[filmscanners] Re: Monitor calibration offer, kind of OT

["KMHo" <h329@ms1.hinet.net>]

Alex,

Where did you get the Monaco tool? Locally or online?

KM Ho

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Zabrovsky" <alexz@zoran.co.il>
To: <h329@ms1.hinet.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 6:34 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Monitor calibration offer, kind of OT


Well, I indeed wasn't prepared to shell out 800-1000 US$ for high-end
calibrator like one offered me (of Gretag) opting for 300-400 US$ Monaco
tool.
Of course, I could expect the best results form Gretag (what you pay is what
you get), but the profile delivered by Monaco was really goof enough for my
point of view considering no real professional goals I'm after.
Frankly, I see my scans benefit from clear and true color reproduction
without any casts and whatsoever, and this is what I was after.
All the rest might be subject for academic discussions.

Regards,
Alex Z

-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Paul D. DeRocco
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:01 AM
To: alexz@zoran.co.il
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Monitor calibration offer, kind of OT


The profiles that come with monitors are only good for one thing: they have
the correct primary colors in them. Other than that, they're useless,
because they have no way of knowing how you've set the brightness, contrast
or color temperature. At the very least, you should use Adobe Gamma or
Colorific, using the monitor profile as a starting point. They help you
adjust the black level, set the white point, and measure the gamma, which
when combined with the primary colors from the original profile produce an
okay final profile.

In my view, the weakest aspect of these poor-man's calibration tools is that
they don't set the black level very accurately. Having a real colorimeter
gets the low end of the scale much more accurate.

--

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

> From: Alex Zabrovsky
>
> After Matrox drivers installation I immediately noticed huge
> improvement in
> color reproduction straight from the plain scan with Nikon's CMS
> on. (Matrox
> offered numerous monitor profiles for various monitors including
> the Iiyama
> which was he closest match to my model. Perhaps this allowed the
> true color
> reproduction).
> In fact I felt I would be fine even without monitor calibration now, but
> since owing the device already I did it.
> Well, it took a mere 10 minutes for everything to be done including
> automatic installation of the new profile into the system.
> The colors remained as it was before which means the Matrox
> offered profile
> did already the job.

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