[precision M6700] level of brightness

Is it possible to see the level of the brightness of the screen with a number, instead of the barrgraph ?
(It was possible on my thinkpad)
It is because i calibrated the screen with a spyder 4, and the calibration is ok for the brightness level used during the calibration. But sometime, depending of the environnement, i have to change manually the brightness, and i want to be able to go back to the exact level of brightness used during calibration.
Regards

 

On Windows 8, hitting the Fn+Up/Down keys changes the brightness by 10% so it's pretty easy to figure out where it is set if that's the only way you change it. (I imagine Windows 7 works the same way but I haven't tried it.)

 

This applies to the IPS panel.

Use the Colorimeter feature of the Spyder4Elite Software to get brightness in Nits for the various brightness levels on the system. Then run full calibrations for each brightness level that you will be working with. Save the name of each of these profiles to allow you to identify them later (M6700 Full, M6700 3 Down from Full, M6700 50%, etc). You then use the Datacolor Profile Chooser to select the appropriate profile for the brightness level you are working with. I have 4 saved profiles for Full Brightness, Normal Room Photo Editing (around 225 nits), and Darker Room Photo Editing (around 160 nits), and Editing for Print (around 100 nits produces the closest prints in my workflow).

Give the panel a good 30 minutes to warm up before you start calibrating. I would also give the panel about 5 minutes to settle in on each brightness setting.

Hopefull Chris will chime in on this one too.

 

I'm using Windows 7 and it is not the case : There are more than 10 levels for the brightness level. Don't remember if it is 14 or 15.
Anyway, when you are on the middle of the barregraph, and you changed the level because (example) of a bright sun shinning outside, it is boring to go to an extrem position on the barregraph and count "Fn+UP" "Fn+UP" "Fn+UP" "Fn+UP" until reaching my standard position.
On my old Lenovo, it was shown as numbers between 0 and 15, and so easy to go quickly to a defined level...
I saw this barregraph is displayed by a Dell software driver on the M6700 (if there is only windows 7 installed, there is nothing displayed when you change the brightness level). So perhaps there is another version or another way to display a number instead of the barregraph only ?