Ok, so I was lucky enough to attend a workshop with Les Walkling who is a really well-known Colour Management guru in Australia (see here: http://www.leswalkling.com/ ). He has close ties with Eizo and so obviously advocates their monitors. However, I didn't have $5-$6k to spend on one (and I needed two!) . I asked him to recommend something that is more within the average pro photographers reach, and he recommended either NEC or Dell. He told me the specific models, but I can't remember them. I will tell you though that the Dell he recommended has been superseded by another model, which is what I ended up with - the U2410. I have two of them set up, side by side, and they KICK ARSE! I also have a hood on them and calibrate them at least once a month with the Xrite i1 system that Les also recommended.
I will also tell you a little secret - I only paid for one of them! Dell mucked up and sent us two, a week apart, as per my request but we were only ever invoiced for one. At the same time, there was a stack of people posting on www.wirlpool.net.au (one of my favourite sites for news on all things geeky!) about $6000 laptops that they had ordered/received and never paid for! Of course, those guys weren't revealing their true identities to anyone as Dell has staff who work on the Whirlpool site, but every so often another one crops up, and it seems to me that Dell must be losing a bucketload of $$$ due to their cross-communications and poor recordkeeping. Not that I am complaining! :) Anyways, I love my U2410s, and they were retailing at the time (about 6 months ago) for aud$799, so pretty decently priced for what they are too. The first few batches came out of the factory with issues of a "green" or "red" glow over certain areas of the screen, but I have had none of that and the complaints about them have all but disappeared now, and I believe that Dell was replacing them free of charge anyways. They also come with a full calibration report out of the box, which is a nice touch. You can read about them here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1256560 And if you go here, there are all manner of discussions about great monitors - these guys are all mainly gamers though, so you'll need to take only what is relevant to your own needs when reading: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/129 Hope that helps! Tan. :) Tanya Love Photographer www.lovebytes.com.au m: 0458 006 740 -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Sent: Sunday, 3 October 2010 12:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: monitor shopping Hi all, I've decided to quit hunching over my laptop & get a real monitor, to be properly calibrated, just like all the cool kids have. Not only are my back & eyes killing me, but I think I would stand a better chance of getting some images out of my hard drive and onto paper if I could get a reliable handle on the color management thing. I've done some research, and though I still feel a bit out of my depth on this topic, my initial inclination is toward a NEC P221W http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=getItemDetail&Q=&; sku=602072&is=REG&si=rev#anchorToReadReviews The price is right, and it comes well-recommended. Anyone care to disabuse me of this notion? What am I missing by not going with a $1000+ model, like a higher-end NEC, or Apple Cinema display, or Dell Ultra Sharp...? Are there others I should consider? (I think we can safely leave Eizo out of the discussion for now...) I'd also welcome any suggestions for other resources (online or in print) to educate myself better on the whole topic. Thanks in advance, -c ps: thank you to Fernando for raising the calibration question in a recent thread... I have taken notes... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
