Kostas, With 5000k, the whites of your screen tends to be a little warm for European standards. I've my monitor set to 6500k. I don't think that 5000k is much used unless they are working for prepress in the US and in a CMYK environment (often with a Mac). All the standards on PC are mostly for 6500k. That's the temperature of Adobe RGB and Bruce RGB.. 9300K is still often standard on PC and offers slightly blue whites (which is perfect in an office environment). 6500k is a little warmer (toward yellow/red) 5000k is too red for European tastes. I've read somewhere that 6500k on the display screen was looking similar to the 5000k light booth. Not having a light booth, I don't know.. But may be more than having different fixed settings the bests screen will offer you the possibility to use controls in order to choose any temperature between 5000 and 9300. Even better ones offers the possibility to adjust the three colors guns separately. These controls are often found in special screen menu : you choose colors, then you have possibility to choose between different preset temperatures.. Good screens offer you the possiblity to choose "customs settings" and to adjust all the color separately.. Well that's true for CRT screens, less so for Flat TFT Panels. Although I'm very tempted to get a TFT screen (the CalorVision spider works on them), I'm unsure whether one can do serious digital photography printing with it.. I'd be very interested to know whether some of the PF members are using such a screen with success in order to print with an Epson printer ? Good luck for your choice Kostas.. Christiane Le 26.9.2002 21:51, « kostas papakotas » <kostaspapakotas@hotmail.com> a écrit : > > well, that is a bit specailized, but i got to know this to make the optimum > screen selection. > > of the 2 candidates one offers white balance temp adjustment at 9300 and > 6500 K, but the other offers adjustment at 5000 K too. > that kind of temp is critical in photography, isn't it? > but how critical is in white belance selection? > is it THE most used & important white temp adj, or can i save many bucks and > opt for the 9300/6500 screen? > > anxiously waiting, kostas > > > =============================================== > so... no matter what, CHEER UP MY FRIENDS! Life is too precious to jump the > other side of the fence... > kostas papakotas / clenched teeth photography > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/home.htm > 'COS SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER WITH CLENCHED TEETH! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world¹s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com >
