Hi Fernando and all,
> From: Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wow wow wow :( - this is what I've just 'discovered' some minutes ago -
> the moon and mars picture is too magenta if I look at it through a
> 6500?K cool lamplight, but too blue through a pale morning natural light.
>
That "pale morning natural light" should be around 4500-5000ºK, I believe...
6500 is quite rare in nature; sensitivity of most films is designed around
5500-5800, and slides are expected to be viewed at 5000 or so -- beware of
metamerism again!
> Since my monitor is at a supposed 6500?K, I should balance the colors
> out of this setting.
That shouldn't be an issue, you may calibrate the graphic card to move your
white point wherever you want -- I'd recommend around 5500ºK.
I have just recalibrated my monitor... with the ColorSync software,
eyeballing it, as usual. After the gamma-testing my LG1910S was reported to
have a native gamma of 2.93 (!) and I corrected it to a target of 1.60,
which seemed a bit more natural than the usual 1.41 I had. The determined
white point was at 6540ºK (the monitor itself was set at 6500) and moved it
to 5804ºK -- 5500 looked too warm.
Cheers,
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Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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