White balance when shooting computer screens?

[Jim2000]

I have to shoot some insert shots of banks of computer screens in a traffic control room and I'm wondering how to do it.

I know I can use the syncro scan to reduce flickering, but how do I set the color temperature? Should I just go with the stock indoor color temperature preset?

 

[THoff]

If you have any control over what's on the screen, put something with black and white up so you can do a WB adjustment in post. If you know a certain screen element is black and something else is white, it's trivial.

 

[Jim2000]

Thanks.

 

[emiranda]

All PC are daylight setting 5.6 also 50/65hz scan

 

[THoff]

Not true. I'm typing this on a LCD that has a range of color temperature settings in Kelvin, and the refresh rate is fixed at 60Hz.

 

[Jeff Anderson]

Yeah I think most monitor I've owned has adjustable color temps

 

[Jim2000]

Well, the monitors I shot ended up looking best with the daylight preset.