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JimStar · 01-18-2012, 01:24 PM

I still see the questions of the people that don't have Mirasol device about display and "how it look"...
My first photos in this thread were made by my wife's cheap camera that can't get good shots in bad light without flash - so the photos are not correct from the point of view of reality.
Some time ago I've bought the good cam with very good ability to shot in bad light without flash and noise. So, the second try to get shots more close to reality without flash in the room with 8x22W energy-saving E27 lamps (equivalent ~800Watt) reciding at two sides of room. You can see that the problem of Mirasol without backlight in comparison with eInk is that Mirasol has more directional reflection ability (less surface light scattering) than eInk (eInk reflects the light in the wide spread of angles, and surface light scattering is a lot higher than in Mirasol) - and it is the reason why eInk can be almost "white" in the WIDE spread of angles to light source, but Mirasol is close to "white" ONLY if you "catch" the DIRECT angle of reflection to light source. My English is not good, so I hope I was able to explain it..

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01-18-2012, 01:24 PM	#36
JimStar Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kyobo eReader, Sony PRS-950, PocketBook Pro 902, PocketBook 360	I still see the questions of the people that don't have Mirasol device about display and "how it look"... My first photos in this thread were made by my wife's cheap camera that can't get good shots in bad light without flash - so the photos are not correct from the point of view of reality. Some time ago I've bought the good cam with very good ability to shot in bad light without flash and noise. So, the second try to get shots more close to reality without flash in the room with 8x22W energy-saving E27 lamps (equivalent ~800Watt) reciding at two sides of room. You can see that the problem of Mirasol without backlight in comparison with eInk is that Mirasol has more directional reflection ability (less surface light scattering) than eInk (eInk reflects the light in the wide spread of angles, and surface light scattering is a lot higher than in Mirasol) - and it is the reason why eInk can be almost "white" in the WIDE spread of angles to light source, but Mirasol is close to "white" ONLY if you "catch" the DIRECT angle of reflection to light source. My English is not good, so I hope I was able to explain it.. Traffic warning: big hi-res pictures, about 14MB each! Backlight enabled: Backlight disabled: Last edited by JimStar; 01-18-2012 at 01:29 PM.