Greg answered it perfectly. It's a trust issue. You know you are right with the scopes, but the blacks never look right on LCDs. So a lot of time is spent second guessing and hoping. :-(
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <Greg@...> wrote:
>
> I can't answer for Terry, but in my experience, a monitor that displays
> blacks correctly is MUCH faster to work with - and the resulting work
> still looks correct on LCD and Plasma. I absolutely detest using LCD
> displays for grading - though LED back light helps a little with that.
>
>
>
> With LCD it's hard to tell if you're going too far, or not far enough.
> Further, even if your scope says you're right, you're never entirely
> confident the black is the way you want it. This is especially true if
> you're discoloring the blacks intentionally, or more accurately
> over-correcting the shadows to compensate for wrong white balance. For
> example, you often have to add a lot of blue to the shadows of certain
> cameras in certain lighting conditions to take out an overall color
> cast. (This also happens with certain filters that are used for
> 'warming,' but any DP who's bothering to filter is awesome by default,
> even if I don't always agree with his/her choices!) Anyway, with LCD,
> you can easily end up with a blue (or other) cast that you don't really
> want - then you run around the building looking at half a dozen
> monitors... taking an average... and that's just no way to work. With
> the OLED, I rarely feel the need to second guess my work (though I still
> count on the scopes to confirm what I'm seeing.)
>
>
> Sure, I suck, and I'm color blind... but with confidence!
>
>
>
> GH
>
>
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> Greg Huson
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> Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Was Sony OLED now Color Correction question...
> From: "Tom McDonnell" <ltr54@...>
> Date: Mon, May 14, 2012 5:56 pm
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
>
> >#1- It's the blacks!
>
> Terry does the differences between LCD vs. OLED blacks transfer to a
> variation on the final correction done on both types of monitors? In
> other
> words does the black level portion of a color correction session
> depending
> on the monitor used translate to the finished broadcast or projected
> image?
>
> I guess what I'm asking is does a CC session "black level wise" done on
> an
> OLED look any better or different than one done on a LCD? Once again
> try to
> leave out the colorimetry portion of the differences between
> manufacturers.
> Do you find you have an easier time achieving your desired result?
>
> Tom McDonnell
> Cinematographer/Operator
> Los Angeles, CA
> New Orleans, LA
> 818-675-1501
>
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