re: Metamerism & Client Expectations
re: Metamerism & Client Expectations
- Subject: re: Metamerism & Client Expectations
- From: Dan Reid <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:39:13 -0700
On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:06:48 -0800, Doug Brightwell
<email@hidden> wrote:
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I have to say I enjoyed the technical discussion and entertaining word play
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of the metamerism thread.
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As a new 2000p owner, I now find myself having to deal with the issue in a
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practical way.
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Does anyone have any recommendations, or can anyone point me to a concise
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web source, for guidance on how photographers deal with 2000p "metamerism"
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or "color inconsistency" in terms of setting client expectations?
Good luck. If you do find one please do share with the rest of the list
members.
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In my case, I'm talking about family portraits that will be displayed in
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people's homes, not color-critical commercial clients.
Well you can assume they will be viewed under tungsten lights for the most
part. You don't see so much of the green cast issue under the reddish
tungsten light. The greenish cast is more obvious is tungsten and outside
daylight.
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Is the potential difference between what I see and what the family sees
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great enough to worry about? Or to mention to them?
Worth mentioning to them but as long as you evaluate color under tungsten
lights your customers will not see a dramatic color shift.
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I know of one Big Name fine art photographer who tells his customers that
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his prints are balanced for tungsten light. He apparently evaluates his
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2000p and 9500 prints under 2800-degree Kelvin illumination. But his images
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also have no familiar color reference, like skin tones or personal clothing,
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where metamerism might be particularly noticeable.
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Epson says the 2000p spits out prints that are designed to be viewed under
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5000-degree illumination. Given the color temperature range of monitors, how
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does one even balance a print for 2800-degree illumination?
You don't. Calibrate and profile your monitor to either 5000 or 6500K. *do
not* calibrate to a lower Kelvin temperature or you'll be unhappy with the
dim reddish monitor color.
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Bottom line, what should I say to clients about this, and what illumination
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should I use to evaluate family portraits that might be viewed not only in a
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home, but in an office under florescent lights?
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Thanks for your thoughts...
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Doug
Again, I would tell customers that color is optimized for tungsten
illumination and that they *might* (dependant on their personal color
sensitivity) see a color shift under other illuminations. You'll probably
see a greenish cast under tungsten lighting if you are color critical
photographer as I suspect. Best of luck!
--
Dan B. Reid
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