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Hi, C. David Tobie, sometime back you wrote (on the digital fine art group) that the Zurich office had an iMac 27 for testing. Have they reported on its capabilities for color managed image editing?

Mark Godfrey
Ojai, CA
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On May 11, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Mark wrote:

> Hi, C. David Tobie, sometime back you wrote (on the digital fine art  
> group) that the Zurich office had an iMac 27 for testing. Have they  
> reported on its capabilities for color managed image editing?

It has a higher quality screen type that previous iMacs; and it offers  
proper dimming. So yes, we are recommending it as a basic image  
editing platform. (with a Spyder, of course... ;-))

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...

>>Is there a paper from the Zurich office about their iMac27 testing?  
If you have a link to the paper, I would like to see it. I'm  
specifically interested how efficient the iMac is in opening, editing,  
and saving 16 bit files in the 250Mb size range.

Sorry, we don't write reviews of displays and computers, just use them  
in our development work; in this case in developing Sypder3Elite v4.0.  
Besides, it would be in German. ;-)

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On May 11, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Doug Taylor <dougtaylor13@...> wrote:

> Is there a paper from the Zurich office about their iMac27 testing?  
> If you have a link to the paper, I would like to see it. I'm  
> specifically interested how efficient the iMac is in opening,  
> editing, and saving 16 bit files in the 250Mb size range.

>>I'm specifically interested how efficient the iMac is in opening,  
editing, and saving 16 bit files in the 250Mb size range.

What I do hear, though, is that the new iMac is actually faster than  
the Mac Pro tower I own, and great for high bit file processing.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On May 11, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Doug Taylor <dougtaylor13@...> wrote:

> I'm specifically interested how efficient the iMac is in opening,  
> editing, and saving 16 bit files in the 250Mb size range.

> On May 11, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Mark wrote:
> > Hi, C. David Tobie, sometime back you wrote (on the digital fine art  
> > group) that the Zurich office had an iMac 27 for testing. Have they  
> > reported on its capabilities for color managed image editing?
---  C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
> It has a higher quality screen type that previous iMacs; and it offers  
> proper dimming. So yes, we are recommending it as a basic image  
> editing platform. (with a Spyder, of course... ;-))

Indeed C.D. -- perhaps a Spyder could be bundled with each one!

I was wondering what the color space is like on the iMac 27.

A source for in-depth monitor reviews is http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/reviews.html (go to buyers guide) -- unfortunately they do not test Apple products.

Mark 
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On May 12, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Mark wrote:

>> So yes, we are recommending it as a basic image
>> editing platform. (with a Spyder, of course... ;-))
>
> Indeed C.D. -- perhaps a Spyder could be bundled with each one!

That would be up to Apple; we'd be quite willing...

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...