With a cheap Pantone Huey. Can leave it out in it's cradle to continually assess room light and adjust accordingly, but have rarely done that. When last a "geek" was hear working on this system, he thought the screen was somewhat dark and bumped the brightness. I promptly returned it to its "pre geek" setting. In printing, if R1800 (no plan to upgrade) controls the color, I bump the brightness about 10 points, if PS controls the print, I simply brighten the image on the screen. I do waste some paper this way, and however impractical, I eventually get what I want. I imagine I operate in a more pragmatic manner than many.
Jack --- On Mon, 4/5/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P N Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO" Northern Magnolia > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 7:28 AM > How do you set the brightness on your > monitor? IMO, when the brightness of typical LCD monitors > is adjusted for optimum viewing in a well lit > room they are much too bright for accurate photo rendering. > > My calibration tool (Spyder II) includes a grey scale band > for judging brightness. But I find that with my iMacs > 25-inch LCD monitors, if I set it so that every variation of > gray is clearly visible, it's way too bright. I set the > brightness of the monitor so that an image printed on my > Epson 2400 with PhotoShop and an icc paper profile matches. > Of course I use the calibration tool to set color and white > point. I suspect the grey band method works okay with top of > the line monitors, but we ordinary mortals have to use a bit > of ingenuity to get things right:-). > > Paul > On Apr 5, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I did check my monitor and, at least, it seems I see > no additional detail > > in the petals.(?) > > I'll allow that there should be a tolerance inherent > in such an image. > > Histogram weighted to right ( 0 left - 255 right), but > nothing actually stacked up against the right edge. Must > contain some information. > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Mon, 4/5/10, David J Brooks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: PESO" Northern Magnolia > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 4:33 AM > >> Check your monitor Jack. My comment > >> to Paul is great job on the detail > >> in the high lights.:-) > >> > >> I like the back drop > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> Paul, I intend to check my monitor once more. > Yes, > >> it's true, most blossoms are free of all but the > slightest > >> bit of texture/detail. > >>> Do you not see blown out featureless areas on > >> virtually all petals? > >>> Even though it may not matter, I'll let you > know what > >> I find with my monitor. > >>> > >>> Jack > >>> > >>> --- On Sun, 4/4/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: PESO" Northern Magnolia > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >>>> Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010, 4:31 PM > >>>> This flowering tree is sometimes > >>>> called a Northern Magnolia, but it doesn't > seem to > >> have > >>>> anything in common with a real Magnolia. > It's also > >> known as > >>>> a Tulip Tree. In any case, it's a nice > bloom. And > >> several in > >>>> my neighborhood burst forth in bloom > today. Very > >> early, I > >>>> might add. > >>>> > >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10879237&size=lg > >>>> > >>>> K7 and DA* 60-250 > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit > the > >> link > >>>> directly above and follow the directions. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> --Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > >> www.caughtinmotion.com > >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > >> York Region, Ontario, Canada > >> > >> --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link > >> directly above and follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
