Monitor calibration
Monitor calibration
- Subject: Monitor calibration
- From: "richardkenward" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:09:25 +0100
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> A working draft of the upcoming ISO 12646 (soft proof comparison of
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>screen to print) recommends at least 100 cd/m2 and should be more than
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>that.
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>I had excellent match between the Cinema Display 130 cd/m2 and some of
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>the
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>viewing booths I reviewed for an upcoming PEI article. The Cinema
Display's
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>higher luminance level necessitated less compensation [dimming or dumbing
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>down :) ] of the light booth to balance with the screen's perceived
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>illumination. Luminance level does not effect your shadows it just
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>increases your dynamic range from black to white. Personally, I think a
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>bigger dynamic range is ideal.
Please can someone please tell us who are the people putting together this
working draft and what is their remit?
I have found the setting of 0.3 and 85 an excellent setting for monitors in
a dim working environment, and really would hate to have to set them to the
high levels being suggested here.
Cheers
Richard
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