Re: LCD monitors?

[Paul Stenquist]

I agree that the best CRT monitors can still deliver better image 
quality than the best TFT monitors, but it comes at a price. I was 
merely responding to a message claiming that all photography 
professionals use CRT monitors. It just isn't the case. I think one 
factor that has driven many photographers to the Apple Cinema Display 
in particular is ease of system integration. It's basically plug and 
play on a Macintosh. And the image quality is quite adequate for all 
conversion and retouching tasks.
Paul
On Mar 6, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:

On 6 Mar 2005 at 7:08, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Hmmm. You haven't been in too many studios lately, have you? At Acme
Photo, where they do a lot of Detroit's car photography, they have a
whole bank of 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays that are used for RAW
conversions and retouching. And a number of other pros I've talked to
have been singing the praises of that giant screen.
So what is their technical departments criterion for monitor selection,
reduction in heat load, savings in desk space, ease of system 
integration or
image quality?

There is nothing to indicate in your example that the monitors have 
been
selected simply due to advantages in image quality.

I recently had to replace my monitor and had the option of TFT or CRT, 
I chose
CRT as image quality and specifically gamma accuracy and contrast 
range were my
primary criterion.

Rob Studdert
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