[Leica] OT Mac monitor question

[Leowesson]

My 27" lcd Mac monitor was very close out of the box.  You need to know to turn off the auto brightness setting. 

I've never seen a pc monitor close to color out of the box.  

That said, NEC, LaCie and EiZo are better monitors, but more$ of course!

Leo Wesson
leowesson.com

> On Aug 23, 2015, at 18:48, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who have replied to my question.  I will pass this info along to her.
> 
> Aram
> 
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> From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 1:32 PM
> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Mac monitor question
> 
>> 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. They¹re expensive; more than most
>> spend on a computer, but worth it. These screens self-calibrate using a
>> colorimeter that comes with them.
>> 
>> -- 
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>> 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
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>>> & Unemployed photographer
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