calibrating monitors

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon

Monitor calibration= pain in the neck. After spending quite some time on this subject I have come to a few conclusions.
I won't even start talking about getting your camera, imaging software, monitor and printer all with correct colour profiles.
As regards putting photographs up on the internet, consider this.You calibrate every thing correctly and then upload your photo. How many of the people looking at your photo will have done the same and even if they have you can bet it wont look the same on their monitor as yours. So is it worth doing.
If you do want to calibrate the monitor I think the best way is with something called a Spider I think. It attaches to your monitor and reads the infotmation and you will get perfect calibration, but it is not cheap.
I do all my work on a Mac but I will then check the image on my PC that has default monitor calibration to check that it looks ok.
Good luck.

Dai

I had never thought about the fact that other peoples monitors won't be calibrated and that is a very good point. I am really taking the images for my own pleasure and they look ok to me, so perhaps it isn't worth all the headache of sorting it.

Kerry

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by MalcolmX

unfortunately monitor calibration can only be affective if performed outside the monitor and light conditions remain constant . the system that works best always uses a densitometer to read colors that are projected by the monitor and references them against known formula for that color and produces an adjusting algorithm that will correct your monitor . this will need to be done every 3 months or so on a new monitor .some old monitors cannot be calibrated as they are outside the gamut range due to degtradtion in the color system .
to achieve camera monitor printer equality then the color space will need to be consistent srgb is the nearest gamut that is printable by ink jets the adobe produces colors that will be clipped by most small printers

God, my head starts to spin just reading that never mind trying to figure how to put it all into action! I am not very technically minded so I struggle at the best of times.

I will try posting a link to one of my pictures taken in the last few days and perhaps everyone could tell me how bad the colouring looks on their monitor?

Thanks.

Kerry

[Kerry]

chaffinch

This is a link to two that I shot a couple of days ago: a chaffinch and a blue tit with attitude.

I welcome your comments on colour - or on how to to get better shots!

Thanks
Kerry

[Tormentil]

That looks ok on my monitor, so I should n't worry over much about calibrating yer monitor. Unless you're gonna send your files to a professional printer, who would certainly need to use the same ICC profile as you.

[DaiTheDragon]

Just looked at the Chaffinch shot. On my calibrated Mac monitor it is a little lighter than my uncalibrated PC monitor but both are perfectly acceptable.

Dai

[HowlinWolf]

Originally Posted by Kerry

I had never thought about the fact that other peoples monitors won't be calibrated and that is a very good point. I am really taking the images for my own pleasure and they look ok to me, so perhaps it isn't worth all the headache of sorting it.

Kerry

Kerry,
If that's all you are going to use your images for, I wouldn't worry unduly about calibrating the monitor. The photos you posted look OK to me. The human eye will compensate for variations, such as whites, for example.
Shoot and enjoy.

HW

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by Kerry

chaffinch

This is a link to two that I shot a couple of days ago: a chaffinch and a blue tit with attitude.

I welcome your comments on colour - or on how to to get better shots!

Thanks
Kerry

looks fine on my old monitor.I love the blue tit with attitude that really made me smile lovely photos

[Kerry]

Originally Posted by cherrybee

looks fine on my old monitor.I love the blue tit with attitude that really made me smile lovely photos

Thanks for taking a look Cherrybee. The blue tit just looked as though he was saying 'Oy, who gave you permission to take a photo!' Just loved his expression.

Kerry

[Kerry]

Many thanks to those who have taken a look. If they look OK, then I will forget the calibration as it is just one more aggravation that I don't need.

Kerry

[nightshade]

Monitor Calibration and Profiling

Kerry this link works as does thePC World link