color temp on screen vs 246's color temp

[leica1215]

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I calibrated my screen by spyder 4 adjusted color temp 6100, read on 246'color temp is 5,400. Which one should I go for?

How's rest of you set the color temp?

 

 

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[zeitz]

I'm not sure I understand the question.  The white point on my Eizo CX271 is set to and maintained at 6300.  That color temperature is critical to color managed work flow and getting prints that match what is seen on the monitor.

 

I assume you are taking about the display on the 246.  The white point of the camera display is really immaterial.

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[adan]

All of the following have color temperatures - none of them will necessarily be the same:

 

Your camera screen

Your image - with the white balance/temperature the camera automatically set (a.k.a. "as shot") or you assign (daylight, tungsten etc. ) - which are irrelevant if you shoot dng.

Your image - with the white balance/termperature YOU finally assign it when adjusting the raw file (assuming .dng, not jpg)

The white point of the color space into which you open your image (sRGB, Adobe 1998, something else)

Your monitor

 

Don't get them mixed up.

 

Color temperature for your computer screen should be, as zeitz explains, around the same "white" as the noonday sun. 6000° K or so.

 

The color temperature of the white balance of your picture, if you camera tells you what it is - can be totally different from your screen. It depends on the time of day and kind of lighting used for the picture.

 

In the shade or in shadows, with your subject lit by nothing but blue sky, the color temperature of the scene can be 10000°K (very blue light) - and that is OK. Under noon sun, it will be about 6000°K. Under sunset, or indoors under light bulbs, it may be 3200°K or 2000°K (very yellow light recorded).

 

Note that to correct an extreme subject color temperature, you apply a color temperature setting with the same value, but the color will be the opposite. E.G. shooting indoors by light bulbs, if you set the camera for a white balance of 2000° - it will ADD BLUE, to counteract the yellow color temperature of 2000° light bulbs.

[zeitz]

The color temperature of the monitor is really only important if you are printing on a high quality printer from the computer with that monitor.  If you are using a low-end printer, the print isn't going to match regardless of what you do.  If you are sending image files to others for them to look at on their computer / tablet / smart phone / TV, you have no idea what the white point is on any of those devices.

 

Also remember that the lighting in the room where you use the monitor matters.  The lighting should also be around 6000 degree K too.  Most folks have bulbs which are too warm, or worse have daylight in the day and tungsten bulbs at night.  MR-16 bulbs for track lights can be purchased in a wide variety of color temperature.  But you won't find 6000 deg bulbs at the local hardware store.