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RE: [Digital BW] Tonal range and linearization

2004-12-04 by Paul Roark

Tyler,

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
><paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>>...The major "problem" is actually the way the monitors compress the
>> darkest few steps to the point that, in my view, it's just wasting our
>> limited grayscale.

>... I really think good monitor calibration has become a necessity

I have the SpyderPro2.  

> With the latest generation of
>EyeOne and Colorvision products, I can see the difference between
>level 0 and level 1, between level 1 and level 2, etc..

Maybe I set mine up wrong.  There is a step, I believe where you're supposed
to set it so that you can barely see the difference between 2 dark patches.
I've been thinking I may have overdone the "barely."

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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