Do I Need to Have my Monitor Calibrated?

[Mark Suszko]

First thing to try is to feed the monitor a “known good” set of color bars and turn on the monitor’s “monochrome” or “blue” switch. Fiddle with contrast, brightness and the other controls until you get the proper PLUGE response on the screen.

https://www.productionapprentice.com/tutorials/general/using-color-bars-to-set-up-your-equipment/

[Bill Davis]

Do what Mark Says.

But to answer the actual thread question, it’s both smart, convenient and efficient to work with a calibrated monitor.

But it’s not strictly “necessary.”

I say that because if you know how to read a vectorscope and take skin tone readings – you can achieve a well balanced shot even if your monitor is way off.

So technically you don’t really NEED any particular type of monitor…BUT…

Nobody I know with any actual experience in field production would ever prefer NOT to have the best calibrated monitor you can afford when you’re working with video images – because it makes things so much easier if you can be “sure at a glance” that you’re seeing your work accurately at all stages.

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[Mike Thomas]

thanks for the info fellows. I also learned from a Panasonic guy that the life expectancy for a Pany screen is 20K hrs so I don’t feel like my monitor is that “used” now. Just fyi. Thanks again for the tips!

[Martin Curtis]

Re: the link to
https://www.productionapprentice.com/tutorials/general/using-color-bars-to-set-up-your-equipment/

Safari gave me multiple warnings about malware on that site “Do you REALLY REALLY want to go to that site?” Yes. “Really?”.