Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I'm totally ignorant on Macs, but, I found that with my Dell LCD display, I had to turn the brightness WAY down before I could get the whites under control. Do they give you the option of reducing the brightness? Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] MacBook Pro glossy screen contrast >> There have been lots and lots of complaints on all of the photography >> forums about the glossy screen - to the point that Apple had to come >> out with a matte option in the bigger sizes. >> >> Tina > > > Well darn I wish I was more plugged in! > > Glossy 13 inch Mac photographers unite! > I bet there are tens of thousands of us. > > I have two Lug friends who have offered to help me out in the real world > so > this is great. Looks like I'm going to New Jersey the Garden state right > across the Hudson! > > But I'm thinking there has to be a simple solution. > They just have to make the calibration software more human.. > You have to be able to lower the contrast without throwing off the color. > > After looking at all those calibration targets I may be the real problem > with the screen is not crushed blacks but bleached out whites. > All the white bars at the ends are white. > On some of the targets I can actually make out the last two blacks. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >