Re: Best CRT or Flat Monitor for Softproofing?
Re: Best CRT or Flat Monitor for Softproofing?
- Subject: Re: Best CRT or Flat Monitor for Softproofing?
- From: Jim Rich <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:38:14 -0500
On 2/12/04 2:27 PM, "bruce fraser" <email@hidden> wrote:
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(The only instrument I own that I trust
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to take accurate black measurements that low is the Artisan puck, and
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I don't have any software that would let me use it to measure the
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EIZO black. This is one of those times I find myself wishing for a
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Minolta CA-100.) Visually, the EIZO looks very close to the 0.3 cd/m2
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I get on the LaCie CRT with their calibrator.
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At 200 cd/m2, the contrast ratio seems to deteriorate-black looks to
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be about 1.5 cd/m2. But it's an excellent monitor. I'm not trying to
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denigrate it in any way. I just found Derrick's claim about the
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blacks compared to the Artisan in direct contrast (no pun intented)
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to my experience.
Bruce,
I have been using the (very fine) Monaco Optix XR hardware and software
combo since I have had my Eizo and the other CRTs. This is how I was
measuring the black values.
Jim Rich
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