New imac color management

[RobertP]

Ok, I'm about to purchase a new imac. Would love to have the 24" but the budget says 20". I've been reading on the net about people having problems calibrating the displays, using spyder or any other color management calibration device. Have any here had any problems with color management of the new imac screens and if so what solutions have you found? Thanks, Robert

[RobertP]

Well in talking with the guys at OWC. Apparently they can pack 4GB into a mac mini. It may be a better option for me to go with the mini and find a good display to run with it. I currently have an old mini and it has served well even though it is only 1GB and not enough to run large files and or CS3. I'm going to have to give this some thought.

[Don Bryant]

Ok, I'm about to purchase a new imac. Would love to have the 24" but the budget says 20". I've been reading on the net about people having problems calibrating the displays, using spyder or any other color management calibration device. Have any here had any problems with color management of the new imac screens and if so what solutions have you found? Thanks, Robert

Robert the problems are with the displays themselves not with the pucks and software. Specifically, I'm not suggesting there is anything wrong with the displays you are considering but there are potentially problems with LCD displays in general.

The manner in which manufacturers allow the end users to take direct control of the hardware during the calibration phase has a great determination about how easily a monitor/LCD can be cal'ed.

Long story short expect to pay some serious money for a good monitor/LCD for photographic editing. Just becasue it has the Apple label on it doesn't make it a wiz bang piece of hardware. Check out the NEC, HP, EIZO units. Get a less expensive second monitor for docking tool bars etc. and keep your image on the high end screen.

Just what you wanted to hear, right?

Don Bryant

[Don Bryant]

Well in talking with the guys at OWC. Apparently they can pack 4GB into a mac mini. It may be a better option for me to go with the mini and find a good display to run with it. I currently have an old mini and it has served well even though it is only 1GB and not enough to run large files and or CS3. I'm going to have to give this some thought.

Don't even consider IGB. Go with the maximum amount of memory you can get in your box. Granted PS CS3 will only address about 4GB max but every bit really helps. And memory is really cheap these days, if you are talking about DDR.

Don Bryant

[Don Bryant]

Ok, I'm about to purchase a new imac. Would love to have the 24" but the budget says 20". I've been reading on the net about people having problems calibrating the displays, using spyder or any other color management calibration device. Have any here had any problems with color management of the new imac screens and if so what solutions have you found? Thanks, Robert

You can watch these online videos about color management:

http://www.msjphotography.com/index....gement-1-of-4/

Don Bryant

[RobertP]

You can watch these online videos about color management:

http://www.msjphotography.com/index....gement-1-of-4/

Don Bryant

Thanks Don. I've been reading about monitors 'til I'm cross-eyed. What I seem to find is that the LCD that I should buy is one with a s-ips panel. I guess it works much better than the TN panels. Of course LG, who made them for Apple and just about everyone else has dropped all but their high end s-ips panels. But ebay is an option.

[Don Bryant]

Thanks Don. I've been reading about monitors 'til I'm cross-eyed. What I seem to find is that the LCD that I should buy is one with a s-ips panel. I guess it works much better than the TN panels. Of course LG, who made them for Apple and just about everyone else has dropped all but their high end s-ips panels. But ebay is an option.

This is what I'm saving my money for or something comparable in size and price:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...idescreen.html

Don

[RobertP]

I had a look at them. That will work exceptionally well. Even the 24" model is nice. If I'm not mistaken they can even pivot from landscape to portrait configuration. That's a neat little feature. Robert

[Don Bryant]

I had a look at them. That will work exceptionally well. Even the 24" model is nice. If I'm not mistaken they can even pivot from landscape to portrait configuration. That's a neat little feature. Robert

Take a look at some of the Dell UltraSharp monitors. These could be a bargain. No calibration device or software but the monitors do have USB ports and very good specs, I suspect these are really NEC or HP monitors.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...04&sku=2208WA5

Don

[RobertP]

Don, Yeah I've been looking at the UltraSharp 2007FP. It has the LG s-ips panel in it. But you have to be careful and watch the serial number because some are not s-ips panels. The ones with "L" in the serial number are the right ones. Another indication is the 178 degree viewing angle also.