Silouette Submitters, check your monitors

08/31/2006 12:29:20 PM · #51

Originally posted by Dr. Jeuss:

Sorry, couldn't resist commenting here.

What ever happened to the saying "Don't worry...be happy"? I kind of liked that. :-)

Keep commenting :-) I might have to see if I can find that song... been a while since I've heard it. hehe

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

08/31/2006 12:33:57 PM · #52

Originally posted by nshapiro:

Originally posted by jenesis:
ARgh!!! I hate calibration. Just when I think mines good I see something like this and adjust it and it just makes me doubt my monitor and my editing. I guess I really should invest in a spyder or something. After adjusting to match the above bar so that the last 4 or so boxes didn't blend into eachother, I realize that my silhouette photo looks like complete crap and deserves the 4.6 score that it is currently sitting at. Poop (to put it kindly)!!! I don't want to have to deal with this. Of course, all the photos that I've edited lately I'm sure need to be reworked. Again I'll repeat, ARGH!!!!!!!!!

Jen, check out the Huey. Very inexpensive and you leave it attached to the USB port and it tracks room brightness and adjusts for you. It was on sale a month ago for only $59--posted that but no replies so I don't know how many people jumped on board. I just checked again, and that pric is gone, but it's still pretty reasonable at $69-$79.

Works pretty well IMHO, and my LCD monitors were way off before I got it!

My LCD at home has a bit of problem on the dark end. It's difficult to make out the last couple of blocks and I can barely see it if the lights are off. I suspect that it's an issue with the monitor since I tried everything I can to get them separated better with no luck. Does the Huey software do anything for black level?

Photologist

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

08/31/2006 12:49:23 PM · #53

Here's a better online screen calibration tool. There are many others, but I tend to use this one more:

. . . . Photo Friday Monitor Calibration Tool

Enjoy!

--Les

jenesis

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

08/31/2006 01:25:46 PM · #54

Thansk Neil! I'll probably be picking one of those up here soon. I just hate wondering my stuff "Really" looks. :-)

And thanks for the link to that Calibration page. That's what I used last time and it seemed to help alot. So now that I've messed it up (yet again) I'll go back and use that to "fix it" until I can get a huey or a spyder. :-)

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

08/31/2006 02:24:43 PM · #55

I can see every shade on both the calibration links here at work, but I still cannot see the last couple of dark blocks on DPC. Thoughts anyone?

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

08/31/2006 02:33:43 PM · #56

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

I can see every shade on both the calibration links here at work, but I still cannot see the last couple of dark blocks on DPC. Thoughts anyone?

Me too. There's not much difference between the last two on my monitor, but I can see everything perfectly well on the other sites. And I have the Huey which is compensating for ambient light as it changes.

08/31/2006 02:36:01 PM · #57

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

I can see every shade on both the calibration links here at work, but I still cannot see the last couple of dark blocks on DPC. Thoughts anyone?

LCD or CRT?

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

08/31/2006 02:49:39 PM · #58

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by mad_brewer:
I can see every shade on both the calibration links here at work, but I still cannot see the last couple of dark blocks on DPC. Thoughts anyone?

LCD or CRT?

CRT at work they are both identical on DPC. LCD at home I can see a little difference between the blocks, but only in complete darkness. On the calibration sites on both monitors I can see all shades easily.

BeeCee

Nikon D40

08/31/2006 02:50:33 PM · #59

calibration wizard

I thought I was calibrated (used the built-in tool) but discovered after my footwear entry that I was way dark. I used this one and it improved it a lot. I like that it doesn't just give black/white to work with, and that it's within my price range, ie FREE!

Then again, I'm a rank amateur, so those with more experience may be able to tell me if I'm nuts to use this one? :)

BeeCee

Nikon D40

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

08/31/2006 02:55:16 PM · #60

Originally posted by nshapiro:

Oh, and here's a linky for those of you who want to do it without extra hardware. But I do recommend the Huey (by Pantone).

Lol..."stand 10 feet from your monitor.." That's a good one! I only WISH I had enough space to get 10 feet from my monitor in ANY direction and still be in the same room :D

08/31/2006 02:58:47 PM · #61

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

The blocks on the DPC chart have more shades than those calibration sites.

You can get close manually using brightness and contrast alone to being able to see all the blocks, but not all the way. You'll probably have to use Gamma correction to see all of them. I use Adobe Gamma, but the Microsoft Color Callibration tool works pretty well too. Link in a previous post.

hanneke

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

can you remember this thread? ;-)

08/31/2006 03:06:20 PM · #62

08/31/2006 03:08:53 PM · #63

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by mad_brewer:

CRT at work they are both identical on DPC. LCD at home I can see a little difference between the blocks, but only in complete darkness. On the calibration sites on both monitors I can see all shades easily.

The blocks on the DPC chart have more shades than those calibration sites.

You can get close manually using brightness and contrast alone to being able to see all the blocks, but not all the way. You'll probably have to use Gamma correction to see all of them. I use Adobe Gamma, but the Microsoft Color Callibration tool works pretty well too. Link in a previous post.

According to my subjective eyes and the calibration site earlier in the thread, my gamma is at exactly 2.2. Is that where it should be? Do either of those tools make a difference if I'm already at 2.2?

08/31/2006 03:09:39 PM · #64

Originally posted by biteme:

can you remember this thread? ;-)

LOL, yup... I gripe about monitor callibration a bit...