Re: Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006)

Oliver,
 
The most recent Colormatch software for Gretag (I think they're now owned by 
X-Rite, no?) allows you to automatically calibrate some monitors. You may want 
to look at those.
 
I bought a used Lacie monitor from my local photo store, KSP, and have been 
extremely satisfied with it. One item that came with it, which I'm sure you can 
get for any monitor, are "blinders" for the top and sides. I find these 
blinders extremely helpful for keeping ambient light (which changes with the 
hour of the day at my desk) from interfering with what I see (and therefore 
making the profile less accurate).
 
Good luck!
Bob

P.S. - I think you should reconsider the M8. And when you get it perhaps I 
could borrow it sometime? ;-)
 
Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com 



----- Original Message ----
From: Oliver Bryk <oliverbryk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:24:01 PM
Subject: Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006)


After completing three iterations of calibrating my ancient CRT monitor with
a friend's Gretag I see what everyone has been telling me: the images are
too bright!

When I consulted the manual for my monitor to find out how to set
brightness, contrast, RGB, etc. and noticed that it referred to Windows 95,
I realized that the monitor wasn't just 5 years old as I had thought but
more like 12 because I kept it through two CPU replacement cycles, Win98 and
Win2k. The RGB adjustment controls don't work any more.

Since I don't suffer from M8 lust (yet) I will investigate replacing the
CRT, perhaps with a 21" ViewSonic or NEC AccuSync. My desk configuration
limits any display to a maximum enclosure width of 23". I welcome comments
and/or recommendations based on personal experience.

Oliver



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