Digital BW, The Print

Look at the Eizos.

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Sep 10, 2012, at 2:28 PM, pdesmidt tds.net wrote:

> I may need to upgrade my monitor, as I may get a couple of commercial
> retouching jobs. One of them is very picky about color. Currently, I
> have a Dell 2209WA, an inexpensive monitor with an e-IPS panel.  It's
> pretty good, but it does lose detail when tone over rgb 250 or so, and
> it's not all that uniform.  (I do calibrate and profile it with a
> Spyder 3.)
> 
> I'm considering one of the NEC monitors with Spectraview II software,
> perhaps the PA-231W-BK.
> http://www.necdisplay.com/p/desktop-monitors/pa231w-bk .  While it
> would be nice to get something bigger, like a PA241W, they get much
> more expensive. I'll use my Dell as a second monitor to hold Photoshop
> pallets.
> 
> While I have a Spyder 3, I've heard that being able to adjust the
> monitors LUT directly is better than calibrating color through the
> video card, hence the Spectraview II software. While the software can
> use the Spyder 3 puck, it might be better to get the recommended I1
> Pro, although I'd probably buy a retail version that can be used on
> any monitor instead of the NEC specific version.
> 
> I'd appreciate comments as to whether this sounds like a good plan, or
> if there's other solutions around the same cost that might be better.
> 
> Peter De Smidt
>