sean_reid Posted November 5, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Quick practical question for those of you who are looking at M9 files on 30" monitors. I could probably calculate this with some time but it is faster to ask. With Photoshop open, tools on the left and pallets on the right, does the screen give enough room to view the file at 50%? By comparison, my 24" screen is just about right for viewing M9 files at 25% (with room for tools and pallets on the sides). Thanks, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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erlingmm Posted November 5, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 5, 2009 Quick practical question for those of you who are looking at M9 files on 30" monitors. I could probably calculate this with some time but it is faster to ask. With Photoshop open, tools on the left and pallets on the right, does the screen give enough room to view the file at 50%? By comparison, my 24" screen is just about right for viewing M9 files at 25% (with room for tools and pallets on the sides), and no room for tools on the side. Thanks, Sean 50% more than fills my screen (Eizo FlexScan 3031), a tiny bit of sliders both horizontal and vertical not filled). 33,3% gives plenty room, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted November 5, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 5, 2009 "No" for the Apple 30" display (2560x1600). The maximum I can get is 41.5%. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted November 5, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 5, 2009 31% on a 24in iMac, but that's with the dock 'hiding on' (ie not seen at bottom of screen). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJones Posted November 5, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 5, 2009 "No" for the Apple 30" display (2560x1600). The maximum I can get is 41.5%. same here at ±41% for landscape and 27% for portrait orientation maybe a little more on both with window behind dock but only a 1-2 % points at best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted November 6, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 6, 2009 Sean: Pixel pitch varies from monitor to monitor. I.E. my 27" iMac has the same horizontal resolution as that listed for the 30"-ers above. 2560 (x 1440 vertical) 110 pixels per inch vs. 99 on my previous iMac G5. Rather startling to realize my screen can now hold a full Digilux 2 image horizontally at 100% (!!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikasmg Posted November 6, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 6, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not quite, around 50% of the image in Lightroom, if I emember right (I'm travelling and can't check at present) - Vikas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted November 6, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 6, 2009 31% on a 24in iMac, but that's with the dock 'hiding on' (ie not seen at bottom of screen). With all of the palettes on a second monitor - a 19" one in my case - that rises to 40.5% on my 24" iMac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t024484 Posted November 7, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 7, 2009 The biggest possible size on a 30 Inch screen would be 2400 * 1600, because of the 3 :2 ratio of the M9 file. This is 46% of the linear size of 5212 * 3468, and 21% of the amount of pixels. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted November 7, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 7, 2009 IBM used to make a higher resolution monitor than typical 30" monitors: IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 3840×2400 pixels! The price wasn't trivial, though, and it was only 22" or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearoido Posted November 7, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 7, 2009 Quick practical question for those of you who are looking at M9 files on 30" monitors. I could probably calculate this with some time but it is faster to ask. With Photoshop open, tools on the left and pallets on the right, does the screen give enough room to view the file at 50%? By comparison, my 24" screen is just about right for viewing M9 files at 25% (with room for tools and pallets on the sides). Thanks, Sean I don't know if you can do this with Photoshop, it works with LR. I have an old 17" alongside and can open LR on it and select the second (larger screen) on the original monitor using the Loupe to display the selected picture at full size. The quality of the 17" is not pertinent. GaryO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #12 Posted November 9, 2009 Sean: Pixel pitch varies from monitor to monitor. I.E. my 27" iMac has the same horizontal resolution as that listed for the 30"-ers above. 2560 (x 1440 vertical) 110 pixels per inch vs. 99 on my previous iMac G5. Rather startling to realize my screen can now hold a full Digilux 2 image horizontally at 100% (!!) Of course it does, thank you, I should have listed by pixels. I have a friend looking at buying a 30" NEC which seems to be 2560 x 1600. Thanks for the replies so far. I had forgotten that I'd posted this. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share #13 Posted November 9, 2009 "No" for the Apple 30" display (2560x1600). The maximum I can get is 41.5%. Thanks. That's exactly the kind of answer I needed. Ditto thanks to all who provided the same info. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t024484 Posted November 10, 2009 Share #14 Posted November 10, 2009 Sean, In Photoshop you can use every pixel of the screen. Press the F key 2 times, and then the Tab and you will have the whole screen at your disposal.. If you do not wat to crop the Image, you can go to 46% with 2400*1600, and if you allow a little bit of vertical crop, you can go to 49% with 2560*1600. At 50% you have 2606 * 1734 pixels, displayed on a 2560 * 1600 screen, meaning that a small part, 2% horizontally and 8% vertically, is peeping outside the screen, but with the Hand Tool H you can move the image in all directions and inspect the whole Image. Since 50% is probably better than 49% or 46% because of the more relaxed pixel interpolation within Photoshop, one could very well try the 50% option. Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share #15 Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks for the additional thoughts Tom. Yes, I asked about 50% specifically because I normally recommend working with files at 100%, 50% or 25%. The 30" NEC won't have quite enough res. to get my friend to 50% with M9 files and that's the essential question I needed to figure out. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianspector Posted December 3, 2009 Share #16 Posted December 3, 2009 Thanks for the additional thoughts Tom. Yes, I asked about 50% specifically because I normally recommend working with files at 100%, 50% or 25%. The 30" NEC won't have quite enough res. to get my friend to 50% with M9 files and that's the essential question I needed to figure out. Cheers, Sean Dear Sean, The 25%, 50% and 100% non-interpolated images on Photoshop do not apply since CS4 with a decent graphics card as it scales all sizes properly. Thus 46% will look as jaggy free as 50%. I was wondering just about this question this evening as I use Dell30" monitors (and Wacom Cintiq) and my Nikon D3 images open at 67%. I guess I too will be back to 46% when my M9 arrives. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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