Unheard Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 So we are thinking of investing in a calibrated monitor. I researched it heavily a few months back but to be honest im not too keen on getting brain-ache again its a total minefield trying to work out what best to get. I was wondering if anyone on here had experience with proper calibrated monitors such as from EIZO or LaCie.The requirement is primarily for photography editing and video grading. I shoot in RAW and want to edit prints for both web and photographic print. Currently i am saving everything as sRGB asthat is what most online photographic services are printing with now.I have not got a calibrated monitor or tool at the moment instead i have worked on a bases of trial and error through sending colour charts to print and sticking with the most accurate settings keeping it very simple and just building up an idea of the output i will get. I am confident that any calibrated monitor would be a revelation though. My main concern is finding a monitor that will be suited to both Photography and Video i have no idea about the differentrequirements that are needed between the two. I have yet to get into colour grading videos so i know nothing about the spaces that are used or even what the cameras shoot with. I am keen to get into that area as sending video to get professionally graded is all well and good but it steals a lot of the creative aspect away from the final look of the video. Its disappointing when the final result is not 100% what we were after.Researching in this area has lead me in circles and without talking to someone with first hand experience i will never get anywhere.Any advice from someone in the know would be fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Have you looked into the adobe software that calibrates monitors?Its pretty good, Will work on any monitor and i think this free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L119 UPO Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Buying a calibrated monitor would be pretty pointless wouldn't it ? Each graphics card would be different surely.You could carry out your own ISF calibration with a Spider 3 colorimeter.http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&keyw...;link%5Fcode=qs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentral Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 the Eizo Coloredge CG22something is amazing, I was blown away when I first had a play on one, mega bucks though.I've also used a LaCie 324 iirc for a few hours and they are almost as good as the Eizo, I couldn't tell the difference to be honest.As for the video grading issue; top end monitors are only really developed for still images, so have relativley slow response times (16ms for the Eizo...)Mot of my mates have a high end consumer LCD then a pro CRT hooked up for video editing/production.Eye-one display 2 is supposed to be one of the best calibration kits so I've heard by the wayHope that helpsWhat do you do by the way?Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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