arrow1 opened this issue on Nov 14, 2005 ยท 6 posts
arrow1 posted Mon, 14 November 2005 at 2:47 PM
My company being a newspaper is looking at the possibilty of purchasing LCD monitors for the photographers.Is there anyone that looks at this forum that is a working newspaper photographer or a professional in the industry that could provide specifications to look out for? All our machines are fitted with Adobe Photoshop from 5.5 to CS.Hopefullly we will be upgrading to CS for all.I don't want links to discussions just practical advice.There is a limited budget as we have to purchase over 40 monitors and are looking at maximum of $1200 to $1500 Australian per unit.Any advice appreciated.
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Zekaric posted Mon, 14 November 2005 at 6:45 PM
Tom's Hardware had a recent article on a color accurate LCD from NEC. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20051028/index.html Not cheap but so far the only LCD that I've seen that is targetting photo professionals and the like. (I'm not entirely sure it's out for purchase yet.) The cheap LCD's (even the not so cheap ones) don't display enough of the color gamut that someone who is fussy with color would like. Ok, I'm no help. :)
tantarus posted Tue, 15 November 2005 at 8:24 AM
Apple cinema display is huge and powerfull, but not sure about the price, I think its about $1500. Maybe the best solution would be to buy 21" CRT monitors, they are much cheaper and you can calibrate real good :) Tihomir
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TrulyMadly posted Thu, 17 November 2005 at 8:54 AM
I have not tried out all monitors so I cannot give out a review. However according to my understanding, if your company is a newspaper publisher, the issue of colour matching is not as important as say a fashion magazine. From a business point of view, the investment you made on the monitor will have to suit its purpose at the machines lifecycle, hope I am using the right phase. As from the photographer's point of view, the larger their screen, the better. Less strain on their eyes to begin with. Since the output of the final product will be on print( newspaper ), more than likely the colour will not be the same as the one they see on the monitor anyway. I would go for the larger screen size with decent gamut level. Ok, after boring you with all this. May I suggest you to have a look at the Lacie web site. They do a fine range of professional monitor plus more, oh they also do calibration kits too in case you need it. Good luck.
arrow1 posted Thu, 17 November 2005 at 1:36 PM
Many thanks all for your replies. At least I have some information for our next company meeting.arrow1
Custom built computer 128 gigs RAM,4 Terabyte hard drive, NVIDIA RTX 4060 TI 16 GIG Gig,12 TH Generation Intel i9, Dual LG Screens, 0/S Windows 11, networked to a Special 12th Generation intel I9, RTX 3060 12 Gig, Windows 11,64 gigs RAM, Dual Phillips Screens, 2 Terabyte SSD Hard Drive plus 1 Terabyte Hard Drive,3rd Computer intel i7,128 gigs ram, Graphics Card NVIDIA RTX 3060 Gig,1 Terabyte Hard Drive, OS Windows 11 64 Bit Dual Samsung Syncmaster 226bw Screens.Plus INFINITY Laptop 64 Bit,64 gigs RAM.Intel i9 chip.Windows 11 Pro and Ultimate. 4 x 2 Terrabyte Hard Drives and 2 x 2 Terrabyte external USB Hard drives. All Posers from 4 to Poser 2010 and 2012, 2014. Poser 11 and 12, 13, Hexagon 2.5 64 Bit, Carrara 8.5 Pro 64 bit, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Creative Production Suite. Adobe Photoshop CC 2024, Vue 10 and 10.5 Infinite Vue 11 14.5 Infinite plus Vue 15 and 16 Infinite, Vue 2023 and 2024, Plant Catologue, DAZ Studio 4.23, iClone 7 with 3DXchange and Character Creator 3, Nikon D3 Camera with several lenses. Nikon Z 6 ii and Z5. 180-600mm lens, 24-70 mm lens with adapter.Just added 2x 2 Terrabyte portable hard drives.
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