Digital BW, The Print

Try both as well as native white point and use the one that seems best.
Depending on your software, you may also choose one that is closest to your
native white point, which would introduce less correction to the white
point, which in theory should give less banding.  For example, my LCD native
white point is 5600, and it looks a little yellow-green.  I don’t have a
choice for 5600, but I can pick 6000K.  It corrects it to a more pleasing
white, and has less banding than picking D65.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
marcsienicki
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:00 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] LCD calibration; which white point setting?

Hi all.  This is a follow-up question to my earlier posting on luminance
level calibration.
With regards to white point, I've always left it at 6500 but wonder if I
should change it to a
5000K since I view my test prints under a D50 light source while working on
them.
Thanks for helping me climb the learning curve, Marc.





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