Gretag Macbeth - How accurate is it??

chisiang · 2nd December 2004

I bought a GretagMacbeth last month and after calibrating my monitor, it seems too bright for me.

After taking photos, all of them seems over-exposed but on my camera, it looks ok. And after adjusting my exposure, and print it out, they turned out to be too dark, unless I instruct the printer to use monitor colour matching.

Therefore, I was wondering how accurate is it??

This photo looks perfect on my monitor. Tell me if the exposure is off or on can?

scanner · 2nd December 2004

The exposure looks ok with me.
Monitor matching? Lab printer will ignore this, it is useless for Frontier and Noritsu printers, as both brands of printer do not read embedded profiles.
You should use the printer profile provided by the lab to adjust the color to what you are expectating.

To add on, the goal of printer profile is to match your prints to your monitor. The viewing condition for the prints is also critical. Do take note that printer profiles are built for print viewing under some industry standard such as D50(~5000k) illumination.

espn · 2nd December 2004

Exposure is correct to me (LCD).

singscott · 2nd December 2004

Look great on a diamontron tube.

togu · 3rd December 2004

Looks good on my Sony Multiscan E220

chisiang · 3rd December 2004

thanks for the reassurance guys. appreciate it.

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chisiang Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bt Panjang Posts: 1,238	Gretag Macbeth - How accurate is it?? I bought a GretagMacbeth last month and after calibrating my monitor, it seems too bright for me. After taking photos, all of them seems over-exposed but on my camera, it looks ok. And after adjusting my exposure, and print it out, they turned out to be too dark, unless I instruct the printer to use monitor colour matching. Therefore, I was wondering how accurate is it?? This photo looks perfect on my monitor. Tell me if the exposure is off or on can? __________________ [/spending][/BBB][/FUN]

2nd December 2004	#2
scanner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,643	The exposure looks ok with me. Monitor matching? Lab printer will ignore this, it is useless for Frontier and Noritsu printers, as both brands of printer do not read embedded profiles. You should use the printer profile provided by the lab to adjust the color to what you are expectating. To add on, the goal of printer profile is to match your prints to your monitor. The viewing condition for the prints is also critical. Do take note that printer profiles are built for print viewing under some industry standard such as D50(~5000k) illumination. Last edited by scanner; 2nd December 2004 at 05:37 PM.

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chisiang Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bt Panjang Posts: 1,238	thanks for the reassurance guys. appreciate it. __________________ [/spending][/BBB][/FUN]

2nd December 2004	#3
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Exposure is correct to me (LCD).

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singscott Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.whltelightphotographer.com Posts: 1,659	Look great on a diamontron tube.

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togu Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ToFusland Posts: 5,563	Looks good on my Sony Multiscan E220