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jbush wrote:
Hi Beverly,
I came across this thread because I am about to replace my 7 year old MB Pro and Cinema Display. I am considering the 27" iMac Retina 5K, but calibration is a major concern (I also happen to print with an Epson 3880). So, can you provide a short epilogue? Are you happy with your purchase and, most importantly, are you able to match your prints to what you see on your monitor?
Thanks very much for any feedback.
Regards,
Jon
Jon...
I've had my iMac 5k Retina up and running since early January 2016. I got a slight deal on mine; it was a loaner, used 4 months, came with 3 years of AppleCare--which is a good thing, too because it's not working well. Apple just replaced the motherboard on it and it's still acting weird, so they say it's most likely a software conflict and I should install everything instead of migrate. UGH. So upset. Anyway, aside from that I calibrated mine using what I already had which is the Spyder4 and since I still have my MacPro with AppleCinema display still set up next to this one it has been interesting comparing the color between the two, calibrated monitors. I am NOT using the 5k resolution though; it's a joke for me; all the icons in the doc shrink down so tiny they're useless (and I'm sure I could enlarge them but no thanks. As is things already preview smaller; for example I have to view my 720pixels tall web images at 2x in Lightroom or they look like they are about 400pixels high at most. COLOR: The iMac 5K tends to display more red, and the oranges are pretty intense; there's just more saturation which I find annoying for skin tones especially, but I noticed this happening when I was using my MacPro where everything looked great until I saw my files on my iPhone or iPad all saturated. I have not yet printed directly from the iMac to my 3880 because my printer is still hooked up to my MacPro, so I just use Dropbox to transfer files to access from the MacPro and print from there. The prints look fine even doing it that way. They match somewhere between my MacPro and my iMac (my MacPro is warmer), and since my color printing isn't super critical (I do a lot of headshots), it's within a terrific and narrow range I find to be accurate, or accurate enough. I am picky though, so if it were off hardly at all I'd be upset!!! I need to hook up directly to my iMac and test it that way, just haven't done it yet due to all the problem with the iMac and it having had to go into the AppleStore for eval and then repair, and may again.
Let me know if this helps or if I can answer any other questions. I will update again when I do a direct hookup. Just be prepared for things being more red (skin) and orange. Someone else said I'd get better results with the XRite device, which is more expensive, but calibrates better than the Spyder4.
Good luck!
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