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Old 02-09-2009, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexN View Post
I've tried using a laptop screen, and an LCD computer monitor, and a LCD TV for flats... They are not uniformly illuminated.. It might look it, but they are not... Every time i have taken flats using an LCD of any type there has been anomalies.. I've seen perfect flats taken with light boxes, and perfect flats taken with the electro-luminescent panels Doug mentioned.. but an LCD is not the best way of doing it... With an opaque diffuser on it it might be ok..
Thanks for pointing that out, Alex.

I haven't used my VLB as alight box, I just wrote the code... it's handy to know its not such a good idea.

Al.
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