Tanya, If you can get me the same deal, I'll take two!
Thanks for chiming in on this. The U2410 was one of the "top 5" professional monitors on cnet.com - which was my first stop on the way down this rabbit hole... It's still in the running... Good to hear that you like it! -c On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Tanya Love <tanyal...@bigpond.com> wrote: > 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 tell you though that the Dell he recommended has been superseded by another 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. > -- 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.
