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airsniper · 08-06-2008, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by ghelary

Your screen needs to be calibrated with a probe, it's likely that your T60 doesn't provide accurate colors either.

A quick and dirty fix is to load an ICC Profile from a reference site, I know the one that is here but it doesn't contain a profile for your particular screen.

Colors and luminosity tend to vary over time and over the surface of a screen, however colors tend to be consistent from one sample to another of a same model but are not consistent on a given brand.

The only way to get accurate colors is to use a calibration solution, this one is pretty popular, but there are other valid ones. Even such a solution, some screen can never be calibrated up to satisfaying level.

Some brands are specialized in pre-calibrated high quality screens, the most famous being Eizo, but those are by far to expensive for the amateur.

A good LCD (Dell, Sony, Samsung...) correctly calibrate should do the trick.

Thanks! I am wondering which LCD I should trust more. Dell or Lenovo? Just want to keep in line with my friends so that they have no color problem watching my photos.

It seems that my Dell LCD has its own "Color Management", should I turn it on (default) or turn it off. Will this feature conflict with the monitor color profile I set in windows. I don't have problems working with sRGB and want to keep everything as sRGB, since this is most common color management share on Web.

I thought sRGB is the standard for every LCD, but the Normal preset and the sRGB preset are so different from each other that I don't know which one I should use? What does most of you use for LCD? Thanks!

08-06-2008, 12:05 PM	#3
airsniper New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 13	Originally Posted by ghelary Your screen needs to be calibrated with a probe, it's likely that your T60 doesn't provide accurate colors either. A quick and dirty fix is to load an ICC Profile from a reference site, I know the one that is here but it doesn't contain a profile for your particular screen. Colors and luminosity tend to vary over time and over the surface of a screen, however colors tend to be consistent from one sample to another of a same model but are not consistent on a given brand. The only way to get accurate colors is to use a calibration solution, this one is pretty popular, but there are other valid ones. Even such a solution, some screen can never be calibrated up to satisfaying level. Some brands are specialized in pre-calibrated high quality screens, the most famous being Eizo, but those are by far to expensive for the amateur. A good LCD (Dell, Sony, Samsung...) correctly calibrate should do the trick. Thanks! I am wondering which LCD I should trust more. Dell or Lenovo? Just want to keep in line with my friends so that they have no color problem watching my photos. It seems that my Dell LCD has its own "Color Management", should I turn it on (default) or turn it off. Will this feature conflict with the monitor color profile I set in windows. I don't have problems working with sRGB and want to keep everything as sRGB, since this is most common color management share on Web. I thought sRGB is the standard for every LCD, but the Normal preset and the sRGB preset are so different from each other that I don't know which one I should use? What does most of you use for LCD? Thanks!