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Feb 25, 2018 08:56:18   #
Rongnongno wrote:
I had a similar case with a MWR director in 1989. I gave him a free print with a large red stamp over it: DO NOT REPRODUCE.

He was furious, everyone else was laughing.


You were probably WAY too late with your advice 😈
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Feb 23, 2018 22:18:09   #
TomV wrote:
I had a monitor that was not adjustable to a low enough setting to match my printer despite the colors being very nice. I bought a new IPS panel Dell U2715H and was able to drop it down to a good level.

The low brightness adjustment solution came from several UHH users and also many other on-line sources.

I adjusted my monitor to a setting value that approximated a printed 4x6 photo.

My settings are 10% Brightness and 70% Contrast (other monitors may differ a bit). Also, the Color Temp should be set to 5000K (impacts color).

The Dell color seems to do a very good job of matching my Canon Pixma Pro-100. I use Canon paper and ink. I am assuming the Canon combination is the standard for printing and I need to adjust my monitor to match it.
I also use a ColorMunki for color cal, though it does have only a minor effect for this monitor. For ColorMunki, I cal for 100 cd/m and D50 (50 for the 5000K Color Temp setting).

I use ACDSee as my photo processing sw. When printing from it, I let ACDSee manage the colors. Color Rendering Intent is Relative Colormetric, Soft Proof.

My printer is set to Color/Intensity Manual Adj, Color Adjustments to Default and Matching to None.

An often overlooked but important asset to have is appropriate lighting. I use an OttLite task lamp and it delivers a good source of light. You can see the marked difference in color when other overhead lighting is used and then the photo is placed under this lamp. I highly recommend this company for lighting. This light alone brightens the colors in the print. ottlite.com

This is a link to download a test image to evaluate colors on the screen and on the printer:

http://www.jirvana.com/printer_tests/PrinterEvaluationImage_V002.zip

That's it for now.
I had a monitor that was not adjustable to a low e... (show quote)


that is quite a bit of info to chew over for a while

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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Feb 23, 2018 13:35:01   #
Gene51 wrote:
Proves you didn't attend any - if you really did go, you were probably in such a haze between the margeritas, piña coladas, or the burning weed.


The equivalent of; "If you remember the Sixties, you weren't really there."
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Feb 23, 2018 13:25:22   #
"More please, Sir"
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Feb 23, 2018 08:54:08   #
Thank you, everyone - time to get busy studying once again. At least the homework will be more fun this time around ☺
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Feb 22, 2018 17:26:15   #
selmslie wrote:
... and anyone who says otherwise will be shunned as a heretic and a blasphemer and ridiculed by the faithful! JPEG users are condemned to eternal damnation.

I don't understand the zealotry that accompanies these discussions. Surely there is some room in people's hearts for a little charity.

But seriously, there is a time and a place for both.


Shunned?!? What if you only use jpeg during Rumspringen?
Don't take that spelling for true
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Feb 22, 2018 11:39:44   #
"Nikon D600 for Dummies" by Julie King
"Mastering the Nikon D610" by Darrell Young

Aside from one being more up to date, does anyone
have a recommendation as to which would be more helpful?
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Feb 22, 2018 10:10:34   #
I think Jim Bob is doing a little chain pulling here. I seem to recall spending a few rainy days following the last pissing contest this subject stirred up. It does help to sort the white hats from the black (and all the grays, too). 😉
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Feb 22, 2018 09:50:54   #
How about when they play Capt Queen with their cajones?
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Feb 21, 2018 22:40:57   #
burkphoto wrote:
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=Fd-NWunlNeq0ggexyq7YDA&q=history+of+18%25+gray+card&oq=history+of+18%25+gray+card&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i22i29i30k1l10.608.7962.0.9530.25.24.0.0.0.0.140.2003.20j4.24.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.24.2001.0..0j35i39k1j0i131k1j0i20i264k1j0i131i20i264k1.0.FLvvCamT5wE

Knock yourself out reading all the answers. Lots of debate out there. 12%? 18%? Meh... I'll leave the whys to the scientists.

What the hell. All I know is, if you set a camera on Natural or Neutral Picture Style, and make an auto exposure of nothing but a gray card, then translate that readout of ISO, f/stop, and shutter speed into actual FULL manual camera settings, THEN do a white balance off the same gray card, you will get VERY accurate color rendition of your subject. It might not be perfect, and it might not be what you want in a raw file, but it is a great starting point for straight-out-of-camera JPEGs recorded under controlled lighting conditions.
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do you mean create a custom white balance using those settings for a photo of the gray card?
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Feb 21, 2018 22:32:55   #
sacdon wrote:
Can somebody please tell me why the witness in the hotel room unlocked the door, letting in the guy with the shotgun. You know, that part that nobody understands. Well not me at least. He obviously didn't expect to be shot. P.S. I actually read something by some movie reviewer who said the best movie car chase was The French Connection. Oh Puhlease.


He wasn't actually a witness; he was pretending to be the mobster (Johnny Ross). Assume he thought he would be "rescued" from the cops and on his way to Rome
with his wife and a boatload of cash.
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Feb 21, 2018 22:25:19   #
imagemeister wrote:
Yes, forget RAW ....perfect your JPEG shooting first and then go to RAW if you think you must ...


How about shoot both raw and jpeg (assuming the camera will allow), and save the raw files until you're ready to swim in the deep end?
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Feb 21, 2018 15:01:41   #
Be careful what you wish for. We had snow Sunday night - if you consider 1-2 inches real snow - 75 and muggy today!
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Feb 21, 2018 14:55:24   #
Low risk (I assume no shots were fired), high reward (nice picture) 👍👍
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Feb 21, 2018 13:19:09   #
TomV wrote:
The first thing I would consider as a differentiating factor would be monitor brightness (yours may be too bright). If that appears to be consistent, then parameters such as Modes: Standard, Movie, Multimedia, Game, Paper, Color Temp, Temperature (these are modes on my Dell). If those match your settings then the Gamut would be a most likely factor.

I have a Dell IPS panel and would not trade that in since the colors are a close match to my Pixma Pro-100.printer. My monitor brightness is set to 10%.
The first thing I would consider as a differentiat... (show quote)


Did the 10% brightness setting come from trial and error, personal preference, or from a calibration setting? How did you get the colors to match your printer?
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