jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When I get a new monitor, I use the monitor's Menu to adjust it slightly - never too much. As long as it looks decent, I'm satisfied.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Works for me also!

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

Ditto!

delder Loc: Maryland

We have a Photography group @ our Retirement Community.
The Chairperson uses an iPad wired HDMI to a 90" Monitor in our meeting room.
The iPad ALWAYS shows a better picture [Agreed to by ALL members] than the 90" Screen.

As some of the photos are shared by Local TV and Website, they will be viewed on many devices.

I have thought of editing a given shot for a specific screen but not sure how to do this...

Ideas?

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

How do I calibrate my laptop to make sure I have good coloration? I’ve never done it and figured everything sb correct when I received it
I have a Dell XPS 1530 purchased in 2009 with Windows 10

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

In the world of professionals, calibrated monitors are a must. Only amateurs don't care.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

You must be a professonal.

Brian45 Loc: Melbourne, Australia

Buy an Asus.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Imagine your life as a successful photographer. Did you calibrate your monitor?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Dang, I knew I forgot something.
I be an abecedarian.

JimBart Loc: Western Michigan

Am wondering who fine tunes their new car after purchasing it. Do you check the computer to see if it’s in synch with all the components or do you take the manufacture's word that all is in order

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Or calibrate one's TV so that one sees the shows as the creators intended.

Nah, that stuff's nowhere near as important!!!

katherineivey Loc: Corinth, Texas

I'm so glad that my post has had a lot of interest! I found a good solution for me without having to calibrate this brand new Dell xps laptop. I could never find a way to simply tweak the saturation, until I changed a setting to put it into HDR mode. It worked like a charm. Now I have a different problem. When I use my GE hub to mirror the screen onto my old, large monitor using an hdmi cord,, it goes back to being oversaturated on the laptop! I wonder if that's because my old monitor doesn't support HDR mode.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I suppose one could make a print based on the initial monitor settings, then adjust the monitor to look like the print. That way the next time you edit a print and print it, it should match like the monitor???

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Non sequitur. Short of changing the seat and steering wheel position and changing the tire pressure, what can you do to calibrate it?

On the other hand, the concept of calibrating a monitor is so that what you print and others with calibrated monitors (which are the people that are paying clients) show (within a reasonable tolerance) is what you saw on your screen when you edited or exposed the image. The fact is that many things you use in your life are calibrated. The tools that make the camera you use, the airplane you fly in, your medical tests, instruments for eye exams, tire pressure guages and if you use measuring instruments, they are calibrated too, just to mention a few. If you have a DVM (digital multimeter) and you read your car battery voltage, does it matter if it’s calibrated? Sure does because the difference between a discharged and a charged battery is less than 2 volts, so if your meter isn’t calibrated, it’s useless as a diagnostic tool. Uncalibrated tools and measuring instruments are useless because they can give you bad information that can cause you to make bad decisions. If you don’t calibrate and your prints are too dark, then you could assume that there is an issue with your printer or the management SW when in fact, the problem is you are setting the screen brightness too high.

I think maybe we have different philosophies. It sounds as if the way it’s delivered is good enough for you, whether it’s accurate or not, whereas I want it 100% right. BTW, I’m the quality manager for an aerospace company and the next time you get on a plane, you should be glad that the parts that control your aircraft are very carefully calibrated and and quality controlled. It isn’t OK if they’re 95% right or that 98 out of 100 are good - every single part has to be 100% correct, and that’s my philosophy about everything I use.