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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


I've recently had a chance to try out the 32" BenQ SW320 4k monitor (once I'd put a heftier graphics card in my old Mac Pro)

The quality (Adobe 98 and hardware LUT calibration) is pretty good, and it comes with an individual calibration certificate.

However, perhaps the biggest change I noticed was just how all those pixels affect the perception of sharpness and contrast - something it didn't take too much effort to adapt to, but not what I'd first thought would be the issue when facing such a huge slab of picture in front of me on my desk.

If anyone is curious, I've written up some more notes and observations

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/benq-sw320-32inch-4k-monitor-review/




Feb 12, 2017 at 02:14 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


Thanks for the info.


Feb 12, 2017 at 03:48 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


The sweet spot for photo editing IMHO is 27-30" and 2560X1440.


Feb 13, 2017 at 10:44 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


CanadaMark wrote:
The sweet spot for photo editing IMHO is 27-30" and 2560X1440.


No - 4k and 37" ... but I could be being unduly influenced by that SW320 ;-)



Feb 13, 2017 at 11:17 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


I literally just put in an order for a BenQ PD3200U - basically a cheaper version of the SW320

I couldn't justify the $750 price difference (Canadian) considering I only shoot/edit/deliver sRGB files

Excited to see how it pans out.



Feb 13, 2017 at 11:20 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


keith_cooper wrote:
No - 4k and 37" ... but I could be being unduly influenced by that SW320 ;-)


disagree. With 37" you have to sit too far back and that negates the advantage of a big monitor.



Feb 13, 2017 at 01:53 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


jzucker wrote:
disagree. With 37" you have to sit too far back and that negates the advantage of a big monitor.


That to some extent depends on your eyesight ;-)

However, I've used bigger than average monitors for over 25 yrs and have multiple windows all over the place. If it hadn't been snaffled by my wife, I'd have a 27" second monitor (as opposed to the 23" Apple one)

Depends entirely on your workflow and style of working - my 37" suggestion is only partly in jest... ;-)




Feb 13, 2017 at 02:14 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


Keith ... thanks for the review. I have been waiting for the NEC 32" to come down in price. But, this monitor may be a good option for me.


Feb 13, 2017 at 06:26 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


I moved from a 27 inch 2560x1440 monitor to a 32 inch 4k monitor. You couldn't pay me to go back to 1440p.


Feb 13, 2017 at 06:33 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


Thanks for the review!!!! I was not even aware of the 4K graphics card till now!! This upgrade (card and monitor (currently have Apple 24" on 2012 MPro with stock AMD 5770)) might be better (at least cheaper) than the new MBP and 5K monitor. 4K would be OK for mainly Lightroom editing. Would loose not being able to do anything with 4K vid off my 1Dx2 but I am not a video person (yet) ;->>


Feb 13, 2017 at 08:06 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


The change to 4k is even more striking when the screen is smaller, such as 24" (185ppi)

Nowadays we don't have to use what was once regarded as a "huge" screen to show more pixels, so we can now use ppi as an additional factor when choosing a screen.

- Alan



Feb 14, 2017 at 02:24 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


Some other thoughts on editing on high res monitors.
https://diglloyd.com/blog/2017/20170107_1234-evaluating-images-pixel-density.html
https://diglloyd.com/blog/2017/20170108_2112-choosing-pro-display.html

Personally I found the biggest change to be that noise seemed to disappear and then reappear when you post on the internets or view on a non 4K-5K screen. Gives you a false sense of security in how well your images are noise reduced. But as Lloyd brings up the other big issue is assessing sharpness and perfect focus from a burst of images as the image on a 20MP file is barely expanded on the 5K display. 2:1 is a necessity and that has all sorts of issues in how it gets to 2:1.

I have my 5K iMac using my 2009 iMac as a 2nd display so I can throw LR onto the 2009 to cull at 1:1 and then throw LR back to the 5K for the rest.



Feb 14, 2017 at 08:13 AM
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arbitrage wrote:
Personally I found the biggest change to be that noise seemed to disappear and then reappear when you post on the internets or view on a non 4K-5K screen..


I'm not sure I follow.

Wouldn't images appear to have more noise on a 4k monitor?



Feb 14, 2017 at 09:28 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


If it's noise that is just variation between pixel, then the smaller dot pitch makes it more likely that your visual system will smooth it out (depends on eyesight too!)

With the SW320 it is indeed at the limit of detail and I allude to aspects of this in the review.

I keep my 23" cinema display as a second monitor, at a relatively coarse dot pitch, and do check things on it every so often.

I found this more of a confidence building measure and after a while learned to trust my judgement on the 32".

The needs of those of us with imperfect vision has always seemed a bit of an after thought for some camera designers.

I now need reading glasses to check the display on the top of my 5Ds in dimmer light, and it's this need for glasses that means that phones are just not cameras from my POV ;-)

My eyesight means that my DSLR viewfinder is crystal clear, whilst using live view for critical focus is a joke outdoors unless I've bought my close up glasses as well as my reading ones...

That said I can work well for fine stuff with two pairs of reading glasses on, but that just gets people looking at you strangely...



Feb 14, 2017 at 12:27 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


No. It hides the noise as far as I can tell. The worse monitor I use the worse the noise pattern looks.

ZachOly wrote:
I'm not sure I follow.

Wouldn't images appear to have more noise on a 4k monitor?




Feb 14, 2017 at 12:56 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


keith_cooper wrote:
I've recently had a chance to try out the 32" BenQ SW320 4k monitor ...

If anyone is curious, I've written up some more notes and observations

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/benq-sw320-32inch-4k-monitor-review/



Thanks for your review Keith,

Do you find visible differences with the BenQ SW2700PT in panel uniformity and colour reproduction?
Have you tried those monitors in 10-bit mode?



Feb 17, 2017 at 09:30 AM
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theodor wrote:
Thanks for your review Keith,

Do you find visible differences with the BenQ SW2700PT in panel uniformity and colour reproduction?
Have you tried those monitors in 10-bit mode?


Thanks - No real difference in panel quality - I note that the full 'uniformity' setting is only applied to the sRGB and A98 settings, rather than the Custom 1 & 2 ones I use.

10 bit mode - who knows? ... I'm using a 2010 Mac Pro (OSX 10.11) with a much heftier graphics card and Display Port connection, so it is what it is ;-)



Feb 17, 2017 at 10:02 AM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


>> I have been waiting for the NEC 32" to come down in price.<<

If anyone is in the Atlanta area and wants the NEC, this popped up on craigslist. No affiliation to the seller, don't even know them and as always you would need to do due diligence.

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/wat/bfs/6003532557.html

Doug



Feb 17, 2017 at 12:16 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


I happy with my 24" 185 ppi resolution 4K Dell display 3840x2160px $380 Amazom... A 32" Display is too big IMO.


Dell 24" 4k between 2 old 4:3 20" displays
http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/DellT3620Displays.jpg



Feb 17, 2017 at 04:44 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Moving to a big monitor, BenQ SW320 32" 4k


So you like it?

ZachOly wrote:
I literally just put in an order for a BenQ PD3200U - basically a cheaper version of the SW320

I couldn't justify the $750 price difference (Canadian) considering I only shoot/edit/deliver sRGB files

Excited to see how it pans out.




Jun 05, 2017 at 05:13 PM





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