There are several high end LCD monitors by Apple and LaCie that are being
used for photoediting. I think it is Gretag that also has a
hardware/software profiling package. I am told they work quite well but they
aren't you 400 - 500 LCD flat panel!
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: derek_c@cix.co.uk [mailto:derek_c@cix.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:26 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Cc: derek_c@cix.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: OT: LCD monitors for photo editing
>
>
> What method of colour management do you use?
>
> The last time I tried Adobe Gamma on a laptop the screen went
> into 4 or 5
> colour mode :-)
>
> caryenochr@enochsvision.com (Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...))
> wrote:
>
> > At 23:44 29-08-01 -0700, Henning Wulff wrote:
> > >In general LCD's are quite useless for photoediting as they
> > color/contrast shift when you move your >head. This also means that
> > even if you don't move your head relative to the LCD, all
> the corners
> > will >display the same image range with different values. CRT's are
> > still the way to go.
> >
> > That doesn't jibe with my experience. Have you looked at the latest
> > crop of 18.1-inch LCD monitors? I've been working with a Philips
> > Brilliance 180P monitor for the past two months and would
> never go back
> > to a CRT. First of all, the color and contrast do *not*
> shift during
> > normal head movements even if I move to the very edges of
> the screen.
> > Sharpness and contrast are equal to any equivalent-sized CRT that I
> > have ever seen. It took a little effort to adjust the color
> neutrality
> > because the factory-supplied profile was faulty but now the
> color is
> > outstanding. Also, there is a lot to be said for less eyestrain as
> > compared to working on a CRT. Try one; you might like it.
> Check out the
> > latest Philips and Sony offerings in particular.
> >
> > Why do you suppose Apple is moving away from CRT's? It's
> not because
> > they want to risk ditching all their graphics industry
> customers. I'm
> > on a Windows 2000 PC, btw.
> >
> >
> > Cary Enoch Reinstein aka Enoch's Vision, Inc., Peach County, Georgia
> > , http://www.bahaivision.com/
> -- "Behind
> > all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines
> through all
> > things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the
> > created object." ~Joseph Campbell
> >
> >
>
