Value changes in step scales are solely based on brightness.

There is very little low contrast capability on almost all projectors. You can always pump it up. You can't lower it. You can't hardly display it either. I just wondered what the best projector would be for my purposes—to demonstrate low contrast (I also like it in my images). The Projector People © told me the best one for that would be the Canon Realis line which is what I have. End of line. There's either no demand for it or it's a technically too difficult an issue to solve. File that away.

Thanks. Negative Clarity is a good thought but notice that you can't use it too much as it becomes foggy. The second set of sliders under the main sliders in Levels will reduce contrast the best but you can't use that too much either.

Note: Something photographers don't hear a lot: Adding contrast--easy, Reducing it--difficult.

It looks like I am in the extreme minority in appreciating low contrast. I just talked to Carmen and Todd at the Projector People. Their advice is that the least expensive projector for what I want (ability to show low contrast) is the Canon Realis WUX 5000 at about $3000.00.

Unfortunately that projector series is what is already in use in class. It doesn't do it. So there you have it. You can't always get what you want.

My whole workflow is based on keeping the contrast low in post processing because it's very, very difficult to lower contrast as opposed to raising it. Most people don't understand the amount of detail that is lost because of higher contrast. So maybe I keep it to myself.

Thanks

My experience has been that normal contrast on Home theatre projectors is high contrast. It goes up from there.

You can't make a low contrast image appear low contrast on most projectors. Try it. Auto contrast must be built in to them all. Photographers and Photoshoppers like me are in the minority in wanting this. The public and the manufacturers are sold on high contrast. It makes their projectors look better by making average photos look a little better. General public loves this too.

I am a Photoshop teacher and I am interested in a projector that does not produce images that are too contrasty. In other words, if I am demonstrating how contrast in general affects an image I need to be able to show a low contrast image as a comparison. Unfortunately all the projectors I've tried seem to automatically boost the contrast especially of low contrast images not allowing one to show a difference or even adjust.

So what is a good projector that can maintain the proper contrast of the original image but which also has good color and all the rest? I am not talking about Contrast Ratio. I think that is another term for "Dynamic Range" involving projectors. What I am talking about is a different thing. By "Image contrast", I mean what Curves does in Photoshop. You won't find it in projector specs.

All is not lost. Open it in Photoshop and use Transform to expand the horizontal axis and that should fix it. By the way it's compressed from both sides equally.

You get a digital file of course. Then you use a free program to convert it to an .mpo file and then it can be projected on a silver screen and viewed with the same 3D glasses you use at 3D movies. Or you can show it on your 3D TV.
Viewing it without glasses on the Fuji 3D camera is what intrigues me. Google the camera: Fuji 3D W3. You need to get into the 21st century.

OK, I can do it. Now would you please answer my original question.

"...the Fuji 3D W3 digital camera...with LCD viewfinder...shows your shot in 3D on the LCD viewfinder without having to use glasses or cross your eyes, etc. I'd never heard of being able to see a 3D picture without having to wear glasses or look differently. So how does it do it?"

No, I am not able to do free viewing either. This camera produces 3D images on its LCD screen that anyone can see in full 3D depth without glasses. Most amazing thing I've seen this year and I have a 3D TV, View master, Stereo cards, etc. etc. They are all nothing like this.

When I saw it, I got hooked on 3D again.

I became re-interested in Stereo photog. after seeing the Fuji 3D W3 camera in person and joined our local Detroit Stereographic Society. The LCD viewfinder on this camera shows your shot in 3D without having to use glasses or cross your eyes, etc. I'd never heard of being able to see a 3D picture without having to wear glasses. How does it do it?

That Stone Bag looks like a must buy for me. Thanks, from a D4 owner whose had his camera and carbon fiber tripod blown over by a strong sudden wind gust.

One camera part, the common lug seemingly heretofore taken for granted,...

I don't like to use the tripod socket because I have a quick release connector on there all the time.

I didn't mention my camera was a Nikon D4s (heavy) but it's also a stronger body so I thought those issues cancelled each other out. What I've gathered from the Hog so far is when I know I'm going to be shooting a lot of verticals I'll just use one lug but keep a hand on the camera also. At other times I will switch back to two lugs.