[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs

2002-01-21 Thread Colin Maddock
Dave king asked: But you seem to be saying that the bias setting is more critical than the gain setting. So if you and ColorVision are both correct, then factory setting for bias is fine to use, and presumably there isn't as much drift here because phosphor aging isn't an issue in the black

[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs PhotoCal

2002-01-21 Thread Robert Meier
--- Colin Maddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The blacks need to be neutral before the whites are adjusted. That is one thing I was always wondering about. When I use the factory settings of my Sony 400PS and turn up contrast to 100% the blacks have a red cast. The factory settings for 6500K are

[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs

2002-01-19 Thread Dave King
Dave King [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: I was thinking further about this today and realized I don't know what the bias adjustment does. Many monitors only have gain controls, and so now I'm wondering how bias is different than gain, how it's used during calibration, and the advantages (?) for color

[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs

2002-01-19 Thread Dave King
Dave asked: Well, I was satisfied by Julian's answer, it was easy and practical. But your answer has me wondering again about what is actually happening at the circuit level. I guess they are voltage amplifiers operating at different frequencies? Presumably the gain control isn't particularly

[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs

2002-01-18 Thread Dave King
Dave King [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: I'm assuming you researched the CRT situation before buying the Sony GMD-F520. Do you know if it has individually adjustable guns? Julian Vrieslander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. Individually adjustable gain and bias for each gun. I was thinking further

[filmscanners] RE: CRTs vs LCDs

2002-01-18 Thread Nuno Sebastião
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave King Sent: sábado, 19 de Janeiro de 2002 4:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs Dave King [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: I'm assuming you researched the CRT situation before

[filmscanners] Re: CRTs vs LCDs (was: Re: Video card for imaging)

2002-01-17 Thread Julian Vrieslander
On 1/17/02 1:34 AM, Robert Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: There is one problem I usualy have with test reports, though. Just from words it is hard to judge how critical a test person really is (and that is not meant in a negative way). In other words for one test person a certain