<x-charset iso-8859-1>Color me naive. With the color controls present I was hoping to first run Adobe Gamma, then using one of my prints from my 1270 as a master, try to set the color controls of the monitor to match the print as closely as possible - without the extra expense of a Spyder. Am I way off base here? Konrad Poth ********************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: RE: Choosing a new Monitor (was LCD Monitors) > Don't worry about the presence or absence of fancy color controls. If you're > going to do things right, you need to do a _real_ calibration of your > monitor, preferably with a colorimeter like a Spyder. If you do that, the > controls don't really do anything for you except get the monitor close, so > that the calibration doesn't have to waste quite as much of the D/A > converter's range on correcting for the monitor's inaccuracies. Not very > important. > > -- > > Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco > Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com > > > From: KONRAD POTH > > > > Can anyone compare the LaCie Electron19 Blue III with the Viewsonic PF 790 > > which has supposedly controls for print-matching, color temperature and > > individual color intensity. > > > > I'm going to have to choose one or the other real quick unless someone can > > offer a better suggestion for digital watercolors. (On a PC, not Mac, if > > that makes a difference.) (I know, I know, everything is better on a Mac > > <grin>.) > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. </x-charset>