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Subject: [Leica] b&w conversions
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:55:56 +0530
References: <4BD21113.8040102@cox.net> <4B85D935-6EF4-448B-B794-A86622AD198C@gmail.com> <4BD22652.1010908@cox.net> <66195BEC-0CD3-4C4D-A97A-CDBBCCE73624@gmail.com>

Luis,
I use the much older Spyder2 and it serves me well. Remember that most
monitors that we use are set up for playing games and watching movies, i.e.
with brightness and contrast jacked way, way up.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol <
lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Thank you very much for your comment, it helps me a lot
>
> Saludos
> Lluis
>
>
> El 24/04/2010, a las 0:59, Ken Carney escribi?:
>
>
>  On 4/23/2010 5:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:
>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> Both look great on my monitor, I'm also concerned by this question and
>>> the questions you posted yesterday. I've never tried a calibration 
>>> system as
>>> Spyder 3 because I'm not sure that this would the perfect solution, IMO 
>>> do a
>>> print on a proffessional lab and adjust the values after can help better.
>>>
>>> On these posted I like more the second one, at least on my monitor, the
>>> first seems a little bit dark, I have reduced very much the brightness 
>>> of my
>>> iMac monitor, maybe this is the reason why the first one seems to me 
>>> that it
>>> need a little more brightness..., but I'm not sure, my monitor is neither
>>> exactly calibrated.
>>>
>>> Saludos
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>> El 23/04/2010, a las 23:28, Ken Carney escribi?:
>>>
>>>  I have been trying to refine my digital b&w conversions - here are two
>>>> (after I finally got my monitor straightened out, or hope I did):
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/CRW_1683_rev.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/CRW_1678_rev.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions and criticism always welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ken Carney
>>>>
>>>>  Lluis,
>>
>> I used to reduce the brightness also.  With some monitors it can be like
>> looking into a searchlight.  The Coloreyes calibration software measures 
>> an
>> optimum white point separately, then uses that as the white point setting.
>>  In your case, I would say don't change anything!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ken
>>
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