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  1. Don't buy a new camera, calibrate your Macbook display!


    Above: Canon FD 35mm F2 Rare Earth lens on the GH1 has some serious bokeh thanks to close focussing ability

    Okay, a slightly sarcastic title for this blog! It's not advice to be taken literally, the point is - Not very many people calibrate their LCD computer screens. And as we're about to find out, it makes a HUGE difference.

    For photography and video it's really important to have a nice neutral screen in terms of colour, contrast and brightness.

    Too dark and you may brighten an image to compensate, revealing too much noise in a video for example.

    Too light and you may loose shadow detail.
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