Dianna Cameron

sorry

I have tried again. I have followed all your instructions but the marquee contains a full head instead of just an eye-sized portion as in your example.....

Hi Damien  --  I think the calibration was successful.  It was not easy.  The screen seems to be about right now although I can't be 100% certain. But I managed to set it to s.RGB, 6500K and various other things.     Thank you for your help.

I've gone through all your notes again, very carefully. 

I have some appointments tomorrow so probably won't be able to tackle it again until Friday.

I will let you know how it goes.

Kind regards

Dianna

Definitely better without the cover

Sorry, I'm getting confused - the bulbs in my new light fitting are 4200K, not 6500K.

By fix the light, do you mean remove the oyster fitting over the top?  I think the lights are bright enough - it's an ordinary sized room and I have two x 900L lights.

I like the light - it's kind of restful actually.  There's an oyster fitting over the top of the bulbs of course, which yellows the light somewhat. I must admit the thought passed through my mind that perhaps I should remove it. 

I have four LED battens 3500L  52000K in my studio and they are of course, much brighter.

Hi Damien -- I've just had the light fitting replaced in the room I work in - and I am now using 2 x 900 Lumen lights at 6500K.

I am attempting to calibrate my monitor

First, I compared the prints to the image on the screen and manually adjusted the brightness. My screen seems to be very bright and I had to take it down to 4 and it was still brighter than the comparison with the prints would suggest.

Then tried to calibrate. When I got to the section where I have to adjust the brightness this is what happened.

Target  4.0 cd/m˄2

Current: 57.4 cd/m˄2

I am not able to adjust the brightness any lower than 4 where it already is, yet the instructions are that I should adjust the brightness to about 4% of the Target. Very confusing.

I do not know if my laptop monitor is complicating the situation.

I do know that my monitor is quite dull at “4”.

Do you have any suggestions?

AMAZING!!  It never would have occurred to me - but then I guess that's why you're the expert!  Thank you I will play around with it tomorrow.  I have already managed to reduce the brightness to 24 which is probably about right.  It's always so lovely to solve an unsolvable problem.  thank you again.

Yes - I presume it's just for on and off.  Am I wrong?

I think so -- except for the fact that the one you have selected has "75/signage..."  in the title

Yes, mine has just one button for on/off.  Nothing else.  Bloody annoying.

It's a Philips BDM320IFD (31.5" ..... wide LCD BDM3)   I can get you more information if that's helpful.  I'm not quite sure how I can send you a link but I can find out.

Sooo frustrating.  Only found an off/on button.  Tried many different things to no avail.  Finally decided to experiment with the Spyder5Elite and in the course of doing so, it altered the brightness of the screen.  It has not been calibrated correctly yet because the measurements (I forget what they are called) were 90/145 and I was supposed to get within 4 somethings......  but at least it's a start. I will try again tomorrow with the Spyder and who knows, eventually, I might get lucky.

Thank you Damien.  

I have now received the Spyder5Elite. 

My primary computer is a laptop. I don't use the laptop monitor, I have a separate Philips Monitor.

The first step is to compare prints to screen and adjust the screen's brightness -- I can't do this because the adjustment slider doesn't work on either screen 1 or screen 2.

The person who usually helps me with my computer is not available just now.

Do you have any suggestions?

Kind regards

Dianna Cameron

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Thank you.  I'll get onto it.

I don't have any raw prints whatsoever.  If it's not essential they are raw, then I can just use some old photos. I'm not sure if Harvey Norman is what you would call a pro lab, but that's where I usually get my prints done. 

HI Damien - thanks for checking. I ordered the wrong size camera card so had to send off for another.  Should receive it soon.

Hi Damien - I have bought a Datacolor Spyder5Elite S5EL100 for the incredibly low price of AUD150.

I've ordered it through eBay from the States. I know I will need a different power adaptor but apart from this, I presume everything will be fine.

Kind regards

Dianna

HI Damien and Brian

I have now bought a Nikon D5000 DSLR camera so that I can take raw photos (Thank you for your advice on cameras Brian)

I am currently doing the Raw Class and I'm at the point where I can send you raw images that have been adjusted for White Balance so that you can check them.  My computer monitor is not calibrated. I have contacted an IT person through a Photographers club who is a very keen photographer and who is able to calibrate the monitor for me using a Color Monkey, or other devices. Not sure.  He only charges $60-70 which is a lot less than I would pay for the Spyder.

I would prefer someone who uses a Spyder4 or 5 based on what you say, but can't find anyone and can't afford to buy one.

I would appreciate your feedback.

Kind regards

Dianna

HI -- Nothing yet.  But I appreciate your interest and I will definitely let you know when I get one. 

HI Brian --- thank you for such helpful and comprehensive information.  I will have a look on Gumtree (Damien will know what it is - and yes, it is like Craig's List) and see what is on offer.  I'm grateful for your advice and I will let you know what I've found and run it by you before purchasing.  Dianna Cameron

Thanks for your time, Damien.  I'll send you a photo of the painting when it's finished.  ?