On 14/10/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use the Apple Cinema Display 20 as my principal viewing monitor. I > calibrated it with the Apple software, and it was very close to my > printer output. I usually dialed in my pics until they looked goot, > then gave them a tiny bit more contrast with a curves rgb S-curve and > a bit more midtone brightness with a push up in the middle of the rgb > curve. That would yield a print that matched what my calibrated > monitor had displayed before I performed those last two tweaks. I > tried compensating for that discrepancy with monitor adjustments, but > never quite got there. The apple monitor adjusts through the setup > process, but other than brightness, there are no knobs to twist. But > I was very close to dead nuts, so i didn't worry about it. I finally > bought a Colorvision Spyder II Express when Amazon offered it for > $69.. I didn't think I'd get any closer than I was, but what the > hell. For that kind of money, I gave it a try. Just tonight, I ran > the calibration. Looked good. I printed a somewhat difficult backlit > shot. Dead nuts. Right on. I'm a happy man. > BTW, the Express version of this device comes with the same > hardware as the pro version, but the software is very basic. However, > it does the full range of color adjustments. Rather than allowing > selection of things like temperature and gamma, It goes with whatever > the monitor is currently displaying. Works for me.
Good stuff, it's great to hear of another satisfied calibrated monitor user :-) The pro version of the software lets you control the calibration target (as well as allowing the default monitor settings as the basis for the calibration), in other words you can select the target absolute black and white points, gamma and colour temperature. So long as you have the control over the luminance (to bring it back to realistic levels ie around 80-100 candelas) it should be quite usable. Would you care to send me the ICC profile generated for the monitor if you can locate it? I wouldn't mind checking the native gamut of the screen against my own screens. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
