Re: Should I calibrate my wide-gamut monitor in native or sRGB color space?
dmcphoto wrote:
I'm using a NEC wide gamut monitor so I am not familiar with the exact features on the Eizo, but you should be able to calibrate for D6500, 2.2 gamma and the monitor's native color space and save that profile with a unique name AND calibrate for simulated sRGB and save that profile under a different name. Then you can load one profile or the other to the internal LUT whenever you like, and use the appropriate one for what you're doing at the time. You can have many different profiles with different luminance levels, gamuts, etc., each saved under its own name.
For best results matching color on a good printer you should edit in a large color space (wide gamut) and soft proof the image with the intended paper profile and gamut warning turned on. The color gamut of most printers is similar to Adobe RGB, but editing in an even larger color space helps prevent internal color calculations from overflowing and therefore clipping when multiple curves and/or other adjustments are made. In other words, parts of the image may exceed Adobe RGB when one adjustment is applied, but be brought back into Adobe RGB by another adjustment if the editing color space is significantly larger than Adobe RGB (like Pro Photo). If you're also using Adobe RGB as the editing color space there's nothing to "pull back". The color detail is gone as soon as you exceed the Adobe RGB color space.
The gamut warning doesn't mean much if only small areas are out of gamut, but it makes a big difference if you see large areas out of gamut. The solution can range anywhere from choosing a paper and profile that will accommodate the gamut to desaturating the image and using the same media. Large out of gamut areas will tend to look "blocked up" because the whole area is mapped to one, or a few, colors at the extreme edge of the gamut.
Yes you can do that with the Eizo calibrator or several others that are compatible with their software.
I have used the similar GS2730 with the Eizo (rebranded i1) calibrator and it works just fine for photos. It's not as nice of a display as the CG series, but half the price (in the 27").
EBH
May 10, 2020 at 06:55 PM
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