Yesterday I realize that colleague of mine who is also coach and trainer ,
is using hardware calibration of the monitors in his class. So I have
borrowed one yesterday. First I have calibrate my notebooks LCD, just for
fun to see how installation and process of calibration is working. Than I
took it home and I have calibrate my CRT monitor on which I am doing photo
editing. It all when all right and next few days will show how useful this
was. I can say immediately that improvement is visible in two things.
Display is now lighter and cooler. I see more details in dark areas.
What surprised me though, is the fact that colors are different between my
notebook's monitor and my CRT's monitor. I believe that calibration is only
black and white and therefore white point and color balance is not changed
by this calibration.
It is not problem for me at all as I do black and white photos, but as I
am also now in process of selecting new color scheme for my web I realize
how different these colors are when looking at my site on LCD and on CRT.
Anyway I am glad that I have now access to calibration tool for monitor
and I can recalibrate every week if I like. Now only I need to put at work
the densitometer I have bought already some month ago. This way I would be
able to calibrate my scanner for negatives and also my print output.
p.s.: sorry for this technical blog entry, but somehow I feel I need to
share this...
