Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:20 AM 11/13/2001, you wrote: >Hi: > >Could someone with a PC please browse the Cinco de Mayo gallery and let me >know if the color looks washed-out? I am trying to figure out gamma >settings in color and it is a bit harder than I thought. I did these to >what I thought was PC gamma, but I don't have good viewing conditions at the >office with my PC and I have a Mac at home. > >http://www.dantestella.com/galleries.html The highlights/whites look blown out on my IBM laptop screen but the actual colours are not too bad. To me it looks more like the results of "high noon" lighting. A bright sun directly overhead. Do your slides/prints/negs (whatever you are scanning) look good? Also, what scanner are you using? Some scanners just can't handle high contrast negs/slides as well as others. To isolate the problem I'd start by setting your monitor Gamma to 2.2 or 1.8. A "basic" standard for most monitors under standard office lighting conditions. They just try to match what is on your screen with the original. The type and intensity of light falling on your screen will effect how you see the image also. Try it again with the lights in the office turned down or directed away from the monitor. I would suggest that the problem is not with the monitor settings, but the scan or original. In 20 years I have rarely had to mess with monitor settings beyond the defaults. Only in extreme lighting conditions. The questions I would be asking are.... What film were you using? Did you scan slides, negs or prints? What scanner are you using? What are your scanner settings? What time of day and lighting conditions when photos shot? Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland http://www.greglocke.com - ----------------------------------------- PictureDesk International .....news pictures ONLINE! http://www.picturedesk.org and http://www.newscom.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html