Digital BW, The Print

On 1/30/03 2:17 PM, "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@...> wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> I'm on a PC with WinXPPro. The only controls on the 20" Formac Gallery LCD
> are an on-off button and two up/down brightness buttons. I haven't noticed
> any problems with brightness, but I run it at about 250. I see no point in
> trying to run it at CRT levels as some seem to want to; I bought it so I
> don't have to work in a darkroom any more!
> 
Actually, its still best to work in a dark room...unless your room lighting
is very carefully controlled and reproducible.  My main problem is that the
images are so vibrant on the LCD...that they don't give me a good estimate
of what the print will be like.  Yes the transitions are technically the
same...assuming that everything is profiled...but the impact is radically
different.  The difference was much, much less with my CRT...presumably due
to brightness.  Even with brightness turned down, the LCD still should be
superior due to sharpness and evenness.

Robert