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Tom Photiou
Film God

Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted May 26, 2013 06:56 AM

Hello all, No matter how hard i try to take an in focus screenshot i just never seem to make it [Confused]

What are your tips in taking a good screenshot please, some of the ones you chaps take are sooooo good [Wink]

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

Posts: 2232
From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted May 26, 2013 07:03 AM

I can not get a nice shot either ... I tried with a Canon EOS 450D, but it's just too slow. I use a videocamera, a Sony, and film the screen. Get the film onto PC and take snapshots of the film

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Martin Jones
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Thetford , Norfolk,England
Registered: May 2008

posted May 26, 2013 09:04 AM

Similar technique can be used for other purposes, too.
I wanted screenshots from the TV so I could give my niece a memento of her appearance as a featured extra on Doc Martin. Taking photos of the TV screen was useless, so I asked my son in Brazil (who downloads English TV series from the
Internet) to trawl through the episode until he found the places my BAD photos occurred, then take screenshots (Snapshots) of them from the PC file and email them to me! Result....BRILLIANT!

(She's the one on HIS left)

Martin

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Oemer Yalinkilic
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 547
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Jul 2003

posted May 26, 2013 09:12 AM

I use my HTC Desire mobile phone for screenshots.
You have to use it without a flash. About 80% of the screenshots are bad, but few are ok. If you use a projector with Xenon light, sometimes the pics can be look like made from a a pink print.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted May 26, 2013 09:20 AM

No matter what I try I get bad screen shots. They make the film look worse than it actually is. So I don't bother.

PatD

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

Posts: 2232
From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

posted May 26, 2013 09:25 AM

Please do anyway, Pat :-)

Love to see other peoples print and most of us are aware that it's looking better in REEL life :-)

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Alan Rik
Film God

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From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 26, 2013 12:12 PM

I use my iphone with no flash and the pictures come out very well...unless there is a lot of movement and then there is blur but the colors stay true to what is on the screen for the most part.

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Flavio Stabile
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Roma, Italia
Registered: Feb 2005

posted May 26, 2013 01:38 PM

hi!

I take my pictures with a Nikon D3100...

@Vidar: with your Canon eos 450 you should be able to take wonderful pictures...
Try to use a very short exposure time, with absolutely no light in the room and of course no flash!

This is how I shot all my photos.

Of course I then resize them with my PC but I don't touch colours and don't apply any digital effect.

This is for all Sergio Leone's fans! [Wink]

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Christian Bjorgen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009

posted May 26, 2013 02:55 PM

Like Flavio said, if you have a DSLR like the Nikon D-series or Canon EOS-series, then you should be set pretty much off the bat.

It's all about finding the right setting. I use high ISO and fast exposure, that way I "freeze" the frame nicely while still getting a crisp, clear picture.

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted May 26, 2013 04:06 PM

A beautiful picture of "Per un Pugno" there Flavio,is this from
16 or 35mm? Also it looks like 'scope.

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

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From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted May 26, 2013 04:17 PM

My Blackberry does just fine.

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Flavio Stabile
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Roma, Italia
Registered: Feb 2005

posted May 27, 2013 09:09 AM

Hello Hugh!

it is a 35mm print and in scope!
Very happy to show it because it is really a wonderful print!

Flavio

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted May 27, 2013 10:55 AM

My congratulations Flavio on your having one of the greatest
ground breaking westerns ever made, and a great print to boot.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 27, 2013 12:25 PM

Tom, use your video camera for taking VIDEO (not still pictures).

Open that file in any player. Use pause button to get your desire pictures.

Press "print screen" button on your keyboard (some must be ctrl + "print screen" push together).

Open your MS Paint (should you be on Microsoft). Prest ctrl + v for pasting the picture on MS Paint. Do cropping and voila!...

With the above method you will get the best scene possible.

This is for an example of a screen shot from Super 8mm Ektachrome 100D I take form youtube

and later I cropped for better presentation:

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Tom Photiou
Film God

Posts: 4837
From: Plymouth U.K
Registered: Dec 2003

posted May 27, 2013 08:05 AM

i shall have go, thanks for all the replies

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