Chuck,
I have never owned calibration gear. When my Dell LCD arrived, the screen
was way too bright. I used the monitor controls to reduce it to something I
could live with. Then, I listened to comments from others about images that
I posted, and looked at their posted images, and from those comparisons, I
brought the brightness back up to the point that I seem (to me) to have my
monitor matched to what others are using. I would appreciate any comments
that you might have on how my images appear on your screen.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:31 PM
Subject: [OM] I don't understand...
> After this recent talk about different views on different monitors I
> decided it was time to actually profile this new Dell U2312HM which I
> bought because it was very highly rated for the price
> <http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=320-2807&baynote_bnrank=1&baynote_irrank=0&~ck=baynoteSearch>
>
> Other than my laptop (which I affectionately call the Krappy Kolor
> laptop) this is the first LCD screen I've had. Until recently I was
> using my old Samsung SyncMaster CRT.
>
> I dragged out the underutilized Monaco EZ-Color Suite and colorimeter
> and started with part #1 which is to calibrate contrast, brightness and
> white point before actually building a profile. Step #1 is reduce
> contrast to 0... check. Step #2 is reduce brightness to a point where
> the screen image is just barely visible... um, no check. Running the
> brightness control to 0 looks like maybe I reduced the brightness by a
> stop or two. The screen is looking like the only way to get to black
> might be to turn the power off.
>
> I try all sorts of things but can't make the screen dark. So I decide
> to proceed to white point anyhow. The instructions say to play with the
> RGB sliders until I can center the pointers in three bar graphs.
> Nothing doing. Slippin' and slidin' this way and that the pointers
> pretty much jump from one end to the other. Doesn't seem to be any in
> between so white point is down the drain too. Funny though, white looks
> pretty white. So I look at the monitors own internal controls and
> select a custom color setting which allows me to set the color temp at
> 5700K (amongst others all higher than that). White still looks pretty
> white. I decide to move on to building a profile regardless.
>
> So I run the profiling software and all goes smooth as silk. The
> profile is built, named and saved and becomes the new default. But now
> I'm nervous. I couldn't make the screen dark with the brightness
> control. Can I make black? I look at the icons on my screen which have
> black bits and they look pretty black. I load up PhotoShop and create a
> new canvas and paint it all black. Looks just like black ink. I paint
> the canvas white and the white is really white.
>
> So, how come? Has monitor software taken full control of brightness
> away from me so I don't shoot myself in the foot? After all, if I did
> manage to turn the screen black I wouldn't be able to see the on-screen
> controls to turn the brightness back up.
>
> Anyhow all seems to be well. I'm not sure the screen looks any
> different than before I started. But, of course, I have no before and
> after comparison. But some landscape photos look like they should.
>
> What gives?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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