I don't know if this is the right forum for this question.
Is there a computer monitor that is good for photography and is reasonably priced? I am looking for either a 17 or 19 inch monitor. I don't think I have room on my computer desk for anything bigger. I now have a Sony 15 inch lcd monitor that doesn't seem too bad. Is there a cheap way to calibrate a monitor for photography?
I just found the imageresource.com site and was amazed with all the information available on monitors. There was a 22 inch available for $ 699 that looks interesting. By the time you add in the software to adjust it, it is about $ 850 .
Thanks for recommending the the NEC's.
Here is a link to a list of curent IPS monitors with pricing info. I have the Viewsonic VP2365wp which can be found for under $300.00. Works fine for me, I use i1 Display Pro for calibration. I don't think you'll find any IPS monitors under 21/22".
I have the aforementioned NEC P221w and consider it essential to my photography. Don't know what the current cost is, but after having several other, lower priced IPS panels (HP, Dell), the NEC is simply on another level and I'm sure it has a lot to do with the Spectraview software and hardware.
Is the NEC P221W able to be calibrated using the spectraview 2 hardware? It is a PVA type LCD instead of IPS, is that a problem for photography
I made a mistake on the site for monitors. It is imagescience.com. They are in Australia, but they really give a lot of information about monitors.
DaveOls wrote:
Is the NEC P221W able to be calibrated using the spectraview 2 hardware? It is a PVA type LCD instead of IPS, is that a problem for photography
I made a mistake on the site for monitors. It is imagescience.com. They are in Australia, but they really give a lot of information about monitors.
DaveOls
In my experience PVA is too dark with crushed shadows head on, you have to look slightly off-axis, which makes it difficult for adjusting contrast and tone. That was with mid-tier a Samsung PVA a while back though and there may be variations of PVA that don't exhibit this behavior - I expect things have changed for PVA. IPS will allow you to view over a wide range without contrast shifts. The are also variations of IPS some better than others. I think H-IPS is a really good bet as is S-IPS.
I'm still using an old 20" IPS Apple Cinema Display (the later aluminum frame, which has been discontinued for a while), and it's great. They're readily available for cheap, and you may find new old stock.
