Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My two cents on this, I'm agree. I have a 27" iMac too and I'm happy with it, some times is too much brilliant, I have the brilliance at the minimum and I think it work better, maybe for these reason some of my pictures can seem to dark in other monitors, or sometimes I see others too contrasted. But iMac 27" is a great tool Saludos Lluis El 22/01/2011, a las 14:58, Richard Taylor escribi?: > To add my two cents: I have a 27" iMac and am delighted with it. > The reflections can be controlled by placement and keeping light > sources out of its FOV, BUT it will not calibrate properly with a > Spyder or any other calibrator AFAIK. I calibrated mine manually > using the internal calibrator. It takes some time and has to be > done with great patience but once done prints from my printer and > local processor match the screen nearly perfectly. > > I don't know how you'd do manual calibration on a PC. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > >> The main problem with the Apple screens is that the adjustments are >> coarse, so if you have a good calibrating device, you either need to >> have it slightly less bright than optimal or a lot brighter. I keep >> mine about 10-15 cd less bright than the absolute ideal. My old Sony >> Artisan was much better in this regard and the Eizo and NEC screens >> are too. The Apple factors settings are pretty good, much better >> than >> most screens. >> >> Marty >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: >>> 2011-01-21-02:07:20 Chris Crawford: >>>> I had one of the 17 inch NEC crt monitors too, loved it until it >>>> finally >>>> died. That's when I replaced it with the LCD I have now. The NEC >>>> lcd screens >>>> are really cool because they are self-calibrating (If you get it >>>> with the >>>> Spectraview software and colorimeter). The calibration happens in >>>> the >>>> monitor, not by adjusting the video card, the way all other >>>> screens are >>>> calibrated. >>> >>> All other screens? No, just all screens without internal lookup >>> tables adjustable to help profile them. In other words, toy >>> monitors. >>> Good monitors have 10- or 12-bit lookup tables which the calibration >>> software tweaks. Good monitors like Eizo, who've been doing that >>> for >>> years (in their serious graphics monitors). "Only NEC", forsooth. >>> >>> Here's the good stuff: >>> >>> http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/index.html >>> >>> http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/cg221/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information