Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unsure it's about calibration. What I understand - also from experience - is that the loss in the conversion from LR, read RAW, to JPEG is non negligible. I'm also in for a tip or lesson to minimize this downside. TIA Amiti?s Philippe Le 11 juin 12 ? 14:51, B. D. Colen a ?crit : > Here's a somewhat controversial thought: do we waste far too high a > percentage of our lives worrying about these slight differences > between how images look on one monitor or another, and in PS, LR, or > the LG? (And I am talking about slight differences.) Consider two > things: first, no matter how you processed your images, and how > carefully your monitors are calibrated, dozens, if not tens of > thousands of people will be seeing them on monitors whose > calibration is utterly unrelated to yours. And second, in the days > of prints, every time we moved the print six feet, and the mix of, > and level of light changed, the "calibration" changed. So perhaps > the thing to do - unless you are having major calibration problems, > is calibrate the monitor(s) once every whatever, and then just > forget about it. Just a thought. > Typed with big fingers on tiny keys > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryk Oliver <oliverbryk at comcast.net> > Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:44:30 > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] OK some real photos > > Aram wrote: > "Somehow my B&W's look a bit dark and flat in the Leica Gallery > compared to viewing them in Lightroom 4. Monitor is calibrated with > Spyder 3, but I am viewing the web and Lightroom on the same > monitor, so that should not account for the difference I see. Any > suggestions? Maybe they look fine on your monitor." > > The b&w images from the Olympic Peninsula look just right on my 27" > iMac, calibrated with an X-Rite i1 Profiler. When viewing my b&w's > on the same display I see differences between LR4 and Preview. > Oliver > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information