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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/20/2004 08:28:19 AM · #26

Test shot.. how does this look?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/20/2004 09:58:46 AM · #27

Originally posted by Jovi:

Test shot.. how does this look?

This one seems a little over exposed as the colours don't appear saturated enough.

05/20/2004 10:50:17 AM · #28

Thanks for your feedback :)

Still calibrating my monitor...

lelani

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

05/20/2004 11:06:02 AM · #29

i have a sony LCD and they seem a tad dark but it looks like the darks/blacks are too dark - maybe curves or levels on photoshop can fix that.

05/20/2004 09:16:29 PM · #30

Hi again,

The tulip shot was slightly overexposed to start with.. added contrast and reduced brightness a tad bit (about 5%). Saturation was increased by 20%.. a bit much for some people's taste. It looks great on my "somewhat" calibrated flatpanel btw.

I'm now looking at the tulip shot on my CRT monitor in the office and it looks just fine as well.

Hmmm... anyway, hope we can all learn from this thread. cpanaioti says it looks overexposed and needs more saturation.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

05/20/2004 09:19:59 PM · #31

looks good to me, i have a HP LCD

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

05/20/2004 09:23:53 PM · #32

Originally posted by Jovi:

Test shot.. how does this look?

Over exposed and over saturated on my monitor.

EDIT: I may be biased though I generally prefer less saturated more natural looking images.

Message edited by author 2004-05-20 21:26:19.

05/20/2004 09:24:29 PM · #33

I'm worried with this shot... i don't see as much detail on my CRT as i do on my flatpanel.

05/20/2004 09:24:59 PM · #34

gotta lotta detail on my LCD.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/20/2004 09:28:37 PM · #35

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:

Over exposed and over saturated on my monitor.

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

This one seems a little over exposed as the colours don't appear saturated enough.

I guess we all have differently calibrated monitors.. We're talking about the same picture.

Thanks hsteg.. like i mentioned earlier, my shots look much better on an LCD display :)

garrywhite2

Canon EOS-7D

05/20/2004 09:36:21 PM · #36

Jose, when you print or have prints made of these pictures do they look equal or better than what you see on your display?

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

05/20/2004 09:45:06 PM · #37

Originally posted by garrywhite2:

Jose, when you print or have prints made of these pictures do they look equal or better than what you see on your display?

I don't think you could really print this on most printers and have it look like it does on screen. Most of the reds are out of gamut with the printing space.

05/20/2004 09:47:48 PM · #38

Originally posted by Jovi:

Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Over exposed and over saturated on my monitor.

Originally posted by cpanaioti:
This one seems a little over exposed as the colours don't appear saturated enough.

I guess we all have differently calibrated monitors.. We're talking about the same picture.

Thanks hsteg.. like i mentioned earlier, my shots look much better on an LCD display :)

ya ya ya ya, everyone get an LCD! they make my shots, and Jovis shots look better too. When we win, I call blue, you can pick between red and yellow. That is when everyone gets their cool new LCD monitors.

05/20/2004 09:54:16 PM · #39

while were on this light/dark thing, hows this?

I dont mean to hijack the thread, so keep answering jovis questions as well.

05/20/2004 10:17:42 PM · #40

Hi.. that shot looks fine on this CRT. Anyway, the point of me bringing this thread up so often is just to find some balance between what my shots would look on other people's monitors. Been getting comments that my shots look too dark.