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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / April 2007What does your monitor show you?
I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. Please indicate a whether you can read the text in each of the following: Dark image sample: http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original Light image sample: http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are shared here. Thanks for you input...and...no cheating! :) Mark  SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson > I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not > registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mark Can barely see the HIGHLIGHT text. Samsung SyncMaster 700IFT/ASUS Nvidia 6800 Cheers On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote: > I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not > registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > -- > Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:www.pbase.com/markuson I can see both, tho the highlight is harder to see, and I'm on my laptop that I haven't callibrated in like six months.. I'll have to check on my photo-editing machine later. > On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number > here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > laptop that I haven't callibrated in like six months.. I'll have to > check on my photo-editing machine later. The darker image should be fairly easy to see. Try this one and tell me what is visible. There are lines of text in it: http://upload.pbase.com/image/76631423/original SignatureImages (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: www.pbase.com/markuson > > On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number > > here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Try this one and tell me what is visible. There are lines of text in it: > http://upload.pbase.com/image/76631423/original On the laptop: This text is 8,8,8 This text is 4, 4, 4 Do I win anything? HFL HFL SignatureChange hlockwood to hflockwood in email address >> On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number >> here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>> >>> Mark I could read neither....So, I saved the images, and imported them into Photoshop, and then clicked on "auto levels"....This "fixed" the problem, so I could read the text in both images....I guess I should calibrate my monitor, but I don't know how...There is no adjustment on the front panel for doing this, so unless it can be done completely in software, I haven't got the slightest idea how I would do it....... >>>On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number >>>here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > for doing this, so unless it can be done completely in software, I haven't > got the slightest idea how I would do it....... There is often a button hidden under the front power switch with a 4-way menu navigator as well as right-clicking your desktop & going into the video card contrast & gamma adjustments. If you have photoshop, there will be an adobe gamma tool in the start>settings>control panel that leads you through making these adjustments... it's easy to make a mess without the adobe gamma loader wizard routine. I've got dual screens with the second being my laptop & the primary an oldish 21" CRT and it has been hell trying to get the laptop LCD anywhere close to the CRT. Adobe gamma isn't really designed for LCDs. Here's another great test screen to work with which I ran across in these groups: http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php >>>>On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number >>>>here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Here's another great test screen to work with which I ran across in these > groups: http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php Thanks.....I have an old Sony 21 inch CRT type monitor, and I have no controls under or near the on-off switch.....I was looking at a HD lcd display the other day for around $500.....Maybe I'll buy it, but it will have to have some way of calibrating it before I spring for that much money.....:^) >>>>>On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number >>>>>here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > have to have some way of calibrating it before I spring for that much > money.....:^) I've got an oldish 21" sony multiscan G500 But to get to the video card settings in windows: right-click your desktop > properties tab > advanced button > >>>On Apr 3, 4:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number > >>>here)@cox..net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Here's another great test screen to work with which I ran across in > these groups: http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php In the first test, I can see the shadows, but no highlites. Just like in real life. The "photofriday" shows up perfect. I suspect the problem lies in too many tests. Bob Hickey On Apr 3, 1:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote: > I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not > registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at: > www.pbase.com/markuson During the day when my office is very bright I can't make out the dark one, once the sun is down it is very easy to read. The light on light one I can read but just in both the day time and night. I tend to do my photos edits at night since my screen does get washed out pretty bad. Scott > On Apr 3, 1:34 pm, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Specialise in Slim Light Box Tailored Size & Color. Order Today! www.EdlIte.hk Jenny@edlite.hk <snip spam> Scott, I think you've got a tail. > I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not > registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > This becomes significant when discussing some aspets of photos that are > shared here. I can read the dark text easily but I can't see anything in the light text at all. Experimenting with images of my own, I can read text on a black background down to 0x06 and on a light background up to 0xfc. Your light image is just out of reach. SignatureMatthew Winn [If replying by mail remove the "r" from "urk"] > I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not > registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Mark Dark: no problem Light: not discernible on laptop; barely so on CRT. HFL SignatureChange hlockwood to hflockwood in email address >>I'm curious to discover what people's monitors are registering/not >>registering in terms of shadow details and highlight details. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Light: not discernible on laptop; barely so on CRT. Same here. I also agree it makes a difference if the room is dark, the dark one is real easy to see. Here's a version I did in a daylit room that made the light text equally discernable: http://www.edgehill.net/temp/calibrate.jpg I can just barely read the light text in a dark room, the OP I could just barely tell there was text at all. In a dark room the dark text is easy to read, takes some effort in a light room. On Apr 4, 9:34 am, "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote: > Dark image sample:http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/76619046/original can just about make the text. > Light image sample:http://upload.pbase.com/markuson/image/76628594/original had a bit of difficulty with this one. very faint maths... :-) but both are visible/readable to me. Just. Right on the edge of what my monitor can do. |
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