Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, My appologies. I enjoy photography as a way to relax and achieve a reasonable level of accomplishment. I have no interest in embarking on another career. As a result, my Leicas are still Barnacks and my digital is still a fairly simple device. I have just purchased a used film scanner, so I hope to retrieve some memories from 50 years of negatives and slides. I was just curious about the calibration process, and you satisfied my curiosity. I admire your photos with your modern Leica equipment. Someday, I might be tempted to try that myself. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 2:22 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia > Jim, ouch ;-) > My best effort at explaining the process as you asked. > Obviously I pitched my information wrongly for what you wanted to know out > of curiosity, sorry. > Actually a simple process to implement, if that is your interest. > > Version 2 > If you want to preview a print or image accurately on your screen, > calibration with the right device is very easy and extremely > helpful. 10 to 15 minutes once a month. Everything I described is done by > the software with the device. > > Keep the great pics coming. > > Cheers > Hoppy > Guilty of jargon ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia > > Hoppy, > > Thanks for the introduction to a level of finesse that I will choose to > ignore for now. For my picture work, it makes no sense to complicate my > efforts to that extent. I worked for too many years with a few engineers > who would pursue the ultimate goal to all ends, but could never accomplish > the necessary tasks to succeed in the real world. I hope I never have to > get involved to that extent again. > > Sorry for raving. Thanks for the information. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 6:56 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia > > >> Hoppy then said "Jim the basics are: blah blah, blah.......I should >> repeat too, after all of that waffle, that your pic is > gorgeous and a worthy member of the Friday Flower galleries!" >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia >> >> Hoppy, >> >> For these old eyes, the monitor settings as I have them work out pretty >> good. I think I will leave them as-is. I appreciate your help. I agree >> that I must be careful not to oversaturate when making PS adjustments. >> Otherwise, the detail in the saturated areas disappears. >> Out of curiosity, how do the Spyder devices work? Do they provide a >> calibration signal that can be fed to the monitor? >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> Hoppy secondly said " blah, blah, blah..... Without calibration, I would >>> be turning your monitor brightness DOWN, not up. > > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia >>> >>> Hoppy, >>> >>> How about some help? I have had comments about the intensity of my >>> images a couple of times. I can only judge the PS results as I see them >>> on my own >>> monitor, which is a Dell LCD with the brightness set at 30%. I seem to >>> recall that you have a calibrated monitor. If you see my images as >>> extremely bright, perhaps I need to raise the brightness of my monitor >>> so >>> that I will not damage the eyesight of my viewers. Got any suggestions? >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>>> Jim, do the squirrels wear sunglasses!! That picture nearly seared my >>>> retinas when I opened it. Gorgeous colour, the dark background >>>> is very effective, as well. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Hoppy >>>> >>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG:Friday Flower-Begonia >>>> >>>> My wife's patio flowers have to endure the activities of the backyard >>>> grey >>>> squirrels, who like to bury acorns in the containers. >>>> Before the flowers are gone, I felt that I should capture one her >>>> begonias. >>>> >>>> Comments/critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Begonia.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >