Monitor Suggestions for Editing

If you are going to go to the trouble of calibrating it I would suggest a monitor that covers the Adobe color space. sRGB just doesn't cut it.

Dell makes some good mid range displays but you will need to check the specs and they might push your budget a little.

I can recommend Dell IPS screens and the Color Munki calibration tool, I use them both daily.

Any screen is improved by using a hardware calibration device imo, and the Dell IPS monitors seem to be a great balance between quality and price.

Padaung said:

I can recommend Dell IPS screens and the Color Munki calibration tool, I use them both daily.

Any screen is improved by using a hardware calibration device imo, and the Dell IPS monitors seem to be a great balance between quality and price.

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You calibrate daily? If your monitor needs that, then it's faulty.

I use a NEC Spectraview 241. Make sure any monitor you buy needs to be an IPS panel and ideally Adobe colour space.
I use an i1 display Pro to calibrate once a month. Because I have a pro monitor, I can acsess the LUT to calibrate rather than just the graphic cards.

Apple fanboy said:

You calibrate daily? If your monitor needs that, then it's faulty.

I use a NEC Spectraview 241. Make sure any monitor you buy needs to be an IPS panel and ideally Adobe colour space.
I use an i1 display Pro to calibrate once a month. Because I have a pro monitor, I can acsess the LUT to calibrate rather than just the graphic cards.

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Dammit, the written word not coming across as intended and my poor phrasing...

Like you I do a full calibration once a month, to be honest I have never noticed a change in the screen between calibrations, although I'm sure throughout the life of the screen thus far it would have changed if I were to load up the very first profile from a when it was new.

I have the profile software running daily though, and occasionally use the ambient light monitoring feature on the Color Munki - I'm not a massive fan of it (personal preference and all that), but it does have its uses.

The Spectraview is an amazing screen.

Apple fanboy said:

You calibrate daily? If your monitor needs that, then it's faulty.

I use a NEC Spectraview 241. Make sure any monitor you buy needs to be an IPS panel and ideally Adobe colour space.
I use an i1 display Pro to calibrate once a month. Because I have a pro monitor, I can acsess the LUT to calibrate rather than just the graphic cards.

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We both use the same monitor and of all the equipment I have bought in the last few years, I consider this one my best investment.

I calibrate about every 4 weeks and though maybe not necessary, I let the monitor "warm up" for 20 minutes first then calibrate.

As most are finding out, there is a difference between calibrating a monitor and "calibrating" via profile. I am sure the OP will be calibrating via profile and the Color Munki is not a bad way to go as far as a tool to create the profile or perhaps a competitor product like Spyder (I think Munki is better but that's another conversation unto itself).

Padaung said:

Dammit, the written word not coming across as intended and my poor phrasing...

Like you I do a full calibration once a month, to be honest I have never noticed a change in the screen between calibrations, although I'm sure throughout the life of the screen thus far it would have changed if I were to load up the very first profile from a when it was new.

I have the profile software running daily though, and occasionally use the ambient light monitoring feature on the Color Munki - I'm not a massive fan of it (personal preference and all that), but it does have its uses.

The Spectraview is an amazing screen.

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Best to turn off all the ambient light settings and just control your lighting.

I'm using dual NEC PA271 with the Spyder 4 Pro calibrator. This morning I recalibrated them and one had drifted slightly to a higher color temperature, just barely noticeable when both screens were showing white.

If you are doing portraits for prints, color match between prints and screen will be important. The light under which you display the prints will affect the color warmth of the prints, as compared to your monitor. Best to do a couple of test prints and view them under the selected lights before final, and you will get a feel for the adjustments on your monitor.

Apple fanboy said:

Best to turn off all the ambient light settings and just control your lighting.

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Yes, I agree totally. I've just moved house and haven't got the office space as I'd like it yet

got three of these

excellent product with good color renditions by default + cool design + within your budget.

LG 27MP75HM-P 27'' IPS LED

on a side note, I've been an LG kinda guy for the past decade, none out of the 10+ monitors & TVs have let me down. (review)

I think the NEC Spectraview 241 needs a 10bit gpu card to operate at its full strengths such a quadros

Padaung said:

Yes, I agree totally. I've just moved house and haven't got the office space as I'd like it yet

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Been here for 11 years, and neither have I!

Apple fanboy said:

Been here for 11 years, and neither have I!

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that's one impressive monitor you have AFB..!

Can't say the same about your office space..

needfx said:

that's one impressive monitor you have AFB..!

Can't say the same about your office space..

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I got it for a great price.

Nickwell24 said:

Okay everybody, please sound off on what Display you use for editing your photos

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I have a Dell u3011 connected to a Mac Pro, soon to be replaced by a 27" 5k iMac, for the last few years the Dell has served well, left at factory settings, lowered contrast, then calibrated with a spyder 4 Pro, colours are very good, profiled across my system through to print, I use adobe RGB from my 5d & 6d through to printing client & Personal projects.

needfx said:

got three of these

excellent product with good color renditions by default + cool design + within your budget.

LG 27MP75HM-P 27'' IPS LED

on a side note, I've been an LG kinda guy for the past decade, none out of the 10+ monitors & TVs have let me down. (review)

I think the NEC Spectraview 241 needs a 10bit gpu card to operate at its full strengths such a quadros

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A lot of them are like that, but it's not necessarily a quadro card that is required for 10 bit support. Each of these vendors has a specific list of supported/tested gpus. You would want to check that list against anything where you want the software to take advantage of those features. Some of Adobe's applications could only do this with specific cards, the earliest of which were a couple specific firepro cards. Right now there isn't any support for this on OSX, and it doesn't seem like a high priority for Apple. You're definitely looking at the Windows side to obtain that.