Digital BW, The Print

> From: marcsienicki
>
> 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.

I think you should, although you lose absolute brightness when you deviate
from the monitor's natural white point. Your eyes and brain largely adapt to
whatever the environmental white point is, so you should only do it if your
monitor's environment is your 5000K viewing area. If it's separate, then I
wouldn't bother. I run my monitor at 5000K, because I'm sitting under 5000K
lights, and it looks great.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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