I can but the point of my comment was that I had just done it a couple
of weeks ago and it has already visibly shrunk on 3 sides.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/7/2012 5:04 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> That is a CRT monitor, isn't it? Can't you just reset the screen size?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Color saturation (was "Re: IMG: Who Needs a Windsock?")
>
>
>> Yes, the brain has shrunk too. But I think its color comprehension is
>> still OK. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 3/7/2012 11:57 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>> Brains then.
>>>
>>> Joel W.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>> I just realized that I don't have to wait until I get back home to
>>>> compare images processed using the old monitor against viewing on the
>>>> new one. I only need to compare what was processed in the month of
>>>> December on the new monitor with what I see today on the old monitor.
>>>>
>>>> I, of course, can't do a direct comparison since both monitors are not
>>>> in the same place. But, after checking a few images done last December
>>>> against what I see now on the old monitor I'm perfectly happy with the
>>>> way they look. If the old monitor's color is off it's not by much. But
>>>> the horizontal size has definitely shrunk a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/7/2012 9:18 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>>> I'm guessing monitor. But then it could be my monitor, though it
>>>>> profiles well, it pretty new, and seems close to other reference points
>>>>> in most respects.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's the problem with the web. We have no account of what other
>>>>> people actually see. Furthermore, I am slightly disturbed by variances
>>>>> in programs and their rendering of color saturation. For example, I am
>>>>> now using Sagelight fairly consistently because I like some of its
>>>>> tools
>>>>> very much. However, its rendering of the image color is slightly
>>>>> different from PS once I pull the image into PS for some final
>>>>> processes. But how much of that is illusion? Sagelight does
>>>>> everything
>>>>> it can to maximize the image on the screen, and its background is
>>>>> black.
>>>>> PS uses top and bottom real estate so that the image is smaller, and
>>>>> the background is gray. Nevertheless, even when I minimize the effect
>>>>> of these variances there seems to be a slight saturation loss in PS
>>>>> compared to what I might have had looking about the way I wanted in
>>>>> Sagelight.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then sometimes I'll come back to something I had been working on
>>>>> previously and wonder "Who killed a rabbit on my photo?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it *is* brains.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joel W.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 07:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>>> Aging eyes, brain or monitor. Could be any of them or all. When I
>>>>>> last
>>>>>> profiled this monitor a few weeks ago the software complained about
>>>>>> inability to achieve a proper black level. Also, the horizontal size
>>>>>> has shrunk about 5% since then. The vertical size as well but not so
>>>>>> much. No color effects from that but it does indicate the electronics
>>>>>> are aging and changing values.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will be interesting to view the images I've processed on this old
>>>>>> monitor here in Florida when I get back to my new Dell IPS panel when
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> get back home.
>>>
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