Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] glossy screen iMac problems
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Oct 17 06:16:40 2008
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At 08:42 AM 10/17/2008, you wrote:
>Daniel,
>Laptops are virtually impossible to calibrate IMHO. You need a desktop with
>a decent screen - a 19'' Samsung/Viewsonic etc will do, and spend some extra
>money on a Spyder3 or equivalent. LaCie or Eizo are total overspend for
>amateurs.
>Cheers
>Jayanand

Or you can use a laptop with a large monitor attached. That's what I 
have at the farm - a 24" refurbished Dell.  I calibrate it with 
Gretag and it matches my Eizo at home at 1/10 the cost.

Tina




Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
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