Tag: color reproduction

1pcs 15mm*10m Adhesive Basic Decoration Masking Tape Stickers Rainbow Color Washi Tapes Set for Gift Album Diary (WHL #101)

“Tool” time today – almost an editorial note, but then the Chinese had a laugh at what I ordered.

With the (basically) fully-working Ender5++ light box, it’s easy to take photos of small to medium sized items 24/7 with consistent quality. One thing that still bothered me, though, was the auto white balance feature of GIMP. Generally works well for colorful items, but can be totally off for objects that only have colors along the white-gray-black axis with no major amount of RGB. Stuff like the white doorbell (WHL #98), the black test print cap in (#E20F3), or the shiny silvery-metal USB drive in (WHL #45) are good examples. […]


BenQ EX3501R 3440×1440 21:9 35″ Curved VA monitor (WHL #33)

Getting sidetracked lately, I know…

Why not post about something that doesn’t come from some Wan Hung Lo factory? I could write a review and put it in some hardware forum, but as there are very few reviews out there as of now, let’s try tweaking visitor count a little ;)

The BenQ EX3501R arrived earlier today (HUGE 100x65x35cm³ box!), and I was waiting for something like that for the past two years already. Manufacturers obviously like to spoil products these days, every new monitor of that kind has something that puts me off big time – no (or very crude) height/tilt adjustment, glare (glossy) coatings, insane stands with integrated electronics meaning no VESA mounts, basically nonexistant FreeSync ranges on “gaming” displays, flickering in FreeSync mode, or something else that somebody probably got a raise for inventing the bullshit. […]