Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/25

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Subject: [Leica] MacBook Pro glossy screen contrast
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:02:44 -0500
References: <C6B9E484.53823%mark@rabinergroup.com>

While I understand
your desire for compact portability;
I'd also suspect that
most photographers
would go for the the 15" or even 17"
if the laptop were the main edit tool
(or plan to plug in a cinema display).

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Aug 25, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> There have been lots and lots of complaints on all of the photography
>> forums about the glossy screen - to the point that Apple had to come
>> out with a matte option in the bigger sizes.
>>
>> Tina
>
>
> Well darn I wish I was more plugged in!
>
> Glossy 13 inch Mac photographers unite!
> I bet there are tens of thousands of us.
>
> I have two Lug friends who have offered to help me out in the real  
> world so
> this is great. Looks like I'm going to New Jersey the Garden state  
> right
> across the Hudson!
>
> But I'm thinking there has to be a simple solution.
> They just have to make the calibration software more human..
> You have to be able to lower the contrast without throwing off the  
> color.
>
> After looking at all those calibration targets I may be the real  
> problem
> with the screen is not crushed blacks but bleached out whites.
> All the white bars at the ends are white.
> On some of the targets I can actually make out the last two blacks.
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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