JohnL

But if print shops use D65 and D65 seems a long way away from Native is it the best recommendation?

But what about video...
Anyway if you don't have an explanation for the recommendation on Native rather than D65 I think I can handle everything else myself. Thanks for your time.

Alas you'll have to wait until I stop doing B+W as that's all I've printed recently. Came out okay though. (Yes, I know I should do some colour prints, but I'd rather calibrate now as then maybe I'd get a good set and not have to reprint, but without it I'm very unlikely to get a good set.) My question is really am I misunderstanding what Native gives me vs D65, which I'm pretty sure I am?
Maybe I should just ask why you recommend Native over D65?

 

I use an XRite ColorMunki Display. I originally calibrated as D65 but changed to Native after reading your tutorial. I've done it both ways several times. I find there is a quite significant difference between the two, which I wasn't expecting (D65 is much bluer, although not blue, more neutral). I'm sticking with Native for now, as it just looks like a better version of the original sRGB profile for the Monitor. I didn't expect this from your article, just that Native might give an overall better result but both should look the same (or very similar) so wondered, if you have a sec, what your opinion was?

Oh and BTW one of the recent Windows updates changed the colour management settings and turned off all the calibration, which I hadn't immediately noticed.

Regards