Digital BW, The Print

I just wanted to add I bought a 24" iMac last Dec and
ended up having to buy a 23" cinema display to go with
it due to not being able to calibrate it properly.

I now use my old Spyder2 with ColorEyes Display Pro
and get great results.

Rob

--- CDTobie@... wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 3/14/08 4:18:14 PM,
> hflockwood@... writes:
> 
> 
> > I plan to buy an iMac as soon as the new models
> are available, and the 
> > question of monitor
> > calibration raises its ugly head.\ufffd I've done
> extensive googling and found 
> > conflicting opinions.\ufffd
> > I'd appreciate any advice from the members here,
> based on their experience 
> > with existing
> > iMacs.
> > 
> 
> The smaller iMac uses a consumer grade LCD, and
> should not be considered for 
> serious diplay-to-print matching. The larger iMac
> offers a medium grade 
> screen, and is not ideal, but usable, for such work.
> The Cinema Displays would be 
> considered a baseline professional graphics display,
> with more expensive options 
> available from there on up. If you go with an iMac
> (and be sure its a 24 inch 
> one!) then be aware that the luminance levels can
> not be dimmed very much on 
> them. So you have to use them in moderate ambient
> lighting, or brighter, while 
> ideal image editing happens at dim, or moderately
> dim, levels, which can not 
> be matched by the iMac displays. And of course,
> you'll need to calibrate 
> whatever screen you get, for screen-to-print
> control. Believe me, after a CRT, any 
> new LCD will seem sharp, bright, and saturated.
> Choking it back to a state you 
> can match is the challenge.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> WW Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
> 
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