Dears,
I'm amature photographer for more than 7 years now. I use a discktop with windows7
I process my photos in photoshop CS6 and every thing looks great but when I see my photos in Mac screen it is compeletly different than what is see in my caliprated monitor.
I want to change the monitor with good type that satisfy my needs.
I search and I found one type (EIZO) they claim their emonitors quality close to apple monitor but they are very expensive
Note: I can't use apple monitor because of the port.
budget: $200-$800
I know that here is the best place where can I get a good advice before I buy.
Take a look at NEC Multisync-PA monitors with the SpectraView calibration software and colorimeter. They will be at the higher end money-wise, but certainly less expensive than the Eizo. These monitors use 'hardware' calibration, which is much more accurate than using a profile that adjusts the color through your video card.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on October 13, 2013 at 1:33 PM
Hi Abdulmajeed,
You might want to consider doing something first, before buying a new monitor, and that is to properly calibrate yours. A somewhat inexpensive way to do that is with a colorimeter, and for your budget I think a good one to consider is the DataColor Spyder4Express. The reason you should consider this first is that no matter what monitor you own, as a photographer you really should be working in a color-managed system, and for $114USD this is a great start. If it doesn't improve your existing monitor, then consider an affordable IPS-panel monitor like the Dell U2412M. You don't necessarily need to jump into a wide gamut monitor, do that if you start doing your own fine art printing. But for amateur-heading-to-pro, a monitor with an IPS panel that's properly calibrated is putting you 90% of the way there. That monitor with the Spyder4Express is under $500 together. Btw, the Pro version of the Spyder4 is $169USD but handles multiple monitors. Consider that if you buy a new monitor, because your current monitor might calibrate ok and you can enjoy a nice dual-monitor setup.
Well, i will tell you something, Eizo and NEC are the top of the line monitors nowadays, you can calibrate all the monitors in the world with different calibration, but still top quality is top quality monitors.
I have only 1 Apple Cinema Display 30" old one, it is very nice, but once i was in NYC for vacation, and went to a dealer, they showed me one pic on Apple Cinema Display same of mine and on Eizo 22", the quality is almost the same but the colors and tones transition is much smoother and finer on Eizo over that Apple monitor, that alone made me to buy Eizo 22", but i didn't use that monitor since 4 years i bought it waiting to have a space on my office desk, i will keep using that Apple Cinema even i found it is not accurate quality much nowadays and i can see that kind of artifact or pixel-wise working on Photoshop CS6, i did calibrate with Spyder4Elite but didn't do much good work since i upgraded to Mountain Lion [and my Spyder3Studio is dead now for new OS X].
I advise and recommend you to stay with Eizo and NEC and forget about Apple monitors, even Dell new models doing great, so don't be fooled by Apple, only Retina displays will have the top quality and those are not cheap as well, i am going to buy another monitor because that ACD 30" is out-dated and i think it will not last longer, and my Eizo 22" is small after i got used to 30", i will go with 27" minimum if i can't afford that 30".
Posted by David Bostedo on October 19, 2013 at 3:30 PM
...but when I see my photos in Mac screen it is compeletly different than what is see in my caliprated monitor.
Abdulmajeed - Before you go buying a new monitor, you should realize that no matter what monitor you buy, if it's uncalibrated it may look very different than a well calibrated monitor. Even a cheap monitor, if calibrated, may be closer to your calibrated monitor than the most expensive un-calibrated Eizo.
If you properly calibrate both your Windows computer monitor, and your Apple monitor, they should be very very close to each other. I'm not sure that was made clear above... but it's something to be aware of.
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8 repliesI'm amature photographer for more than 7 years now. I use a discktop with windows7
I process my photos in photoshop CS6 and every thing looks great but when I see my photos in Mac screen it is compeletly different than what is see in my caliprated monitor.
I want to change the monitor with good type that satisfy my needs.
I search and I found one type (EIZO) they claim their emonitors quality close to apple monitor but they are very expensive
Note: I can't use apple monitor because of the port.
budget: $200-$800
I know that here is the best place where can I get a good advice before I buy.
thanks
Take a look at NEC Multisync-PA monitors with the SpectraView calibration software and colorimeter. They will be at the higher end money-wise, but certainly less expensive than the Eizo. These monitors use 'hardware' calibration, which is much more accurate than using a profile that adjusts the color through your video card.
Take a look at the in-depth monitor reviews at Anandtech.com-Displays.
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You might want to consider doing something first, before buying a new monitor, and that is to properly calibrate yours. A somewhat inexpensive way to do that is with a colorimeter, and for your budget I think a good one to consider is the DataColor Spyder4Express. The reason you should consider this first is that no matter what monitor you own, as a photographer you really should be working in a color-managed system, and for $114USD this is a great start. If it doesn't improve your existing monitor, then consider an affordable IPS-panel monitor like the Dell U2412M. You don't necessarily need to jump into a wide gamut monitor, do that if you start doing your own fine art printing. But for amateur-heading-to-pro, a monitor with an IPS panel that's properly calibrated is putting you 90% of the way there. That monitor with the Spyder4Express is under $500 together. Btw, the Pro version of the Spyder4 is $169USD but handles multiple monitors. Consider that if you buy a new monitor, because your current monitor might calibrate ok and you can enjoy a nice dual-monitor setup.
I really appreciate your reply, I didn't know about NEC, They have a good monitors but they are over budget.
The site is really a big help.
I have a data color spyder3 and it calibrate the monitor but it looks different in other screens such as Mac monitors.
but in my home printer Epson R2000 the colors is matching 90%.
thanks,
I have only 1 Apple Cinema Display 30" old one, it is very nice, but once i was in NYC for vacation, and went to a dealer, they showed me one pic on Apple Cinema Display same of mine and on Eizo 22", the quality is almost the same but the colors and tones transition is much smoother and finer on Eizo over that Apple monitor, that alone made me to buy Eizo 22", but i didn't use that monitor since 4 years i bought it waiting to have a space on my office desk, i will keep using that Apple Cinema even i found it is not accurate quality much nowadays and i can see that kind of artifact or pixel-wise working on Photoshop CS6, i did calibrate with Spyder4Elite but didn't do much good work since i upgraded to Mountain Lion [and my Spyder3Studio is dead now for new OS X].
I advise and recommend you to stay with Eizo and NEC and forget about Apple monitors, even Dell new models doing great, so don't be fooled by Apple, only Retina displays will have the top quality and those are not cheap as well, i am going to buy another monitor because that ACD 30" is out-dated and i think it will not last longer, and my Eizo 22" is small after i got used to 30", i will go with 27" minimum if i can't afford that 30".
Abdulmajeed - Before you go buying a new monitor, you should realize that no matter what monitor you buy, if it's uncalibrated it may look very different than a well calibrated monitor. Even a cheap monitor, if calibrated, may be closer to your calibrated monitor than the most expensive un-calibrated Eizo.
If you properly calibrate both your Windows computer monitor, and your Apple monitor, they should be very very close to each other. I'm not sure that was made clear above... but it's something to be aware of.