Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

[Paul Stenquist]

I've had numerous CRT monitors, including some very good ones. I'm now 
working with the Apple 21 inch flat panel cinema display. It's by far 
the best monitor I've ever owned. The resolution is incredible: I can 
see grain in my 3200 dpi 6x7 scans at 100%. I've never seen that much 
detail on a CRT. The color is very accurate in terms of synching up 
with my Epson 1200 printer. I love it and will never go back. The view 
from various angles is quite consistent.

On Jan 2, 2004, at 8:13 AM, Herb Chong wrote:

if you are doing anything color critical, LCD panels generally are
problematic because they change color when you look at them from 
different
viewing angles. the width of the acceptable angle depends on how much 
you
pay. if you are the only one looking that is one thing because you can 
view
from more or less where the color is correct. having a client look 
over your
shoulder or sitting beside you generally means they are outside the 
viewing
angle where the color is correct. another thing is that LCD panels 
don't
have the contrast range of a conventional CRT monitor. you can get 
quite
high, but still not as high as a CRT that is quite a bit less money.

my current monitor is dying and although i would like a flat panel LCD
monitor for power and space savings, it's going to be a CRT monitor 
first. i
am thinking of upgrading video cards and setting up two monitors, one 
for
desktop and one for applications. the new CRT would be for the photo 
editing
display of the image and the LCD for normal work. that takes up much 
more
space.

Herb....
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From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions?

Mainly for showing proofs to my clients Boris, but probably for photo
editing too, I have a window that site right behind me and I really 
need a
non-reflective surface to work from... Is this a "no-no"?