Digital BW, The Print

A project of this size without prior experience is unsettling.  If the
collection has much value, or the desired results are high quality, you want
to make sure that an experienced scan operator is involved before purchasing
any equipment, handling the images, or starting the project.

Posting to the scanner yahoo groups could be worthwhile; hopefully you are
not on a tight budget and deadline to complete this Barry.  I hope it works
out well for you, it sounds like a very nice project to be involved in.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Louis Dina
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:39 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Monitor Calibration Hardware Justification

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
>






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