[TinCanAlley]

Originally Posted by vol.2

Looks pretty good! The colors are definitely coming through, and I don't see any visual artifacts.

Yeah, taking pictures of a CRT can be tricky. I also will typically just take a bunch and pick the best.

I have found that the orientation of the CCD makes a huge difference though. Sometimes, if the picture is flashing too much, turning the camera 90 degrees will cure it. Sometimes it also requires that I move my camera closer or further away from the screen. Typically, I can get an acceptable picture by cycling through those two parameters (rotate camera, slowly move camera towards and away from CRT).

I took so many pictures and ended up with 4 that I really liked, but still below in person visual quality. It's a bit annoying that in person I see scan lines, but not dot pattern in that line. In pics, it becomes quite noticeable with the higher resolutions. I think I'm going to wait til it's dark outside, setup a tripod, turn off all lights and try it that way. I'm sure the light behind the set is going to be picked up by the camera and it will adjust for that and might be part of my issue.