lozzak
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Hi everyone,
I am really confused. I've been looking to get a new monitor. I am just now getting seriously into photography and want a monitor good for photo editing. I want to have a system (calibration and monitor) that will allow me to have photos look on screne as they do when I print at a lab, primarily........then, I want to put my photos on the web for sale, so I want accuracy of colour there too, which I'm told is different.
I currently have an old 21.5" LG LCD and calibrate it with a Spider 3 Pro. Every time I go to recalibrate it, I am told that this is not nessesary and notice that there is little or no shift, so I'm guessing this is a pretty good monitor. I find it depends a bit on the lab I use, but most photos are turning out somewhat close to the colours I see on my screen. Of course, I'd prefer more accuracy with the "prints vs. monitor" with my new monitor.
So, I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me further as to what I really need, and what is the difference between my supposedly "accurately" calibrated LCD vs. an IPS?
I have just learned that I should be looking at getting an IPS panel monitor, but am confused because I have read that IPS monitors have issues with backlight banding/unevenness and with having colour tints, that sometimes vary from one end of the screen to the other. This sounds quite scary, as I am considering buying an IPS, at a higher price, for the purpose of colour acuracy. I don't understand why pay more if there will be lighting and colour shifts across the screen and tint issues. I don't have these issue now as far as I can tell.
Also, this makes it hard for me to decide to get an IPS that I can afford, around a 22" or 24", vs. a bigger 27" regular, TN model....... as my desk configuration has me sitting a bit back from the monitor and I currently tend to lean in close to work, killing my back.
I was trying to pick from a current LG 27" for $350 or an HP zr24w, IPS monitor that I hear is the cheapest IPS, but still has good stats, for $475. This is however 8-bit and displays RGB, which I don't entirely understand, but am told it makes is a very low end IPS monitor. I don't want to spend much more, unless I will be EXTREMELY impressed by the accuracy of my prints.
Any info or advice would be much appreciated. I am not sure what I really need and hear so many negative things about IPS models having colour tint issues and at the same time in other forums, I hear I should only go with IPS for colour accuracy.........which is true and why?
Thanks
Lozza
I am really confused. I've been looking to get a new monitor. I am just now getting seriously into photography and want a monitor good for photo editing. I want to have a system (calibration and monitor) that will allow me to have photos look on screne as they do when I print at a lab, primarily........then, I want to put my photos on the web for sale, so I want accuracy of colour there too, which I'm told is different.
I currently have an old 21.5" LG LCD and calibrate it with a Spider 3 Pro. Every time I go to recalibrate it, I am told that this is not nessesary and notice that there is little or no shift, so I'm guessing this is a pretty good monitor. I find it depends a bit on the lab I use, but most photos are turning out somewhat close to the colours I see on my screen. Of course, I'd prefer more accuracy with the "prints vs. monitor" with my new monitor.
So, I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me further as to what I really need, and what is the difference between my supposedly "accurately" calibrated LCD vs. an IPS?
I have just learned that I should be looking at getting an IPS panel monitor, but am confused because I have read that IPS monitors have issues with backlight banding/unevenness and with having colour tints, that sometimes vary from one end of the screen to the other. This sounds quite scary, as I am considering buying an IPS, at a higher price, for the purpose of colour acuracy. I don't understand why pay more if there will be lighting and colour shifts across the screen and tint issues. I don't have these issue now as far as I can tell.
Also, this makes it hard for me to decide to get an IPS that I can afford, around a 22" or 24", vs. a bigger 27" regular, TN model....... as my desk configuration has me sitting a bit back from the monitor and I currently tend to lean in close to work, killing my back.
I was trying to pick from a current LG 27" for $350 or an HP zr24w, IPS monitor that I hear is the cheapest IPS, but still has good stats, for $475. This is however 8-bit and displays RGB, which I don't entirely understand, but am told it makes is a very low end IPS monitor. I don't want to spend much more, unless I will be EXTREMELY impressed by the accuracy of my prints.
Any info or advice would be much appreciated. I am not sure what I really need and hear so many negative things about IPS models having colour tint issues and at the same time in other forums, I hear I should only go with IPS for colour accuracy.........which is true and why?
Thanks
Lozza