Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No problems here with my glossy screen. I do not have any problems with reflections, which I find quite remarkable. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> > > I still prefer a CRT, so I don't yet have a Mac laptop or any other Mac > with a flat screen. > > Instead I use a pair of 19 inch CRTs on a Mac G4 and get very > satisfactory color balance and more realistic saturation. > > I do have a Linux based laptop but don't use it for photo stuff. > > "Long story short" - I do hope that it works out for you. > > Jim > > > > H. Ball Arche wrote: > > > I bought a 24" aluminum iMac a week ago and that evening, as I tried to > calibrate the screen I started having problems. I'd pulled up a B&W image > in PS > and filled the screen with it, and had Apples calibration software window > open > and dragged to the side. I could'nt get things to work. I opened a full > screen > white window and saw why: the white point in the center third of the > screen was > warm, and the left and right thirds were cool - a definite pink to blue > shift. > > > > I took it back the next morning and when they replaced the screen, > > screen 2 > had a blue line running through it. Screen 3 had horizontal bars of uneven > luminosity, which the tech people showed me as being evident on all of the > iMacs > on the floor when a white screen was pulled up. You could probably get > away with > it working on saturated color stuff, but with B&W it would be very > distracting, > for me at least. > > > > Long story short, I'm getting a new/old stock matte screen 24" white > > iMac, > plumped with a full ram upgrade, and $200 bucks back. It should arrive > this > afternoon, having been overnighted from Louisville. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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