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Calibrating monitor (CRT) to match third vendor printer
I look for a long while an answer to this question here and on google, but there are too many answer for everything but not an answer for my specific problem.
I've a work to sell and I need calibrate ...
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Can a Macbook Pro Retina display be properly calibrated?
I am considering buying the MacBook Pro with Retina display. However, I have been told that the Retina display seems to make images darker and more contrasty than when printed.
I have been trying to ...
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Do the issues with sharpness I am seeing require AF fine-tuning?
I own a nikon D7000 with 18-105 lens. I am not happy with sharpness I get with autofocus in portraits. I read about front/back focusing, but I am not sure whether my gear has this issue. Is this issue ...
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Can a drop of a camera+lens cause AF calibration issues on either — or both — the lens and the body? What are the mechanics involved here?
My question is, if you drop a camera, and you think you might have an AF issue, what are the mechanics involved that might cause a mis-calibration? I can imagine that the lens has movable parts -- ...
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How do repair shops fix focus shifts on bodies lacking focus microadjustment feature?
For camera bodies without autofocus microadjustment capability, how do repair shops calibrate a specific body and a lens combination suffering from the focus shifts (back and/or front focusing)?
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Gray card angle during custom white balance calibration - does it matter?
Do I have to have the gray card on a specific angle while taking a photo for custom white balance calibration? Or it is irrelevant?
I am guessing that the gray card plane should be perpendicular (90 ...
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Why am I getting a cyan cast on Epson Claria printer only in the highest-res print mode?
I use an Epson R260 (Claria 6-color dye) printer with a continuous ink system supplied by Echostore.com for proofing. I use generic storebrand Staples photopaper for this. It's not super-white; it ...
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Is it possible to physically calibrate a Nikon 50mm 1.4G
Having just bought a Nikon D800, i decided to have a play with the 50mm 1.4G on it.
I noteced it was back-focusing by about 2cm so tweeked the AF fine-tune.
however thats now maxed out at -20 and its ...
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Will a firmware update/change erase Canon's service center lens calibration settings?
Since it's pretty cheap in Korea, I sent all my prime lenses and my new Canon 60D to be calibrated at the local Canon service center so they can be "matched" to the body.
If I install a newer updated ...
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My pictures are never printed. Is there any point in buying a better monitor?
My monitor is pretty cheap and its colours are horribly dependent on the viewing angle, the moon and whatnot. I could edit my pictures on my old CRT, but its contrast and sharpness are quite bad.
On ...
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Why don't you need to calibrate a camera's LCD screen?
I saw this question from Leon Neal on Twitter a while back:
If a computer screen needs constant calibration and checks, how come the screens on our cameras lack that facility?
I can think of a ...
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What's the best way to calibrate my wide-gamut display used with two different computer systems?
I have a Dell U2410 monitor hooked up to two computers: a Windows machine via HDMI, and my MacBook Pro (running Lion) via DisplayPort.
The output from Windows is great: colours are true and text is ...
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What is being set with Micro Focus Adjustment?
An autofocus system is system based on a feedback loop, where the AF sensor error reading if fed back to the lens focus motor. Being a closed loop, then theoretically there should be no focusing ...
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How are ‘stills’ lenses calibrated differently to ‘motion picture’ lenses?
I was watching this promo video about the new Sony PMW-F3 and one of the DOPs mentioned that stills and motion picture lenses are calibrated differently. This is around the 4 minute mark in the video. ...
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How do I color calibrate a printer?
I know there are devices for calibrating monitors and I've heard of similar devices being used for printers, but how does that process work? What does the device do with the printer to calibrate it?
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How do I calibrate the diopter correction on my DSLR's viewfinder?
The viewfinder on my camera has diopter correction, but is there a "correct" way to set it up? In the past I've just allowed the camera to auto-focus on a distant point, and then make sure that is as ...
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Soft 24-105L images
I'm getting a huge number of very soft images from my 24-105L using a 40D and I'm wondering if calibration would help. I can't micro adjust on the 40D itself.
I have also yet to get around to setting ...
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Camera with good linear light response for photometric accuracy?
I want to photograph rooms and spaces indoors, and covered areas outdoors, and get good measurements of illumination. Light sources will be sun, sky, and artificial. Another use is to photograph ...
