Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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