While, as I've said, I didn't read the subject message, I heartily agree with your comments, Paul!
Jack --- On Mon, 4/5/10, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Define "blown out" :-) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 5:20 PM > > On Apr 5, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:24 -0700, "Jack Davis" > <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> I gave my honest reaction to the crude first > half dozen words of your > >>> first sentence. I read no further nor do I > intend to. > >>> You're obviously still stinging from the > dressing down you receive some > >>> time ago. > >> > >> Geez - I'll have to pay better attention. > Must have missed that one. > >> > >> :-)> > >> > >> FWIW, I though Godders' original reply was > informative. Maybe not what > >> you were looking for but I got some good value out > of it. > > > > I'll second that. I thought Godfrey's answer was right > on the money. > > I agree. But while I worked with the zone system when > printing in the darkroom, I find it somewhat useless for > digital photography and printing, where some scenes are best > exposed for the highlights and others for the shadows. > Because we now have access to instant histograms, control > can be much more precise than that of a system which was > devised for photographers who had to work with light meters > and a zone 5 base. There are times when letting the shadow > detail go off scale is desirable and those where out of > range highlights complement the photographers intent. The > histogram is our friend. > > > > > > All I'd add would be that it's best to start with a > good quality > > monitor: I've found if a monitor isn't good quality > then profiling it > > is minimally helpful. You can improve shadow or > highlight detail a > > *little* through a profile, but not much. Better a > top-notch monitor > > without calibration/profiling than a TN monitor with > calibration and > > profiling in my experience. > > > Calibration is essential to color accuracy, and you > can achieve that with a good TN monitor. However, as I > noted earlier, some TN monitors can't be counted on for > perfect shadow detail delineation. But there are workarounds > for that. I've found that if I calibrate the monitor than > match the brightness level to what I need to achieve a > perfect print, I'm golden with a less than perfect monitor. > But without calibration, color accuracy is hit and miss. > That being said, Id rather work with a top notch monitor. > It's on my wish list:-). > > Paul > > > > -- > > 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.
