How fancy you need to go depends on what you are editing, imho. Eg: if you are doing portrait retouching you need to go way upscale in specs. If you are just doing basic edits on the usual sorts of subjects, you can get away with a lesser monitor.
If your budget can afford it though, I *highly* recommend a 4K or 5K monitor. IPS of course. Gamut wider than basic sRGB. And yes, beware of any monitor that can't be dimmed enough for proper calibration. In my case I got all that plus a computer for free by buying a 27" 5K Retina iMac. But there are plenty of 4K monitors out there now in the 21" to 30" range. On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > I'm thinking about upgrading my current monitor. What specs should I be > looking at? > > I'm considering - > > IPS panel technology > > Minimum 1900 x 1080 / 1900 x 1200 preferred. I am only looking for a 24 inch > monitor given to be part of a two monitor system, so I doubt I will be able > to get much greater resolution without going larger. > > Anti glare Screen > > Digital input (DVI or HDMI) (should be a given but I have run into a few > with VGA only.) > > I don't know what to make of these stats: > > Contrast ratio. When I calibrate my monitors the iDisplay utility reports a > contrast ration of about 900:1 for the better monitor I'm using and about > 850:1 for the older TN monitor. When shopping I see quoted figures from > 1000:1 to 2,000,000:1 on monitors that don't seem much different in price or > class. Not sure what to make of this spec. > > Percent of gamut. Percent of what gamut? sRGB? More is better? > > Brightness in terms of CD/CM2. Is more better? Ive read that a calibrated > monitor should be about 122 CD/CM2. Everything I have looked at way exceeds > that. In a couple cases users have commented that the monitor is too bright > and they can't dim it enough to accurately calibrate it. But that could be a > problem with the controls on that specific model. Any suggested target > level? > > That's all I'm looking at - anything I should consider but am oblivious to? > Any recommendations or warnings about brands? > > Thanks > > Mark > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
