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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
06-08-2020, 03:48 AM
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Prints appearing 'Dark' is a recurring theme on almost all photo forums.
Most monitors are way too bright and are probably set up for gaming or videos, which are quite different to prints!
You can't 'calibrate' a printer to match a monitor, but you can, and should, calibrate your monitor to match your printer.
You should do this while viewing a 'Standard' image that you've printed with no adjustment. Do a search for one.
Photoshop and LR both have excellent 'soft proofing' which can match a well-calibrated monitor very well, especially if 'Paper Color' is checked. If you don't use soft proofing you're most likely viewing how the image looks in sRGB or ARGB colour space, which is very different from your printer.
Some references:
Why My Prints Appear Too Dark, Or Is It My Display?
Photoshop Soft Proofing & Viewing Images
Hope this helps,
Phil
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-28-2018, 04:44 AM
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Hi,
I've been visiting this site for about ten years, and found it very interesting, especially the reviews.
I started with an ME Super and 50mm F1.7 in 1981, which was in constant use all over the World until the late 1990s.
I then had a K7, followed by K5iiS, and for the last couple of months a silver KP. The K5iiS still gets used occasionally.
Have a selection of lenses, but my favourite is a new Pentax 100mm f2.8 WR Macro, which is often used with a Metz 15 MS-1 macro flash.
Walkabout lens is a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8.
Cheers,
Phil
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