Digital BW, The Print

FYI the luminance Eye One recommends for CRTs is 100.  I redid my
calibration at 120 but would be interested if anyone knows why Eye One would
recommend such a high luminance (with D50).


> From: Phil Rose <pjrose@...>

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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
> <stevekale@b...> wrote:
>> OK so I just took another look at my monitor calibration and
> realised it was
>> set for native white point and so I decided that since my "average"
> lighting
>> was likely a lot lower than this I decided to re-calibrate at
> 5000/D50.  The
>> Eye One recommends a target luminance of 140 for an LCD but I can't
> get this
>> even with full brightness on my Apple HD Cinema Display with a white
> point
>> of D50 (I can easily exceed this figure using native white point).
> So what
>> should I do from here?
> 
> I would disregard that Eye One recommendation. I use a luminance of
> about 85 with my CRT. Of course a lot depends on your ambient light
> intensity--I assumed it would be fairly subdued. IMHO, 140 cd/m2 is an
> extremely high luminance (too high)--for your (well, for my) eye
> comfort and especially for your print-matching efforts. If using such
> a high monitor luminance, you'd probably be unhappy that your prints
> are "too dark". A luminance _below_ 100 is commonly recommended.
> 
> Phil
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