Digital BW, The Print

OK I agree if the patches are overlapping.  But if I took two identically
sized patches, shuffled them and then placed them next to each other but not
touching, telling the difference of 1 K* is "quite" difficult.  At any rate
my point was more to the fact that the gap between 95 and 100 depends on the
workspace/document space.  Someone with a workspace of DG20 would say the
gap is obvious, someone with GG2.2 would not be so sure.

;-)


> From: John Moody <moodymz3@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:16:26 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] GG 2.2 vs. DG 20 (Was Comparison: K3 versus
> Ultrachrome)
> 
> If you can't see 1 L* in adjacent patches, something is very wrong
> somewhere.  I understand about the shuffled bit, but it does not diminish
> the requirement of a smooth monitor calibration (before profiling) to allow
> accurate tonality assessment while editing BW images.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Steve Kale
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:35 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] GG 2.2 vs. DG 20 (Was Comparison: K3 versus
> Ultrachrome)
> 
> "I don't think anyone, even those with very good eyes, can practically see a
> difference of 1 L* regardless of where it sits on the scale from black to
> white, especially if the patches are shuffled and they're asked to choose
> the darker or lighter of the two."