soufiej
No longer a newbie, moving up!
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I'll assume at least several of you are aware of my current "situation" in photography. A long time (Canon) film user who laid off photography for almost a decade once digital hit me with its menus and IMO dubious image quality. Now back into the hobby - and it's only a hobby for me - I have as my main camera a Canon SL1 along with a SX50 bridge and a S110 as a walk around. No expensive lenses and decent filters when required from my film days.
It's now time to begin the upgrade path for dealing with "data". Probably, for most of you, my computer is ancient. I can't remember it's exact age but it came with Vista 64 bit which I have upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit. The monitor is one I bought one night just to have for work purposes when the old monitor died. It has minimal controls and isn't even good enough to consider as being useful for photo editing.
First order of business as I see it is to buy a new monitor that can actually display color and dynamic range to the degree I would require for hobbyist based photos. Budget is tight and I'm looking at a calibration tool to add to the final bill. I would prefer a smaller but somewhat higher quality monitor as I'm not going to rearrange the computer set up for a larger monitor and I can't afford a larger monitor.
Prints are done on my Canon inkjet for now and 4X6 and 5X7's are the norm. I'm not after excellent, just hobbyist level predictable. My main software is currently Lightzone which is IMO more than adequate and more than I can actually exploit at this time.
What's the minimum I can spend on a decent monitor? 22" is the max size I can fit.
Any specific model recommendations?
Ditto for calibration tools?
What else do I need to know that I'm unaware of at this time for the aforementioned "predictable results"?
It's now time to begin the upgrade path for dealing with "data". Probably, for most of you, my computer is ancient. I can't remember it's exact age but it came with Vista 64 bit which I have upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit. The monitor is one I bought one night just to have for work purposes when the old monitor died. It has minimal controls and isn't even good enough to consider as being useful for photo editing.
First order of business as I see it is to buy a new monitor that can actually display color and dynamic range to the degree I would require for hobbyist based photos. Budget is tight and I'm looking at a calibration tool to add to the final bill. I would prefer a smaller but somewhat higher quality monitor as I'm not going to rearrange the computer set up for a larger monitor and I can't afford a larger monitor.
Prints are done on my Canon inkjet for now and 4X6 and 5X7's are the norm. I'm not after excellent, just hobbyist level predictable. My main software is currently Lightzone which is IMO more than adequate and more than I can actually exploit at this time.
What's the minimum I can spend on a decent monitor? 22" is the max size I can fit.
Any specific model recommendations?
Ditto for calibration tools?
What else do I need to know that I'm unaware of at this time for the aforementioned "predictable results"?