Monitor White Point

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No Where Man
Sep 12, 2004
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I finally broke down and purchased an EYEOne Display to calibrate my monitor. The suggested monitor white point is either 5000 or 6500. Default for my monitor is 9300.

I have varying lighting conditions that I work under (some out of my control). Is there anything wrong with using a monitor white point of 9300 for calibration?
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bhilton665
Sep 12, 2004
From: "No Where Man"

Is there anything wrong with using a monitor white point of 9300 for calibration?

It’s too blue.
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Madsen
Sep 12, 2004
No Where Man wrote:

Is there anything wrong with using a monitor white point of 9300 for calibration?

I agree with Bill. Everything seems to have a blue cast @ 9300K.

See: <http://www.ltlimagery.com/monitordisplay.htm>.

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tacitr
Sep 12, 2004
Is there anything wrong with using a monitor white point of 9300 for calibration?

Yes. If you leave your monitor’s white point set to 9300, nothing on your monitor will match the real world.

9300 degrees Kelvin isn’t white. It’s blue. Everything on your monitor will be too blue if you don’t choose a more reasonable white point.

If you are used to using a monitor set to 9300, then when you set it to 6500, it will seem yellow. That’s because your eye and your brain are accustomed to compensating for an image that is far too blue. Once you get used to working at 6500, you’ll be able to spot a monitor set to 9300 from across the room–because it will look like a harsh, glaring blue, not white.

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Hecate
Sep 13, 2004
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:11:11 GMT, "No Where Man" wrote:

I finally broke down and purchased an EYEOne Display to calibrate my monitor. The suggested monitor white point is either 5000 or 6500. Default for my monitor is 9300.

I have varying lighting conditions that I work under (some out of my control). Is there anything wrong with using a monitor white point of 9300 for calibration?
Yes, because it’s blue. Use 6500. When I first changed to that a long time ago everything looked rather yellow. Now I don’t notice the difference except if I look at uncalibrated monitor where everything looks too cold (e.g.blue).

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