cliffp Posted March 26, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 26, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been offered a CG276 monitor at a good discount (£1150 inc vat and delivery).Would it make more sense to buy this or spend the extra on a CG277? The main difference seems to be the 99% Adobe RGB colour gamut with the CG277 compared with 97% for the CG276. I don't know how much difference thats likely to make in practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Hi cliffp, Take a look here CG276 or CG277. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted March 26, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 26, 2014 How critical are your color calibration needs? My guess is that if you have to ask, then the older version will suit just fine. It's already a top end display. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffp Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted March 26, 2014 I just want a monitor that will give me the best viewing experience - having invested a lot of money in superb Leica lenses (and I can certainly see the benefits of these over the best Nikon and Canon lenses even on an imac screen) I am happy to spend more on a decent monitor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 26, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 26, 2014 The CG276 will provide an exceptional viewing experience. The real benefits of this monitor, and possibly to a somewhat greater extent its successor, is in executing a carefully calibrated workflow from camera to screen to print and ultimately to display and lighting. The monitor is a key link in that chain. If you just want to see your prints well on screen, a less costly NEC will do just fine as well. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffp Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted March 26, 2014 Jeff Thanks for that. I have realised through a bit more research that one of the differences between the CG276 and CG277 is the change from a CCFL backlight to an LED one. Some people are saying that apart from the increase in ADOBE RGB colour gamut, the LED backlit monitors will deteriorate less (in performance) over time than the CCFL ones. With that in mind, maybe I would do as well with an NEC PA272W which has the LED backlight? I could always buy an i1 pro display to calibrate it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 26, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 26, 2014 I suggest that if you go the NEC route that you buy one of the monitors with built-in SpectraView, its color calibration software, which also comes with necessary hardware. The only caution (based on my experience with an older NEC 2490 WUXi) is to be sure (if you're using Mac) that any upgrade to your O/S is compatible with your SpectraView version. I made that mistake only once. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffp Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted March 29, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jeff, many thanks for all of your help. In the end I went for the CG276. It will be delivered on Monday. I think I am going to have a couple of sleepless nights! (exitement) Cliff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted March 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted March 29, 2014 Hope you venture into printing at some point….that's the part that gets me excited. The Eizo will provide you with a good foundation if you go that route. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffp Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted March 30, 2014 I have ventured into printing and did enjoy it (I had an Epson R2880 4 years ago) but after the novelty had worn off, stopped using it. There seem to be a number of factors behind my losing interest. I like the idea of printing photos and displaying them but I am unable to produce good enough photos to feel that they are worthy of being displayed. I am also put off by the tediousness of mounting them. I know it sounds rather pathetic but I have had three decent photo printers over the last 14 years and exactly the same thing happened with each of them. I tend to take photos, play around with them in LR and leave them in their edited state. I look at them all from time to time and enjoy doing so but apart from when I succumb to a bout of GAS don't feel motivated to print. Cliff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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