LCD/EVF settings
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Bischofftep
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Re: LCD/EVF settings
Heya:
I keep asking this in various forums with little response. So I'll try again.
First, how does one calibrate a monitor?
Second, is it possible to get a monitor which serves double-duty as a field monitor AND a studio reference monitor, and if so what would be a good starting point brand?
Thanks for any answers,
Heya:
I keep asking this in various forums with little response. So I'll try again.
First, how does one calibrate a monitor?
Second, is it possible to get a monitor which serves double-duty as a field monitor AND a studio reference monitor, and if so what would be a good starting point brand?
Thanks for any answers,
Bill_Bolton
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Re: LCD/EVF settings
Pick up a copy of the ASC Video Manual. The procedure is on page 385.
1) Feed NTSC Color Bars to monitor
2) Find adj knobs ( R, G, B, Chroma, & Hue)
3) Switch off Red and Green
4) Make the color and brightness of the vertical blue bars match the rectangular segments below them
The Hue knob will adjust the inner bars while Chroma will adjust the outer ones
5) Turn on the Red and Green
6) Find the Red bar, below it is three vertical bars in shades of gray. Adjust the Brightness knob until all three bars are visible
7) Find and turn the Color/Monochrome switch to Mono
8) Reduce Brightness until the center gray bar just disappears
9) Find the Contrast knob and adjust it until the White Reference Square (lower left) is white.
10) Turn the Color/Mono switch back to Color
and you are done. BTW - The manual suggest that only one person adjusts all the monitors (every persons eyes are different)
Pick up a copy of the ASC Video Manual. The procedure is on page 385.
1) Feed NTSC Color Bars to monitor
2) Find adj knobs ( R, G, B, Chroma, & Hue)
3) Switch off Red and Green
4) Make the color and brightness of the vertical blue bars match the rectangular segments below them
The Hue knob will adjust the inner bars while Chroma will adjust the outer ones
5) Turn on the Red and Green
6) Find the Red bar, below it is three vertical bars in shades of gray. Adjust the Brightness knob until all three bars are visible
7) Find and turn the Color/Monochrome switch to Mono
8) Reduce Brightness until the center gray bar just disappears
9) Find the Contrast knob and adjust it until the White Reference Square (lower left) is white.
10) Turn the Color/Mono switch back to Color
and you are done. BTW - The manual suggest that only one person adjusts all the monitors (every persons eyes are different)
Bischofftep
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Re: LCD/EVF settings
Ahhh.... excellent. Thank you!
Part 2 of the question remains: can one use a field monitor as a reference monitor, and if so what would a good model be?
Sounds like it'd work just fine: one less monitor to calibrate is one less monitor to calibrate!
Ahhh.... excellent. Thank you!
Part 2 of the question remains: can one use a field monitor as a reference monitor, and if so what would a good model be?
Sounds like it'd work just fine: one less monitor to calibrate is one less monitor to calibrate!
Barry_Green
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Re: LCD/EVF settings
If you want to go that route, the field/reference monitor you'd want is the Sony 8045Q. But you should frequently recalibrate anyway. And the screen is small, especially when you put it in 16:9 mode.
If you want to go that route, the field/reference monitor you'd want is the Sony 8045Q. But you should frequently recalibrate anyway. And the screen is small, especially when you put it in 16:9 mode.