Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 18, 2008, at 9:41 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > No problems here with my glossy screen. I do not have any problems > with reflections are you in England now... Steve > , 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information