On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > Good to know, GD. I thought of that, but didn't look it up. Controlling LED > backlighting must be easier. Though you'd think it would be much brighter at > 100%. > > I re-read the manual for Dark Adapted today as I upgraded to the latest > version. In it they recommend you do your monitor calibration with it turned > off completely. Their reason is that once calibrated at full brightness, > Apple's firmware or software will maintain the color balance and gamma down > to the minimum in-computer brightness, and Dark Adapted will maintain and/or > adjust it further as you lower the brightness with their add-on software > adjustments.
Well, they try. Unfortunately, LCD monitors and your eyes do shift as the illumination levels vary. Yes, turn the auto-adjustment off when doing the calibration for sure. Turn it off when doing critical editing work too ... :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
