Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott I can't justify spending the money for one. Too much Leica glass out there needing a good home. So I can't quote expected lives. They do have long warranties, I think. I have worked on one though and it is superb. I'll leave the technical reasons to their web sites to explain why. Photoshop, even better if you put a second, lesser monitor beside it and park all of the menus etc over there. The one I used was fitted with the hood. It is in use at a pro photo and imaging dealer here. It is the only LCD I have ever looked at where the colour and brightness seem to not change one whit when you view from an angle. Oh so smooth tones and colour. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLoughlin Sent: Friday, 22 September 2006 09:58 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006) Thanks! You pretty much answered my question before I posted it. So, at roughly $1,800 for a 21" Eizo ColorEdge LCD, what is the expected useful life of this kind of monitor? Scott G Hopkinson wrote: >Well done, Oliver. Time to gracefully retire that old CRT. The tube would >be well and truly degraded, even calibrated it would >perform nowhere near as new. You are doubtless discovering that new analog >CRTs are not exactly thick on the ground, being >completely supplanted by digital LCDs. Now where have I heard that before? >Assuming you don't stubbornly resist assimilation and buy >a CRT very cheaply, you will be looking at a bunch of LCD choices. The >better the model, the more likely it will exhibit less >brightness and colour shift as the viewing angle increases. If you have a >gazillion dollars check out the Eizo coloredge models. If >you're not in Bill Gates territory, have a peep at what Dell is badging and >marketing. I have their 2405FPW, which I think is >actually a Samsung display. >But it's bright, adjustable has a lot of connection options and has lots of >(widescreen) screen space, which is great for Photoshop. >Physical width is just over 21 inches on the analog scale. >If toy can set it up with controlled ambient light it will work very well >for you. A hood arrangement is worth investigating. You >need a decent video card to drive it, too. Native resolution 1920 x 1200. > >Keep those great photos coming >Cheers >Hoppy > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Oliver Bryk >Sent: Friday, 22 September 2006 09:24 >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] Monitor calibration (was Umbria and Saas Fee 2006) > >After completing three iterations of calibrating my ancient CRT monitor with >a friend's Gretag I see what almost everyone has been telling me: the images >are too bright! > >When I consulted the manual for my monitor to find out how to set >brightness, contrast, RGB, etc. and noticed that it referred to Windows 95, >I realized that the monitor wasn't just 5 years old as I had thought but >more like 12 because I kept it through two CPU replacement cycles, Win98 and >Win2k. The RGB adjustment controls don't work any more. > >Since I don't suffer from M8 lust (yet) I will investigate replacing the >CRT, perhaps with a 21" ViewSonic or NEC AccuSync. My desk configuration >limits any display to a maximum enclosure width of 23". I welcome comments >and/or recommendations based on personal experience. > >Oliver > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information