Chuck,
That is a CRT monitor, isn't it? Can't you just reset the screen size?
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Color saturation (was "Re: IMG: Who Needs a Windsock?")
> Yes, the brain has shrunk too. But I think its color comprehension is
> still OK. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 3/7/2012 11:57 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> Brains then.
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> I just realized that I don't have to wait until I get back home to
>>> compare images processed using the old monitor against viewing on the
>>> new one. I only need to compare what was processed in the month of
>>> December on the new monitor with what I see today on the old monitor.
>>>
>>> I, of course, can't do a direct comparison since both monitors are not
>>> in the same place. But, after checking a few images done last December
>>> against what I see now on the old monitor I'm perfectly happy with the
>>> way they look. If the old monitor's color is off it's not by much. But
>>> the horizontal size has definitely shrunk a bit.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/7/2012 9:18 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>> I'm guessing monitor. But then it could be my monitor, though it
>>>> profiles well, it pretty new, and seems close to other reference points
>>>> in most respects.
>>>>
>>>> That's the problem with the web. We have no account of what other
>>>> people actually see. Furthermore, I am slightly disturbed by variances
>>>> in programs and their rendering of color saturation. For example, I am
>>>> now using Sagelight fairly consistently because I like some of its
>>>> tools
>>>> very much. However, its rendering of the image color is slightly
>>>> different from PS once I pull the image into PS for some final
>>>> processes. But how much of that is illusion? Sagelight does
>>>> everything
>>>> it can to maximize the image on the screen, and its background is
>>>> black.
>>>> PS uses top and bottom real estate so that the image is smaller, and
>>>> the background is gray. Nevertheless, even when I minimize the effect
>>>> of these variances there seems to be a slight saturation loss in PS
>>>> compared to what I might have had looking about the way I wanted in
>>>> Sagelight.
>>>>
>>>> Then sometimes I'll come back to something I had been working on
>>>> previously and wonder "Who killed a rabbit on my photo?"
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it *is* brains.
>>>>
>>>> Joel W.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012, at 07:49 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>> Aging eyes, brain or monitor. Could be any of them or all. When I
>>>>> last
>>>>> profiled this monitor a few weeks ago the software complained about
>>>>> inability to achieve a proper black level. Also, the horizontal size
>>>>> has shrunk about 5% since then. The vertical size as well but not so
>>>>> much. No color effects from that but it does indicate the electronics
>>>>> are aging and changing values.
>>>>>
>>>>> It will be interesting to view the images I've processed on this old
>>>>> monitor here in Florida when I get back to my new Dell IPS panel when
>>>>> I
>>>>> get back home.
>>
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