Digital BW, The Print

Thanks a lot ... I usually look at proofs under a full-spectrum fluorescent light.

But I have been leaving the big window at the back of the room unblinded lately. Stupid me.

What's the average age limit for a CRT monitor?

thanks,
Richard

At 10:36 AM Thursday 9/27/2007, you wrote:
>In a message dated 9/26/07 4:24:33 PM, r.smallfield@... writes:
>> What link in the chain is likely to be the problem? My monitor is a Philips 
>> CRT ... must be about 3 years old.
>> 
>Ambient light levels, and especially proofing light levels, are the usual 
>culpret. Sounds obvious when worded this way but: if you shine a brighter light 
>on your print, it will show more detail and less contrast as the shadows and 
>midtones are more open under brighter lighting. This is more common with LCDs, 
>where users run a very dim studio, and an old proofing light, but a newer, 
>brighter LCD. 
>
>An old, dull CRT with low luminance will show minimal contrast, but usually 
>looks darker, not lighter, than the print. So there are a number of 
>possibilities, most of which center around monitor luminance, proofing luminance, and 
>ambient luminance...

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