Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She was lied to. Mac monitors do need calibrated. The built in software has you calibrate by eye, rather than using a colorimeter. Very inaccurate. iMacs are the only macs that come with a screen, but Apple sells screens for Mac Pros and Mac Minis. These screens are designed to look good watching movies and are not very good for graphics work; professionals buy dedicated graphics monitors like NEC Spectraview (what I have always used) and Eizo Coloredge. They?re expensive; more than most spend on a computer, but worth it. These screens self-calibrate using a colorimeter that comes with them. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 8/23/15, 4:26 PM, "LUG on behalf of Aram Langhans" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: >Hi. I know most of you are Mac users. A new member in our camera club >actually does have a Mac. She attended a Lightroom workshop I put on for >the club and monitor calibration came up. She said she was told by >someone at the Apple store that a Mac monitor does not need to be >calibrated. Is this true? She said they calibrate themselves with some >software included in the OS. I cannot see how that can be without >connecting some sort of colorimeter to the screen. > >Please shed some light on this for me. Thanks. > >Aram > > >Aram Langhans >(Semi) Retired Science Teacher >& Unemployed photographer > >"The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >himself would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information