would be the determining factor. I would suggest taking some test shots and lower the shutter speed until the lines disappear. You may need different minimum shutter speeds for different devices. </p><p></p><p>Here is probably the only image I have that has a screen in it. It was shot at 1/15 sec. I didn't use a polarizer. I shot it with a mirrorless camera, so I could see any glare in the viewfinder. I don't remember if I had to change the shooting angle to remove any glare, or just got lucky.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]426474[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 843465, member: 50197"] I've not really had much experience photographing scenes with a screen in it. I can address the glare issue. Try using a circular polarizing filter. You will need to turn the filter (it's designed to be rotated while mounted on the camera), until the glare goes away. If you don't own one, they can be a little pricey. I would advise against getting one of the really cheap ones off of Amazon. Many, if not most will seriously degrade your image quality. There are some mid priced brands that do a good job. Note: you may not be able to eliminate all glare if you have lighting coming from different angles. The polarizer will only work along one plane. As to Flickering lines, I would imagine the shutter speed required to eliminate this would depend on the device itself. I would think refresh rate would be the determining factor. I would suggest taking some test shots and lower the shutter speed until the lines disappear. You may need different minimum shutter speeds for different devices. Here is probably the only image I have that has a screen in it. It was shot at 1/15 sec. I didn't use a polarizer. I shot it with a mirrorless camera, so I could see any glare in the viewfinder. I don't remember if I had to change the shooting angle to remove any glare, or just got lucky. [ATTACH type="full"]426474[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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