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    Quote Originally Posted by thegrump View Post
    Seems good enough to me
    No. It is not. As has been repeated several times in this thread, all it does is show that your brightness and contrast are OK. Not great... not correct..just OK.

    All photographers need to buy a monitor calibration device and use it, regularly.
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    Wow I can even see all 33 bars on my iPhone! lol

    Can never get near the laptop nowadays...may have to buy another one soon so I can get on with my PP.

    Cheers for the handy info guys.
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    left to right Black to grey to white
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    Hi All,

    My first posting;- with regard to the calibration bar seems well defined on my laptop,my kelvin meter varies red to blue depending on if iam drinking either a red or white wine.. Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikkie View Post
    left to right Black to grey to white
    Nikkie, Can you see the different Graduations of the colours ? Not just a smooth transition from Black to grey to white , So far seems like everyone has a well calibrated monitor
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    yay mines good!

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    This got my attention and I'm pleased to say my monitor is about as 'sane' as I can get it. Thanks for this, very handy!

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    I did spot it some time ago and looked at it. Saw all the segment and thought my monitor was good.
    It was something similar that I used when I first got my iMac. Simplest tool I've ever used.

    Thanks for putting it there.
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    Ha - alway wondered what that little graph at the bottom of the page was for! Thanks Kym... I have certified my monitor as sane your honour
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    Quote Originally Posted by FallingHorse View Post
    Ha - always wondered what that little graph at the bottom of the page was for! Thanks Kym... I have certified my monitor as sane your honour

    If everyone, esp. competition voters, had calibrated monitors then things would be a more even playing field.
    People would also get a closer rendering when they printed their images !

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    Yes mine also checks out good on the grey scale, it was only calibrated a couple of weeks ago,.

    But it does raise a question about colour space and colour temperature I use sRGB and 6500K as white?
    Last edited by RobertKD; 12-07-2011 at 7:00pm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobertKD View Post
    Yes mine also checks out good on the grey scale, it was only calibrated a couple of weeks ago,.

    But it does raise a question about colour space and colour temperature I use sRGB and 6500K as white?
    But, on the 'net the most important thing for viewing photos will be the colour awareness of your chosen browser.
    Advice---- choose anything other than internet explorer.
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    @I@M

    Agree but those using IE to gauge colour space and white balance from an 8bit jpg aren't likely to pick the difference either.

    I'm still trying to come to terms with the local print shops printers and the dumb look I get when I ask about calibration of their print system.

    Robert
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    Very handy to have as an instant guide. I calibrate our monitors using the Spyder on a weekly basis. There is never a great deal of variation but keeping the ambient light levels constant is a pain in the proverbial.

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    Thanks

    It helped me out!

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    Great Idea

    Thanks very much!

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    Monitor Calibration

    Thanks for the monitor calibration tip

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    Mine checks ok thnks for the post Kym
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    Hi, thanks for this, have new monitor and thought I needed to calibrate it. All seems ok. Cheers Cherry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cherry View Post
    Hi, thanks for this, have new monitor and thought I needed to calibrate it. All seems ok. Cheers Cherry.
    Chances are you probably do, the calibration bar IS NOT going to tell you if your screen is calibrated correctly, just that it is set to the correct brightness levels, nothing more

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