Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What Geoff said. I've got a MacBook Pro with a glossy screen and I love the display but it is the wrong thing to look at when making prints. --Bob ==On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > My view is the same as Tina's. The glossy screens 'look better' (in the > same > way that out of camera JPEGs can vs. default Raw) because the contrast is > higher due to the glossiness and it is typically much too high for > simulating print output as well. The brightness levels are (by default) > much > too high for photo editing as well. Mac don't make the displays themselves > of course. > > Please note that this is not an "anti-Mac" post, no need for noses to be > discombobulated ;-) I'm sure that many people work just fine with them and > they ought to be excellent for video and many other main stream functions > as > well. > This is purely about the most accurate display for photo editing for > printing and the much reduced DMax of papers that you are trying to > simulate. If your primary output is for web then of course the sums change. > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > NO ARCHIVE > > > On 11 August 2010 12:50, leo wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hmmm. ?I've done work on a friend's imac, glossy and I have a mac book >> pro, glossy, and I have no problem with the glossiness. >> >> a friend of mine has this one, it's quite nice. >> >> >> http://www.necdisplay.com/Products/Product/?product=8899a96d-28dc-484f-a4de-14309a636738 >> >> not sure how it handles video. >>