Thank you Abigail for your thoughtful and informative response. I really appreciate it.
Lawrence On 11/1/12 9:17 PM, "Abigail Severance" <bellec...@mac.com> wrote: > If I'm understanding the set up, the illuminated monitor works like a light > source, so you would use a spot meter to measure the intensity of the > illuminated/reflected video image. Many film SLRs have one built in. > > One issue to consider is if the monitor itself (beyond the edges of the > screen) is also part of the new film-still image, in which case you'd want to > measure that area with an incident meter and see if your stock's latitude can > hold both, and if so, what stop to set to keep detail in both the very bright > screen and the less bright monitor. ND gel over the screen would bring down > the brightness if you need to get it closer to the monitor reading. Be sure > meters are set to still image reading, not "cine" setting. > Abigail > > <> sent from abigail severance's cloud <> bellec...@mac.com <> 310.508.0352 <> > www.film.calarts.edu > > On Nov 01, 2012, at 06:07 PM, Lawrence Brose <lawrencebr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a student who wants to shoot stills off of a video monitor on film >> (still camera) and has asked about what correction he should make regarding >> the light meter reading. It has been a long time since I have done this so >> any suggestions are greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Lawrence >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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