Trying to capture the moon

[Tricia]

John down under wrote:
Not being rude guys & gals,

but i dont have a whopper of a monitor myself (oh and tricia, if
you are willing to pay the int. packing, there is a auction house
here in australia
http://www.graysonline.com.au that deals with surplus Dell equipment
amongst alot of other IT supplies and they recently had auctions
for 21" mons going for $600AUD, quite a saving if you have the USD
behind you [assumption on my part], furthermore, i do believe there
will be plenty more in the future....)

And i can clearly see the black box around the moon, not arguing
your monitor isnt calibrated, but perhaps checking it again may be
an option, or seeking a second opinion, becuse my mon has
brightness max 20% and it stuck out like "dogs balls" to me...

scott.

Thanks, Scott. I can see it on my LDC at work (straight on, it's invisible, but scrolled down so I'm viewing at an angle, it's quite obvious). My home monitor is calibrated as well as it can be considering it's age, and both brightness and color match my very-well-calibrated prints fairly well. However, I've been through several computers since I bought my Viewsonic PS21 and the thing has to be at least 8 or 10 years old - it definitely leaves a lot to be desired at both the black and white ends as far as shading. It's just been such a good, troublefree monitor that I hate to replace it - plus I spent all my Christmas money, so we're talking about more serious money now! ;-) I've got a feeling that the shipping would be outrageous, but I'll check it out - thanks!

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Tricia

 

[wguardian79]

hey guys & gals, errr, again ;-)

I'm sure the shipping would be quite expensive, but i work for a USA lab company, and as such, regularly send electronics back and forth to the USA, where are you located? i "might" be able to swangle free shipping from our logistics manager here, to get you one, i'll ask, he can only say no... and he owes me a favour or two anyway, i can ask, it will go thru fedex... i'll keep you posted...

My monitor, and video card are nothing special, but i calibrated it myself, and i can clearly see the differences in Phils chart of ABC...XYZ, so im really not sure how to help you guys more, i got an old HP monitor at home, and nothing special in the way of video cards (Geforce 4, MX440, 64MB)

hmmm, it makes me think, but i wish i could help more... at work, i have access to better mons, because we calibrate CCD technology here, for diagnostic use in the medical industry, amongst other things, but that was all calibrated using outsourced equipment....

wish i could get one of these home with me, lol!

Thanks, Scott. I can see it on my LDC at work (straight on, it's
invisible, but scrolled down so I'm viewing at an angle, it's quite
obvious). My home monitor is calibrated as well as it can be
considering it's age, and both brightness and color match my
very-well-calibrated prints fairly well. However, I've been through
several computers since I bought my Viewsonic PS21 and the thing
has to be at least 8 or 10 years old - it definitely leaves a lot
to be desired at both the black and white ends as far as shading.
It's just been such a good, troublefree monitor that I hate to
replace it - plus I spent all my Christmas money, so we're talking
about more serious money now! ;-) I've got a feeling that the
shipping would be outrageous, but I'll check it out - thanks!

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Tricia

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may the photo be that which you want others too see.

 

[Luminus]

Here's a quick and rough test to see if your minitor is adjusted correctly.



If you cannot differentiate all 10 grayscales on your minotor, then it's brightness and contrast needs to be re-adjusted.

Adobe gamma does the same thing in a different way, and it also let's you adjust RGB channels individually for a better white balance. But monitor adjustment is about brightness and contrast, not just brightness.

If your monitor passes the above test, you should be able to see the black square around the moon.

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[Luminus]

You need to click "expand width" to see the grayscale.

 

[wguardian79]

dont know what i did wrong, but i just get the little white box with a red "X" in it, telling me there is no picture.. :-(

You need to click "expand width" to see the grayscale.

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may the photo be that which you want others too see.

 

[Luminus]

I have no idea what's wrong because I am now seeing the same X as you do. Here's one more try:



And here some another one from a different site:



Hope these works.

You need to click "expand width" to see the grayscale.

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may the photo be that which you want others too see.

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'In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.'

http://gallery.dominatus.net

 

[wguardian79]

WORKING NOW, THANKS!

And here some another one from a different site:



Hope these works.

You need to click "expand width" to see the grayscale.

--
may the photo be that which you want others too see.

--
'In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of
people angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.'

http://gallery.dominatus.net

--
may the photo be that which you want others too see.

 

[John down under]

Thanks, Scott. I can see it on my LDC at work (straight on, it's
invisible, but scrolled down so I'm viewing at an angle, it's quite
obvious). My home monitor is calibrated as well as it can be
considering it's age, and both brightness and color match my
very-well-calibrated prints fairly well. However, I've been through
several computers since I bought my Viewsonic PS21 and the thing
has to be at least 8 or 10 years old - it definitely leaves a lot
to be desired at both the black and white ends as far as shading.
It's just been such a good, troublefree monitor that I hate to
replace it - plus I spent all my Christmas money, so we're talking
about more serious money now! ;-) I've got a feeling that the
shipping would be outrageous, but I'll check it out - thanks!

--
Tricia

Hi Tricia & Scott,

I have a Viewsonic PF790 monitor (19"). Maybe Viewsonic is not the ideal choice for highlights and shadows. Now I'm thinking I might need to change over to something with better performance. With all my other settings, including contrast set to 100% (which I guess is standard for any calibration), I have to turn brightness up to at least 80% to start to clearly distinguish between X, Y and Z in Phil's review greyscale chart. When I do that, normal pics are far too bright, so I think maybe the monitor is just not as suitable for viewing pics as I had thought. I might have to blame the two of you if I need to part with some more of my hard earned money! LOL