/vr/ - Retro Games

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What sort of camera are you using? Phone? Cheap point'n'shoot? "High End" Point'n'Shoot? DSLR?

Photograph in a room that is as dark as possible/with as few light sources to reflect off of the screen. When at all possible, I take photos in a room that is only lit by the CRT itself.

Lower ISO settings to reduce visual noise. This may need to be adjusted to get proper exposure and/or avoid beam shadow. Low end cameras pick up noise fast as you raise this, where ones with better sensors can go decently high and still offer decent quality.

For cameras that don't offer RAW output, find the white balance setting that gives you the most accurate color reproduction to your eye. With my Kodak, this ended up being the fluorescent setting most of the time.

If you can adjust shutter speed, 1/60 or 1/30 are usually going to be your best bet on getting clean captures without too much "ghosting" from picking up multiple frames. This, of course only applies to stuff running at 60hz; 50hz stuff would do better with 1/50 or 1/25.

Macro Modes tend to give you the sharpest picture, alternatively, manual mode.

High-angled shots (taken at a sharp, acute angle to the screen) are often times easier to get, though unless you can manually focus your camera, getting what you want to actually be sharp can take a few shots. They're also less prone to moire problems than straight on shots.


Webm shows switching from 1/30(2 frames) to I believe 1/40(1 frame every 4), and then 1/60.(1 frame)