Monitor

[YKERVREN]

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New owner of a M9 after 15years of M6, I am now after a good 24 inch monitor for my future numeric Lab.

Any possible advise ??

Thanks

Yves

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[vonheim]

New owner of a M9 after 15years of M6, I am now after a good 24 inch monitor for my future numeric Lab.

Any possible advise ??

Thanks

Yves

 

Not an expert on this, but Eizo and LaCie seem to have good monitors if color accuracy (calibration options) is important to you.

 

Otherwise Apple and Dell seems good, too.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers,

 

Knut

PS! Congrats on your M9! Good light!!

[DFV]

I recommend an iMac and LightRoom 3. If you want to get something faster get a G5 with a 30 inch monitor. I am not sure but the 30 inch might be discontinued...

[Nicoleica]

I use a 24" iMac, with an additional 24" LaCie monitor. A twin monitor set-up is very usefull when working with photographs, and it doubles as a large monitor for my MacBook too.

[stunsworth]

If you want to get something faster get a G5 with a 30 inch monitor

 

Lightroom 3 will not run on an 'old' PowerPC G5,

[andybarton]

Forget G5s. Macs have used Intel chips for about 5 years.

[d2mini]

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This is one of the best monitors going right now.

NEC PA241W-BK

 

NEC MultiSync PA241W-BK 24" Widescreen LCD PA241W-BK - B&H

 

My apple cinema display with the silver bezel has severe burn in. As soon as I have the extra cash I'm getting the NEC. All processing work is done on the Wacom Cintiq, but I still need the second monitor for critical color check.

[laglaph]

I recently went through the process of getting a new monitor. It came down to the NEC PA241 spectravision and the Eizo CG243W. I discussed my needs with the people at Colour Confidence and their recommendation was to go for the Eizo, because I was a Leica user. The said that the contrast levels that the Leica M9 produces the Eizo is a better fit in terms of matching the final print. The NEC may be natively too much contrast and matching the final print to screen may need additional work.

 

I have the Eizo and it is a excellent screen. Still to get my printer though: budget does not run that far at the moment.

Paul

[d2mini]

I recently went through the process of getting a new monitor. It came down to the NEC PA241 spectravision and the Eizo CG243W. I discussed my needs with the people at Colour Confidence and their recommendation was to go for the Eizo, because I was a Leica user. The said that the contrast levels that the Leica M9 produces the Eizo is a better fit in terms of matching the final print. The NEC may be natively too much contrast and matching the final print to screen may need additional work.

 

I have the Eizo and it is a excellent screen. Still to get my printer though: budget does not run that far at the moment.

Paul

 

Wowwww... looks nice... but is it worth nearly 3x the price?

Serious question.

I wonder if the nec can just be color corrected for contrast?

[sanyasi]

I use the EIZO ColorEdge CG210 and will buy another Eizo when I replace it. They are expensive, but the calibration process is simple and for my purposes, dead on.

 

Calibration with Eizo is about to get simpler. They have a new model--its up on their website-that comes with a built-in "puck." The monitor runs for about $2800US if I recall correctly. Expensive, yes, but for me, there isn't much point to taking the photos and making all the PS/LR adjustments and then not getting a good print. And I hate screwing around with calibration.

 

BTW, Eizo may have a similarity with Leica. I am told the new monitor is red hot in terms of demand, but that getting your hands on one is difficult. Of course, you don't need to buy the new one.

 

Jack Siegel

October 1, 2010

[MEB]

+1

 

I recently obtained this monitor and it has opened a whole new world to me. The clarity and color fidelity are astonishing. I use it as an external monitor to my MacBook Pro.

 

Mark Blumer

 

 

 

This is one of the best monitors going right now.

NEC PA241W-BK

 

NEC MultiSync PA241W-BK 24" Widescreen LCD PA241W-BK - B&H

 

My apple cinema display with the silver bezel has severe burn in. As soon as I have the extra cash I'm getting the NEC. All processing work is done on the Wacom Cintiq, but I still need the second monitor for critical color check.

