I was kind of baffled, myself. I can't imagine editing how you'd gain
anything from knowing how your images look on a screen from 7' away.
My monitor's location relative to direct light is pretty good, and the
computer desk has enough of an overhang above the monitor to block any
light from overhead. The room itself is fairly dark, and has a fairly
neutral-colored (if a bit dark) paper on the walls. In fact, it's dark
enough that I can never take decent photos in it unless the sun is
beaming straight through the window.
-- Walt
On 9/17/2012 9:07 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Can't imagine why viewing distance from monitor should be any
different than 'normal'.
Obviously there should be no direct light on the monitor, the room
should be dark and I've read where its recommended the room be
painted a neutral color.
I've made a monitor shade out of foam board that shields the top &
sides from stray light getting on the monitor.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail Hawk (?)
I'm using a combination of freeware downloads, fiddling and
fine-tuning until things look more normal.
The reason I mentioned proper distance is because one of the
tutorials I read said that you should step back from the monitor
about 7 feet and look at it from a distance. It doesn't make a lot of
sense to me, and I can't imagine why it would make any difference
unless you're in an office environment and need the monitor tilted to
accommodate co-workers and such. In any event, the room I use is only
about the size of a drunk tank, and my computer desk is a fairly
sizable beast. I'm not going to worry about that part of it.
-- Walt
On 9/17/2012 8:24 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Proper distance? For a Spyder, Huey, i1, etc. it's 0mm.
What are you using to calibrate?
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail Hawk (?)
Thanks, Rick.
I've been working on the calibration thing. One minor issue is that my
computer desk is situated such that in in order to get the proper
distance away from the monitor, I'd have to blast a hole in the
opposite
wall.
But, I'm getting as close as I can, and think I have the gamma just
about right. I've toned down the contrast and brightness a bit, too.
I'm
still stunned at how much noise my old CRT masked in some of my photos,
and how far off the color temperature seemed to be.
I do believe I'm going to like this monitor quite a bit, though.
-- Walt
On 9/17/2012 7:41 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Yup, a red tailed hawk.
Make sure you calibrate your spiffy new monitor--from the factory
they're designed to have things bright and punchy. That can make
pix look dark and timid to others, and in prints.
I've been very happy with my Dell U2410 and U2411 (1 at home, 1 at
work).
Cheers,
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
----- Original Message -----
From: Walt <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 6:51 PM
Subject: PESO: Red Tail Hawk (?)
So, I've got this spiffy new monitor and I'm going through my
images to see how they look, and I'm absolutely stunned at how
atrocious some of them are! I'd been using an old 19" CRT up until
now and had no idea they were that awful. It's a wonder anything I
ever shot came out as a decent print. I wish someone had told me a
long time ago. I'm thoroughly embarrassed by some of the photos I
thought were fairly decent.
That said, I also found this shot which I didn't realize I had. I
think it's a Red Tail Hawk, since it's hawk-like in appearance and
has a vaguely red tail.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7997746702/#large
In any event, I'm still a bit mortified by some of the images I've
been publishing under the misapprehension that they're usable
photos. Makes me want to scrap my entire library and start anew!
-- Walt
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