being calibrated more accurately is true, but only over a significantly reduced brightness range. the dark end of the scale isn't dark enough on any LCD panel under $1000US. i have been carefully checking. there are only a couple that reach 800:1 while almost any decent monitor is closer to 3000:1, the same that a good plasma display can reach with ease. the net result is that you won't be able to adjust the shadows properly for printing without a lot of practice.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Photographic New Years Resolutions? > Sshhh - don't tell the guys in the film industry. Back when I was > working for SGI the biggest customers for the LCD displays were from > the folks working on special effects for films. One of the major > selling points of the LCD was the ability for it to be accurately > (and repeatably) calibrated for colour reproduction. Another was > the contrast ratio, which far exceeeds what a conventional monitor > can do.
