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Re: Monitor brightness and printing?
In reply to PicOne,
7 months ago
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PicOne wrote:
Hugowolf wrote:
There are other parameters here, most notably ambient light; both intensity and temperature. It isn’t just the absolute monitor intensity, it is the intensity relative to the viewing light.
And, which you actually already allude to, there are limits to eye/brain adjustment. We see much less detail and color outside in moonlight than we do in daylight, no matter how long we spend outside under the stars. If our eyes/brain were to perfectly adjust, then we would see no difference between a bright sunny day and an overcast one – it would be sunshine and roses all the time.
I suppose this is the key. What range of adaptability are our eyes able to accommodate? We're not talking about moonlight to sunlight; we're referring to 140 or 120 or 110 or 107 cd/m.
I am referring to the difference between editing in a bright daylight lit room compared to editing in a room, shuttered, dark outside, or windowless with ‘artificial’ light. The relative difference between the monitor luminance and the room’s ambient brightness makes a lot of difference to how you perceive the brightness of the screen.
It would take an enormous amount of continuous lighting to match the light intensity of a large north facing window.
It isn't just monitor’s luminance level, 80, 100, 140 cd/m², or whatever, it is that level compared to the ambient level that matters. It is relative.
It seems that the intended viewing light has a big part to play in this.
The intended print viewing light is a separate issue.
Brian A
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