Michelle Pena

OK I'm not quite understanding. So lower the brightness first before calibrating ? Because its already quite low.

Ok. I know you've answered on many many occasions. Should I keep the lights while calibrating ? And which point should I start at ? Since I am at already d50 and native lumens ?

So I found over at my local Home Depot 5000k at 900 lumens is the highest they had. They had higher lumens but at 2700k , yuck. I'm using 4 bulbs in the over head fixture and two lamps with two bulbs each. My prints look better ! It's still just a tad dark but a huge improvement the prints are still warmer but not by a whole lot. I'm currently calibrated at d50 native lumens. Do you think I need to try re calibrating or find brighter bulbs , perhaps online somewhere?

I will not be using this. I will use the 4 in the over head light fixture and depending how bright it is I'll be using a couple more in one of the two bulb lamps or both two bulb lamps.

OkI found some LED that were 5000k and 1600 lumens or do I need a specific kind of type of bulb or CFL ?

What do I need to do first to make the prints match ?

ok I'll change them again today. So then should I calibrate tonight with the 5000k bulbs Or change the bulbs first then calibrate ?

I already have the 5000k and 800 lumens bulbs and still same problem. I had them before the 4100k bulbs.

Well crap , those are the bulbs I had before the 4100k. I had 5000k and 880 lumens I had 4 bulbs going with those.

So when viewing the pictures in daylight the images are the opposite they are cooler and dark. I edit at night so then I need to adjust light and calibration geared towards that ?

I will.

Its 11:30 pm at the moment

Its the only room I have. Yes I have sunlight coming through during the day. The screen is about 5 feet away from the window.

Not at all here ya go. I have a total of 7 bulbs in those lamps.

So right now I have 4100 k so then I should go for 5oook and maybe 800 lumens bulbs?

So I got my prints back and they are warmer and darker than the screen. I'm at d50 native. Should I calibrate to d55 ? Or Get warmer bulbs first ?

OK , so I cannot change the walls no matter what its not possible. I edit and calibrate at night so that changes the color in the room anyway. So then I need brighter bulbs correct and warmer? If I understand you correctly ? I just sent out for prints to start the calibration process again. I've been trying o calibrate this machine for a year now and nothing is working .I've moved my work space and changed light bulbs twice added more lamps so that I can add more light to the room and still nothing. I really don't know what to do next lol!

Also, to clarify, you have 4100k in your light fixtures but you suggested to me the 6500k? Are you saying if I had enough lumens the 4100 k would work ? Sorry confused.

Yes you have sent me this link before in another conversation. This company will not ship to me. So then I had to try another online store and they did not have this bulb at all so I had settled on the 4100k and 550 lumens. There is a whole post about this issue somewhere but when I typed my name in search... I didn't find it in the list on Damiens page. I wanted to go back and see what else you had suggested. IT may not work better but at least it will work with Catalina when one day I want to upgrade it.

It's very hard to find those online even. Thats why I went with the 4100k. I'm sure you don't remember the whole conversation. What recommended lumens? right now I have the 4100k and 550 lumens and that is bright I have 7 of those bulbs surrounding me. And difficult to to focus and see with those bulbs even at 550 lumens. As far as my wall when we painted this house I specifically wanted a color that would not cause a color cast. So its a matte beige/tan with no yellow undertones its more on the grey side but not yet grey if that makes sense. The whole house is painted in that color not even 2 years ago so that's not going to change lol!

Oh wow! Thats amazing ... Looks like a switch board lol! What is the green contraption you got there ? I'm about to purchase the Spyder Pro X and hope it works better than the Xrite I spent almost 300$ on! I'm just not happy with it. I will be purchasing Damien Raw class soon but I want to make sure it's calibrated correctly before I do the class. Will the Spyder have a brightness option since that has really been my problem ?

Brian have you yet purchased this device for your iMac ? Wondering how it's working for you if you have bought it.