Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 3/14/08 4:18:14 PM, hflockwood@... writes:
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> > I plan to buy an iMac as soon as the new models are available, and the 
> > question of monitor
> > calibration raises its ugly head.  I've done extensive googling and found 
> > conflicting opinions. 
> > I'd appreciate any advice from the members here, based on their experience 
> > with existing
> > iMacs.
> > 
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> 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

Thanks for alerting me to the difference between the 20" and 24" displays.  I'll be 
interested in seeing whether Apple offers additional capabilities in the new iMacs, 
including choking back the brightness.

Harry