On Aug 22, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Tom C wrote: > The more and more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that > regardless of how things look on my monitor I can be almost > guaranteed it > won't look the same on someone else's, regardless of calibration, etc. > > If contrast is adjustable, doesn't this compensate for the contrast > the > monitor is spec'd to have?
That depends upon the range of adjustability provided by the contrast adjustment control, and how well the calibration for color fidelity can be managed given a sensible contrast and brightness setting. The point of a quality monitor display is that it can display the range of tones and colors accurately to be used as a reference for doing photographic image processing: making web and print versions of photographs for display and distribution. The fact that other monitors might have difficulty displaying what your reference display renders with good fidelity isn't relevant. What's relevant is that such a monitor allows you to edit and view your work with consistency and quality. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
