I'd be grateful if someone could advise me on purchasing new Eizo monitor. Mine is outdated and incompatible with their new color management software. I do a lot of B&W photography and print with an Epson 3880 and also Pieziography.
I have a Xrite iDisplay PRo, and my question is whether the new Eizo monitors with built-in calibration (CG versions) are better than using a third party device, or would you recommend getting an Eizo without the built in calibration (e.g the CX versions ) since I have a calibrating device?
One additional question- I find even after calibration that some B&W prints are still too dar, for example the snow that is white on the monitor is grey in the print. It's been suggested to me that my monitor is set too bring. What brightness setting is recommended to be alb to get the best match between monitor and print?
thanks very much
Jordan
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Re: [Digital BW] eizo monitor recommendation
2014-12-21 by William Morse
Hi Jordan-
You want to coordinate your monitor with the expected lighting of the print. Generally speaking, that may be around 80-120 cdm (do I have my units right?). Monitor brightness will also be affected by background lighting; the 80 cdm may be right for a darkened room, but a bright room may need 120 cdm or more. In addition, you also need to control the over-all contrast by adjusting the black point. Matte papers would correspond to ~150-200 contrast ratio (WP/BP), while glossy papers might be 300-400. In the end, though, if you are consistently getting prints that are too dark, you need to lower the monitor brightness.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Jordan.kreidberg@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote: