Monitor calibration, color temperature, gamma etc

[torbod]

Do you have any good preferences how to select the values for the monitor calibration?

I just calibrated my monitor to sRGB with a spyder 3 at default temp 6500K and gamma 2.2. I had to set different brightness levels than default since they were very strange (0.8 and 80 cd/m2 respectively).
I really don't like the colors after that, white and grey has an ugly blue-green cast and I feel sick watching it.
I re calibrated to 6000K and 2.0 gamma (to get in between 2.2 to 1.8 as a compromise for MAC, PC and Print). And now I really enjoy the looks.

I have made some different calibration profiles, and I can select from them depending on situation, and it is no problem to make several more.
Now I have e.g. three sRGB profiles with 5000K Gamma 1.8, 6000K Gamma 2.0 and 6500 Gamma 2.2.

What levels would you guys recommend using for 1. Web browsing (especially photo forums), 2. photo editing for web 3. photo editing for print.

I have a 24" Dell U2410 monitor if anyone wonders, with an H-IPS panel.

Du you also have any tips for brightness at black and white point I'd be happy. Now I have 0.35 cd/m2 at black and 150 cd/m2 at white, shall I change that for the different profiles? I have heard that 120 is the aim for sRGB, but I feel that is too dark for normal use of the computer, since white turns very gloomy. Going past 170 cd/m2 is not comfortable for my eyes, so I found 150 a good compromise.
Changing brightness/contrast for the different profiles is not something I want to do, since I have to remember the different settings, and it is a pita to fiddle with the screen settings often. It is much simpler to "set and forget".

Another question while I'm into this...
Does it matter on a OS-X machine what color profile is selected (e.g. sRGB, adobeRGB or screen default) in the color settings dialog in the computer when the calibration is started? I am just guessing here, but if the start profile is casted to an another temperature or gamut when the calibration starts, is it not possible that it over compensates?
(BTW I'm a rookie on MAC, just got my first yesterday after at least 15 years with Bill Gates only.)

Happy for some feedback
/T

[visualopsins]

No replies? I am interested too. I find ambient lighting changes make more of a difference than monitor calibration settings because of metamerism.

To add to questions, what is assumed ambient lighting for Spyder and other monitor calibration schemes?

I think settings for photo editing for web and for web browsing would be the same. Of course, for printing, less contrast is necessary for wysiwyg due to narrower dynamic range of paper brightness, also for different paper types which have differing reflectivity.

[ludoo]

I too have a Spyder3, and I've also found that with certain of my machines it gives a blue tint to the monitor. Have you tried updating the software, or using a different one? I've found that under Linux, with the default Gnome color management tools, the Spyder3 produces much better results than on Windows.

[poilu]

congrats for your Dell
I just profile but don't calibrate my monitor
I don't want my wide gamut limited to srgb
I don't care the white cd, I am usually at 100 or under to rest my eyes
but I understand that pro are more picky especially when they need consistence between many monitors

[cooltouch]

I have a 22" AOC, and haven't done any sort of special calibration with it. It comes with a built-in set of adjustments, which I did right off the bat. Then I compared it to a piece of calibration software I found on the 'Net and the calibration routines in Photoshop. They all agreed almost exactly with the AOC's settings. So I've just left things alone.

I find that when I load images that I've taken into my image processing software and dispay them on this screen, the colors appear to be identical to what I see in the real world. Good enough for me.