[ptarmigan]

Personally, I wouldn't touch another Apple monitor or iMac. I'm a big Apple fan and was inches away from buying the 27" Mac i7 until I saw how shiny the screen is and all the reflections therein - it's like a big iPhone screen! Also the iMacs (and Apple screens in general) have issues with calibration and adjustment. The screen quality is pretty good, I had a 20" iMac until a few months ago and liked it a lot, but you can't adjust contrast nor do you have proper RGB control. The iMac also didn't used to allow colour management of two screen properly though that may be different in the latest.

 

I ended up buying a Mac Pro and an EIZO ColorEdge CG243W. More expensive overall but now I have 4 internal drives and am about to install some serious RAM. The Eizo screen is sublime and has a 'double swap' 5 year warranty too!

[stunsworth]

I have an older iMac that I use with a second screen. Both can be calibrated independently.

 

I'm lucky in that I have no light sources behind me, so the reflection issue doesn't apply.

[john_j]

I recently purchased an NEC PA271 to use with an NEC 2690. Using the NEC puck and software, calibration of each is easy and the screen of the 271 matches prints from an Epson 3880. They tend to bit a little darker than what's on the screen but easily corrected, similar to the dry down of fiber paper in the darkroom.

Best

 

John

[ptarmigan]

I have an older iMac that I use with a second screen. Both can be calibrated independently.

 

I'm lucky in that I have no light sources behind me, so the reflection issue doesn't apply.

 

Steve

 

With the iMac you can only have one calibrated profile on the video card and therefore you are severely limited in what you can do across 2 monitors though I accept you can 'set up' the 2nd monitor using the RGB controls and a Spyder Pro or such like and it'll be pretty good, unlike the Mac Pro which allows full colour management/calibration of multiple monitors onto the video card.

[YKERVREN]

Thank you for all the good advises

My researches bring me also in the direction of the EIZO monitor 24inches.

Now, I have a doubt if I should go for the EIZO S2433W or in the direction of the CG243W.

The second one has a more advanced IPS panel type, good brightness, Wide GAmut coverage, and easy calibration built-in system.

Now, the S2433W is half price and has a good reputation for B&W processing.

Could some one give me a good advise selecting one or the other ??

Thanks

[t024484]

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LCD and TFT Monitor Reviews

Very informative and thorough testing.

 

Hans

[photolandscape]

This is one of the best monitors going right now.

NEC PA241W-BK

 

NEC MultiSync PA241W-BK 24" Widescreen LCD PA241W-BK - B&H

 

My apple cinema display with the silver bezel has severe burn in. As soon as I have the extra cash I'm getting the NEC. All processing work is done on the Wacom Cintiq, but I still need the second monitor for critical color check.

 

I have had the 26" version of this NEC monitor for almost three years. It is exceptionally good and steady. Although I profile it periodically, there is virtually no color shift over time. I print to an Epson 3800, and my monitor to print match is exceptional.

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[ptarmigan]

Thank you for all the good advises

My researches bring me also in the direction of the EIZO monitor 24inches.

Now, I have a doubt if I should go for the EIZO S2433W or in the direction of the CG243W.

The second one has a more advanced IPS panel type, good brightness, Wide GAmut coverage, and easy calibration built-in system.

Now, the S2433W is half price and has a good reputation for B&W processing.

Could some one give me a good advise selecting one or the other ??

Thanks

 

Clearly the IPS model will offer better quality but you need to decide if that's worth the extra cost. I'm happy with mine. Can you get to see them both side by side?

[chris_tribble]

I get professionally acceptable results from a 19" Dell 2007WFP calibrated with an i1 Display. My monitor in our other place is a Lacie 319 (also 19") also calibrated with i1. I know that it would be lovely to have a bigger screen and higher and higher quality, but from experience + from talking to a number of guys who make their livings staring at screens and producing exhibitionclass prints, have come to the conclusion that the quality I have here for a very small outlet is sufficient.

 

I've tested my colour calibrated workflow alongside people running Eizos and the like, and when it's come to prints, there's literally nothing to chose between the images I've prepared using these monitors and those which were viewed on a monitor costing £1000s. If I had the office space + the budget, sure, I'd get Eizo or Lacie. As I don't, I'm relieved that my cheap and cheerful solution works - as with most things in life, the proof of the pudding is in the eating (old English saying...)