+1. New gear means fun times. I hope it's everything you're looking for.Congrats Marc . Look forward to your thoughts on the 40 mpx sensors.
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+1. New gear means fun times. I hope it's everything you're looking for.Congrats Marc . Look forward to your thoughts on the 40 mpx sensors.
is it better than the 27inch imac ?Actually Jack, Bob and I just bought the NEC wide gamut monitors and their is a whole new world out there in our files. Wow maybe not the correct word.
Which model number?Actually Jack, Bob and I just bought the NEC wide gamut monitors and their is a whole new world out there in our files. Wow maybe not the correct word.
and which monitors were you using prior to the new NECs?Actually Jack, Bob and I just bought the NEC wide gamut monitors and their is a whole new world out there in our files
We should do a monitor thread... I just got a 30" Eizo sx3031W and it now runs next to my 30" ACD, and even when both have just been calibrated the Eizo looks too pink and the Apple looks too blue, but for sure the Eizo with 98 odd % of Adobe RGB is showing wonders from the P65+. I really like being able to switch instantly to sRGB too.I was using a 30" ACD -- and yeah, I know.... But the reality was I was printing to an x800 printer, and knew how to interpret the proof view more than adequately. I am now printing to a 7900 and while it can't hold everything the cameras can capture, it holds enough more I felt the wide-gamut monitor was justified. So it was with that installed, I started to see "more differences" between my P45+ files and my P65+ files.
Now, I have not scientifically analyzed capture profiles from both cameras, so don't want to go too far out on a limb. That caveat stated, I will agree with other folks and say the Dalsa sensor seems more "film like." I think this is due to it rendering a bit more separation and saturation in the lower 1/4 tones, and a bit more separation in the upper 1/8th.
Okay, now that I said it, I can already hear the wood being gathered....
this behavior is very well explained here: http://www.eizo.com/global/support/wp/pdf/wp_08-002.pdfand even when both have just been calibrated the Eizo looks too pink and the Apple looks too blue
this behavior is very well explained here: http://www.eizo.com/global/support/wp/pdf/wp_08-002.pdf
If you use a colorimeter (instead of an spectrometer) you need a calibration software that is optimized for the calibration of wide gamut displays (i.e. a software that contsains correction tables for the measurement devices and the dedicated monitor). For your SX you can't use Eizo's Color Navigator... AFAIK... but "Basiccolor Display 4" resp. "Color Eyes" should do. You could also try Quato's "iColor Display" which is probably the best solution as it contains correction tables for Quato's Wide Gamut monitors. You can choose the monitor model from a pop up menu. In your case the correction tables for the Quato IP 242LE or IP220LE should work fine for your SX as they use the same or similar panels (AFAIK...). That is not as accurate as a dedicated correction table... but much better than using a software without any correction tables (mostly calibration softwares only provide simple correction curves for "CRT" and "LCD").
If you use a spectrometer - like an i1Pro or a Colormunki - the software does not need to provide correction tables. If you use either an i1Pro or a Colormunki I'd recommend Basiccolor Display 4 as software.
yes, color management is like quicksand...Hmm, I think some (possibly most) of that went whoosh over my head - damned color calibration! I use Eye-One Match with a Eye-One mouse shaped dangly thing (both of which came with my Z3100 printer) and I am intuiting that from what you say that ain't right! For now I'm defaulting to the profile that came with the monitor and when my head has stopped hurting I will work it out in full. Blimey, whatever you learn, it's never enough!
Thomas,this behavior is very well explained here: http://www.eizo.com/global/support/wp/pdf/wp_08-002.pdf
If you use a colorimeter (instead of an spectrometer) you need a calibration software that is optimized for the calibration of wide gamut displays (i.e. a software that contsains correction tables for the measurement devices and the dedicated monitor).
that's most likely a problem of the Match software.Both Bob and I calibrated our NEC's with the NEC dedicated Spectro and software. Then we calibrated our ACD's conventionally with our i1 pro units (we both use i1 pro non-UV heads) with i1 match 3.6.3. In both cases, our ACD's were too blue.
yes, makes sense. the second monitor doesn't have to be accurate. The most important thing is that it does not distract or interfere adaption to the white point of your main color management display. Therefore it should also be a tad darker... in any case not (not a bit!) brigther than the NEC.we loaded the Apple default for the ACD it looked fine -- or more accurately was a closer match to the NEC. Since I only use the ACD for menus, I'd rather it matched the NEC than had a "proper" profile...