Hi Jay Well I'm using a rented LaCie photon20vision LCD monitor on a location shoot at the moment, and it's a very different experience to working with a CRT.
For a start your Colorvision spyder will not calibrate it. Optical software just gives an error message saying that it cannot be used to calibrate this type of monitor. I'm using a Mac G4. The native resolution is 1600x1200, which gives an amazingly sharp crisp, detailed and steady image, BUT everything is much smaller than I'm used to on a CRT at lower resolution, including palettes, dialogue boxes, digital preview images and so on. I find I'm sitting nearer the monitor to compensate! Also, I get the feeling that I'm seeing a rather different view of my files in the sense that the shadow details seem to be more blocked up. It reminds me of working with a laptop (not surprising). I wouls like to get this monitor in my studio and compare it side by side with my current set up BEFORE I bought one. Hope this helps. Regards, Colin Thomas > I have been recommended the Lacie Photon Blue (also called the Photon 18 > Vision perhaps) flat screen monitor. I am looking at the 20" version > too but I would like to keep the size down. I want it primarily for > location use with the lap top. I will colour correct the monitor using > ColourVision Spider and expect it to be near to the quality I get with > my Lacie CRT monitor. I am hoping that once I get use to it, I will be > able to use it for "final" art and colour correction when I can't get > back to the CRT for confirmation. What does the list think and are > there other flat screen monitors out there which I should also consider. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
