Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently got a LCD monitor and use the program quick gamma for calibration but i cannot get the whole grey scale represented as on my CRT . simon jessurun > I've noticed when profiling (I use a CRT, which seems to show > less grain in B&W scans, more like what will come out on the > print), there are different suggested luminance (term?) levels for > CRT's and LCD's. > > So is this image highlights disparity likely to persist even on well > calibrated LCD's vs. well calibrated CRT's? > > Scott > > pswango@att.net wrote: > >>Don Dory wrote: >>"But then again, I have been trying to find just where zone IX turns >>into zone X as displayed on the web. I think that there is a cultural >>divide coming from those of us still using CRT's and almost everyone >>else using LCD displays. My feeling is that the greater brightness of >>the LCD is changing what is acceptable in the electronic community." >> >>I've wondered the same thing. I use LCD on a newish laptop. A lot of the >>images posted to the LUG seem (to me) to have blown highlights. Even >>those from obviously competent photographers, like Don and BD. Some >>others (Nathan, GeeBee, Doug Herr come to mind) usually look "right" on my >>screen. Now I'm wondering how my post-processing looks to others. Maybe >>some of you could take a look at http://pswango.smugmug.com/ and let me >>know what you think. One gallery is recent color stuff from a trip to DC >>and the other two are B/W galleries from the distant past that have >>already been discussed here. All the color is from Walgreen scans; all >>the B/W is scanned from negatives on an Epson 3170. The color was tweaked >>slightly for curves in Picasa2, taking care to avoid blown highlights. >>I'm wondering how it looks on other monitors. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information