What monitor do you use? I'm in the market

[mbanstendig]

Carl,

From what I seem to hear about NEC's prices, you could, for that money, look at the EIZOs, which are touted as the best. And they have that advanced calibration possibility, as well as even a 30" monitor, now and full, very advanced scalability.

Mark

[AndrewRodney]

NEC's prices are generally far lower than Eizo for a comparable quality and capable display.

[mbanstendig]

Interesting.

I didn't know that.

Are the panels and such really comparable.?

Also, the new Eizo 30" has some really far out technology, especially in the scalability area.

Thanks much, and for any further info.

Mark

[Carl Brady]

Originally Posted by AndrewRodney

NEC's prices are generally far lower than Eizo for a comparable quality and capable display.

Thanks you all for a great education. I ordered the NEC 2690WUXi-BK-SV this afternoon after reading all of your posts and also learning that the Professional Photographer's magazine had selected it as monitor of the year. The article also explained how the Spectra ViewII software and NEC/Graytag Macbeth iOne Display work so well to calibrate the monitor. I paid $1,289.99 including FedEx second day delivery.

Carl

[mbanstendig]

I envy you.

But that monitor would not work for me. I I need the extra 1 inch of the various 27" models, due to my eyes. The little bit larger does makes some difference for me and every last bit means much for my vision.

Ideal for me would be a 30" NEC model or Eizo with either a lower native resolution (i.e. greater detail size) or with the full scalability that the Eizos seem to now have.

Or that Apple finally brings out the full scalability that they have supposedly been working on for years now (they have recent important patents on it).

Good luck with your monitor.

Mark

[mbanstendig]

BTW, while I do value color accuracy, in my work with my photos, I find that matching original color does deeper than just monitor calibration and that, in the end, no matter how perfectly a monitor is calibrated, color matching is a dicey thing that does not, in the end, ruin a photo, because one's final choices color-wise ruin less than shading, contrast adjustment, highlight and shadow balance, etc.

And ultimately, since I am not doing pro work anymore, where it is more important to keep color matching through the process, the ultimate results on the web are going to be color-garbled anyway by most viewers.

In other words, last bits of highly discriminating color accuracy are less important to me than other parameters of the image.

But then again, my Apple 30" and Dell 27", and SOMY 22.5" wide-screen CRTs, are not that bad, colorwise when calibrated. Between the three possibilities, I can get a decent idea of the color adjustments of my photos in the real world.

Then again, the Apple monitors, with their limited means of messing up the color, are pretty close, when adjusted by the GM calibrators, as long as one takes some time fineles adjusting the brightness. The brightness controls on the Apple monitors are horrendous and settings are absolutely not replicable....a huge mistake and horror....just a simple scale on the brightness indicator would have solved this. But, of course, Apple has other more important things to do....things most of us will never use....as usual.

Mark