Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny you say that, because I was at a best buy store a few days ago and they had a 27inch iMac with the glossy LED screen on display and I went to my website on it to see how the pics rendered on it and they looked VERY close to what my calibrated NEC showed. Apple must have them preset from the factory to the right brightness! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 1/21/11 2:59 AM, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Chris, > I find none of yours to be too bright, > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/portfolios/fineart-portraiture/index.php > and I'm viewing them on a glossy 24 I-Mac at factory settings - their > mood looks on the darker side, but the skins are perfectly rendered. > All excellent work Chris. > > I had a 17' Philips before that and another Taiwanese wider 21 on a PC > - the Philips was better, but both were much too contrasty hence > blocked blacks and grilled highlights. My take is more on contrast and > adjusting luminosity when trying to "deblock" the blacks than anything > else. > > Best > Philippe > > Le 21 janv. 11 ? 08:40, Chris Crawford a ?crit : > >> >> Yeah, all true. And they complain when they see our photos because >> they say >> ours are too bright, because their screens are! >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-486-2581 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> On 1/21/11 2:32 AM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Factory defaults are always set up for watching movies or playing >>> games. We >>> need a much more subdued viewing screen for our tweaking of >>> photographs. It >>> keeps happening here - if you tell someone that his online postings >>> look >>> flat, back comes the reply that it looks fine on his screen. Of >>> course it >>> will, but on a dimmer, calibrated screen they look awful - and none >>> of them >>> print anyway, so never are going to accept the truth! BTW, I use a >>> Dell >>> 2209WA which is an excellent 22" IPS screen available at a very >>> reasonable >>> price. >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:31 AM, A. Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Good point Chris. When we got our plasma TV we had to turn down >>>> the colour, >>>> contrast and brightness. The factory defaults were set to maximum >>>> or nearly >>>> so. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions on calibration soft/hard-ware? >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" < >>>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >>>> To: <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:34 PM >>>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Apple 27" LED Display Questions >>>> >>>> >>>> A screen doesn't have to look 'wow', it needs to match your prints >>>> and be >>>>> calibratable to do so. A properly calibrated screen looks dim >>>>> compared to >>>>> most screens out there now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Chris Crawford >>>>> Fine Art Photography >>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>>>> 260-486-2581 >>>>> >>>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >>>>> >>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>>>> Become a fan on Facebook >>>>> >>>>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information