Digital BW, The Print

Barry,

Calibrating all your monitors to the same standard (color temperature, 
luminance, gamma, etc) will make sure that all people see the same 
image on their monitors when editing and correcting.  I'd also 
recommend you set your room lighting and viewing lights so they are 
about the same at each work station for the best results.  If you are 
working on color images, the above is fairly important, since you have 
both luminosity and color to balance.  The eye is not very consistant 
when it comes to "calibration".  A device will help guarantee that 
consistancy.

If all your work is B&W, and you are working in grayscale mode, a case 
could be made that it is less critical, since you will be more 
interested in tonal distribution and white and black points.  But you 
still want to set your white point, black point, gamma and luminance so 
they are pretty close on each monitor.  

If I had a project of that size, I wouldn't hesistate to spend $250 on 
a calibration device and software.  I guess it all depends on how 
critical it is that the images retain good shadows, highlights and 
consistant tonal distribution.  

Lou


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Barry Koblenz 
<zod111@y...> wrote:
>
> I am part of a large project in which we are scanning thousands of 
old glass plates & films. It
> was proposed that we at least calibrate our monitors for Win & Mac.
> 
> Decision makers are asking for a detailed explanation for this 
request. I have been asked to
> articulate just why we need such hardware / software.
> 
> Can someone offer such an explanation? 
> Thank you, -Barry
>