eli5: Why do computer screens appear distorted in pictures, unless you zoom in?

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Whenever you take a picture of a computer screen, the screen looks distorted, but when you zoom in closer on the picture, it focuses a lot more

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I suspect it has to do with the refresh rate and the camera being much faster than the human eye. So we don’t see all the distortions and it just blends into a coherent image.

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