Milan Hutera wrote:
It might surprise you, but the well known lanscape photographer Hougaard Malan (used to post here as well) recently "instagrammed" that he was diching his 5K iMac and going back to 1440p Dell screen. He said that at 5K is extremely difficult to judge the sharpness and noise levels on his photos, editing at 1:1. I'm inclined to believe this to be true. The file from my camera could fit into the 5K iMac without any ability to zoom in. If I zoomed in any way, I woul'd be going past 1:1 and we know how that goes. So while 8K might sound badass, it might actually not be all that great. The files from 1DxII would most likely look like postcards on that. ...Show more →
It is very easy to change the resolution for sharpening.
The 5K iMac is the best overall monitor for viewing photos.
Colors (P3) are not at the level of the Eizo/NEC PA monitors but the overall package is fantastic.
5K also makes it very easy to cull images; you can tell in a glance if your subject is sharp.
DaveFP wrote:
It is very easy to change the resolution for sharpening.
The 5K iMac is the best overall monitor for viewing photos.
Colors (P3) are not at the level of the Eizo/NEC PA monitors but the overall package is fantastic.
5K also makes it very easy to cull images; you can tell in a glance if your subject is sharp.
Let me requote Hougaard again: "The (5K screen) just gives virtually no feedback on sharpness and noise whilst editing at 100%. Zooming past it is just misleading."
Change resolution for sharpening?.... What?
Colors (P3) are not at the level of Eizo/NEC PA.... You're making no sense here. Are you comparing P3 to Adobe RGB that those monitors are capable of diplaying?
You can tell at glance if your subject is sharp.... Hougaard just said it's extremely difficult to properly judge shaprness and noise. You should read carefully before replying.
Milan Hutera wrote:
Change resolution for sharpening?.... What?
Yes, I open Photoshop in the 'low resolution' mode for evaluating sharpening on my 4K. It is an extra step going back and forth but this process works just fine for me.
Rajan Parrikar wrote:
Yes, I open Photoshop in the 'low resolution' mode for evaluating sharpening on my 4K. It is an extra step going back and forth but this process works just fine for me.
Milan Hutera wrote:
Let me requote Hougaard again: "The (5K screen) just gives virtually no feedback on sharpness and noise whilst editing at 100%. Zooming past it is just misleading."
With all due respect to Mr. Hougaard; I've have involved in photography since 1964 and have shot digital since 2002.
I have a pretty good idea with regard to most topics on these forums.
Change resolution for sharpening?.... What?
Exactly; you change the monitors resolution to one that better enables sharpening.
Colors (P3) are not at the level of Eizo/NEC PA.... You're making no sense here. Are you comparing P3 to Adobe RGB that those monitors are capable of diplaying?
Yes I am.
You can tell at glance if your subject is sharp.... Hougaard just said it's extremely difficult to properly judge shaprness and noise. You should read carefully before replying. ...Show more →
I use 32" NEC 4K, I highly recommend this monitor, the color gamut is amazing and the screen uniformity is great. The calibration solution is very accurate and simple to use.
It is a bad idea to have many calibrated screens close to each other
I have had only, maybe five monitors to calibrate in my life and have had them always show better picture calibrated!
The one I have now is maybe 8 years old HP LP2475 or something and it still calibrates ok.
How about the text size on screen, when you go up with resolution?
Jarmo
In-parallel colour calibration/running of a few monitors helps in deciding which one works best. However, I've given up on the attempts of having them all colour consistent. My dependable BenQ I use for photo editing only.
The 5k HP monitor is for routine internet tasks.....it's great on resolution, skewed on colours.
The text scaling is done on one (primary) monitor, the others are turned off.
Milan Hutera wrote:
He said that at 5K is extremely difficult to judge the sharpness and noise levels on his photos, editing at 1:1. I'm inclined to believe this to be true.
I found this to be the case as well when upgrading to my Dell UP3216Q 4K monitor. Much harder to judge sharpness and noise levels. The monitors I really love for culling photos are the Dell 30's with the 16:10 aspect ration and 2560 x 1600 resolution. For my eyes at least they are heaven for initially judging photo IQ.
In general I feel that monitors are like digital cameras now. They have gotten so good that the differences are really just niggling on the edges. I had Eizo monitors a long time ago and while they were excellent I would not pay the premium for them now.
Ok! With that out of the way, I'm considering buying the 27" iMac and adding extra RAM (for a total of 40GB). From what I can tell, it has a great screen and can handle large (50MB) files in Lightroom/Photoshop. Am I wrong?
Where are you seeing the BenQ SW320 for $1100? When i click that link I see $1,483.99. If I saw it for $1100 I suspect I wouldn't be able to resist and would pull the trigger instantly.
While we're on the topic of 4K monitors, can anyone recommend some reasonably priced video cards to drive a 4K monitor? My primary uses are general use (email, web browsing), photo processing, and occasionally watching streaming videos. I don't do any gaming.
vbnut wrote:
While we're on the topic of 4K monitors, can anyone recommend some reasonably priced video cards to drive a 4K monitor? My primary uses are general use (email, web browsing), photo processing, and occasionally watching streaming videos. I don't do any gaming.
Thanks.
For about $120 USD you can get the nVidia P400. It's a workstation card, so it's targeted to that market, as opposed to the gaming market. It's the bottom of the product line, but it has plenty of capability, for instance it will drive 3 4k displays. It is a low-profile card, so do check that it includes an adapter plate for standard height chassis.
