Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]JIm, All consumer monitors are set in the factory for viewing movies and playing games, which is way too bright, and contrasty. I calibrate my monitors every fortnight (because settings have a tendency to drift off), it seems to be the only proper solution that I could find! I use a Spyder 4, but actually anything would do, they all give decent enough results for viewing. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 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. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >