[Leica] Monitor Check

Ken Carney kcarney1 at cox.net
Fri Aug 14 15:01:16 PDT 2015


Jim,

My experience has been that the factory settings are way too bright.  My 
monitor is calibrated with a Spyder Pro at a brightness setting of 11%.  
I have used these since the bad old days when they had suction cups to 
attach to a CRT and think they are well worth the cost.

Ken

On 8/14/2015 3:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I have just installed a new Samsung 24" 16:9 HD monitor, to reduce my 
> eyestrain.  I am trying to adjust the brightness so that my posted 
> images come out about the same brightness as in the past. Here are two 
> images, first with the old monitor, then with the new. I suspect that 
> I need to reduce the screen brightness some more, but would like some 
> opinions.  (My assumption is that, as I reduce my screen brightness, 
> the resulting posted image will get brighter.)
>
> Old Monitor:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Pilatus+PC-12.tif.html
>
> New Monitor:
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Pilatus+Right+Side+New+Monitor.TIFF.html 
>
>
> All comments appreciated.
>



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