Re: adjusting total luminance - accounting for ambient light
Re: adjusting total luminance - accounting for ambient light
- Subject: Re: adjusting total luminance - accounting for ambient light
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:37:15 EDT
In a message dated 5/19/01 5:57:03 AM, email@hidden writes:
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I have both Photocal and Optical and have profiled 5 monitors at my
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workplace. Following ColorVisions suggestions I have them at a total
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luminance of 90 cd/m2. We work in a quite dim room to avoid reflections
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so I
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am wondering if the total luminance should be lower? Is the recommended
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range of 85-95 cd/m2 for "normal" ambient light - which is at the same,
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or
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just a bit lower intensity as your monitor? Or am I just beeing paranoid...
Probably being paranoid... but I run mine at 85 in such a space, simply to
extend the life of the phosphors. What matches the luminance of my proofing
lights is too fickle to lose much sleep over; it varies with the paper
brightness, distance to the proofing light etc...
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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