Hi all,
Got back from Photokina last week after quick run around stands.Well, maybe 1%!� Loads of great looking new digital backs / cameras things,
New Phase One P25 great but �20k !. Also lovely looking Eizo flatpanels and crazy sideways new Imacon scanner (for bath scanning rolls of film).
Anyway, was talking to geezer from BASIC ICC colour and new being shown new version of software.
(Neil and Thomas...- your names were mentioned)..Anyway, he informed me that I should ALWAYS be calibrating monitor to D50, as per our viewing booths etc. D50 as well.
I was always under the impression (obviously I was wrong!) that monitor @ D65 = viewing lighting @ D50.
Have I gone mad? or was this an old argument / idea that is now dead. Looking quickly through the archive, ('cause I never have time to read most of prodig anymore..shame) I found some reference to this from Stephen Marsh a few months ago. So Adobe RGB is a D65 space, but ECI's spaces are D50? We have been using ISO Coated icc profile for cmyk conversions for some time now to good results. We are also about to shift over to GMG COLOUR PROOF software next week, proofing files to ISO COATED and/ or DP10 standards.
Should we now be calibrating EVERYTHING to D50? We have also been having some issues recently regarding monitor / proof matching. Some older monitors just don't seem to want to calibrate correctly, even after several attempts..with BASIC and EYE ONE MATCH 2.0. Basic ICC guru was explaining that the magenta / green shift in CRT tubes can cause this problem. Should we then just ditch a 3 yr old LaCie 22" CRT?
Hope someone can shed some light on the above (preferably D50 light)
Many Thanks as always..
Graeme
p.s. sorry listmom about html text...new email app thing and can't sort out for now...apologies in advance
p.p.s. New website up if anyone is interested...3-d animation done with Maya and Flash!..
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