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Old May 17th 17, 12:04 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 19:45:22 +0100, sid wrote:

nospam wrote:

In article ,
newshound wrote:


I think that there is a tool in W10 for calibrating the display by
eye... Anyways: If you are spending more than £500 on your camera AND
display then:

https://www.parkcameras.com/p/V15870...x-rite/colormu
nki-smile

Thanks for the suggestion, and the price doesn't seem unreasonable, but
I have been using cameras for long enough to know that most of the nice
"must have" gadgets won't actually make any real difference.


a properly calibrated display *does* make a difference. a very big
difference. in other words, such 'gadgets' are *well* worth the price.


Accurate monitor calibration is only really necessary for pro use where
colours have to match. For the general photographer as long as your pictures
look pretty much the same on a range of devices then you're pretty much good
to go. If you want to print easily to match what you see then creating a
profile for your paper and ink combination is the thing to do.


It depends upon what you mean by 'really accurate'. While the human
eye is capable of seeing quite small variations in color it does not
mean that a human can properly balance R, G, B and luminance when
attempting to set a display. Nevertheless that same human eye will be
aware of subtle variances of color in a print (or display) to the
point where the human will know that what they have got is not what
they want.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens