I have an NEC P221W which I haven't calibrated in a very long time. I plan on calibrating this weekend with Spectraview II, but I have some questions. Some background... First, I use windows 7. I shoot in raw and after working on the raw file in ACR, the file goes to photoshop where I work on it as a 16 bit argb file and save it as an argb TIFF. If I'm sending the photo to friends via email or presenting on the internet, I convert a copy of the file to an 8 bit srgb file before sending. I rarely print, so my calibration intentions would be for photo editing purposes only. For my target calibration settings, I plan to use 6500K and a gamma rate of 2.2, but I have questions on the following settings.
1. Do I use the Adobe RGB or SRGB or Native Full as the color gamut? I would use Adobe rgb for editing my file, but srgb for viewing online. Would I be able to see Adobe rgb and srgb files properly if I used Native Full?
2. What is the best contrast ratio to use? Maybe around 250.1 or maybe 300.1. Or is there some advantage to using a high ratio like 800.1 for photo editing?
3. What is a good intensity target. Since I work in a dark area, I'm thinking maybe around 110?
4. I don't see anyplace where you can set a target for black point. Is there place to do this? If so, any recommendations on what to choose?
4. In Spectraview under file I see a selection called "generate ICC profile"? What does this mean?
I appreciate any assistance here.