http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/32-bit-monitor-tp7580506p7580509.html
'32 bit' could be rgb+alpha… I don't think Windoze goes higher than 8 bits per channel?
The resolution might relate to the number of pixels your display has. If you have a image of 2048x2048 you need an unusual monitor to display it at full resolution.
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> Assuming that your PC or MAC monitors are set to 32-bit true-colour under
> Display, Adjust Resolution, Advanced Settings (windows 7), the problem is
> probably the PC monitor isn't set up correctly (colour, brightness,
> contrast). I'd get an x-rite i1 Display Pro professional display calibration
> device to calibrate your office monitors (xritephoto.com) - it costs about
> £150 and can generally calibrate all your screens automatically assuming
> they are fairly modern (the sensor unit rests on the monitor and adjusts it
> all correctly for you). Then in theory all your PC monitors will be
> calibrated to display colours correctly, so the image should look similar on
> any of them, subject to the basic quality of the monitor. I'd also
> investigate the likes of a £400 2560x1440 pixel 27" Dell U2713HM IPS screen
> monitor for your main office Windows PC which can display 1024x1024 confocal
> images natively at 1 pixel per 1 pixel. Use Zen/LSM Image Browser to view
> your Zeiss raw lsm confocal files to ensure the software isn't down-sampling
> the image in some way. I doubt the graphics card is the problem, assuming
> it's fairly modern graphics card/GPU and it's been setup correctly.
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> Regards
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> Keith
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> We noticed that our confocal images look amazing (fine details well
> resolved) as long as they are viewed with the monitor belonging to the
> microscope, but as soon as we open them on our PCs or Macs they look just
> normal (fine detail missing).
> The monitor at the Zeiss mic is a HP ZR30W a pretty expensive model. It
> seems to support 32 bit colours which would give 12 bit or 4096 grey steps
> for each of the primary colours. Not sure if this is the secret behind the
> good looking images but has anyone experience using such monitors to display
> images? I would think that the graphic card, operating system and image
> analysis software have to be capable of doing so, which programs would do
> this?
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> Did i miss an important development in computer hardware or is there another
> reason for the amazing looking images? Any suggestions welcome.
Mark B. Cannell Ph.D. FRSNZ