dynamic range of and LCD

[meatwagon]

what is the stop range of an lcd? I mean, i have taken a bunch of

photos from photo.net that i want to use for insparation on some of my

work and placed them all in a "ideas" folder. Now most of the photos

are very contrasty, hard lighting from one side hard shadows on the

other, now when i use my laptop, and move the screen up or down (like

im closing the lid) i totally see diffrent photos. like you can tell

where they photoshoped the background to make that peticular spot

darker, etc.. so my question is do different monitors have different

dynamic range?? and i have used adobe gamma with my computer, how can

i know if the lid is at the same angle as when i calibrated my screen?

should i just use one of the contrast cards so on one end i see black

and the other white and can tell theh difference between each bar? im

sorta confuse and rambling, but any help on this info would be great!

Thanks Jamie!

[beauh44]

Hi Jamie, You've hit upon a big limitation of using laptop displays - the viewing angle. Even though I'm guilty of using my laptop to edit images more than I should, I'd recommend either not using your laptop display at all or plugging an external monitor into it. While Adobe Gamma is better than not using anything to calibrate your disply, it's not much better. You might want to invest in a colorimeter like a Spyder or Gretag-Macbeth to calibrate your display(s). Best wishes . . .

[erickpro]

Try to have the LCD's as close as vertical to your vision.