What monitor do you use for photoshopping?

[pennylane]

Hola all,
What monitor are you using for photoshopping? LCD? CRT?

I've been thinking of getting a new one, but I'm not sure if I can afford it right now. Right now I'm using this Viewsonic VP171b which I've had for almost 5 years now. I'm not entirely sure how great it is. I seem to recall it having 'decent' colors and good input lag, but I'm sure LCD technology has made huge strides since then.

I've been perusing the LCD thread, but the print-target media processing/photo editing monitors are all rather expensive, and I would like to have something with a low input lag. Would upgrading monitors be worthwhile for photo-editing?

Also, chances are, a new LCD monitor will come at the cost of an 85mm f/1.8 prime lens (ie, it's one or the other). I'm not much of a people shooter, but I do want to get better at it and getting a new lens may help spur that.

 

[troytime]

i have two of these.

Their color was good enough to not need calibration.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

The Soyo Topaz S 24" LCD that goes for $300 has pretty accurate color. I use two of them myself. You can find it pretty often in hot deals.

 

[Aharami]

everyone's gonna balk at me, but i'm using two Samsung 204B. They seem fine to me (probably because I haven't seen better). But I dont see how much better a display can get to justify spending twice what I did

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Aharami
everyone's gonna balk at me, but i'm using two Samsung 204B. They seem fine to me (probably because I haven't seen better). But I dont see how much better a display can get to justify spending twice what I did

if you make your livelihood on graphics you want what you see on the screen to be the same as what you get from the print shop. many of the cheap monitors can't even be adjusted to match what is from the print shop.

 

[ScottMac]

Regardless of the monitor, getting a color management system like these is a Good Thing!! I use a SpyderPro system for the monitor and the printer output, so what comes out of the camera is what comes out of the printer.

The Monitor system guides you through adjusting the display colors, contrast, and brightness to a standard level, the printer system basically generates a customer ICC profile for each paper you test. The full test and adjustment for the printer takes a couple minutes per paper, the monitor adjustment takes about 20 minutes, and is usually done at least once a month.

It's not cheap, but it pays for itself (in money and frustration) over time by producing the colors you thought you were getting without the trial and error.

FWIW

Scott

 

[OdiN]

I use a Dell 30" Widescreen.

I also have 2 Dell 20" LCD's. The extra 20" is nice for video editing to preview a video on full screen.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: ScottMac
Regardless of the monitor, getting a color management system like these is a Good Thing!! I use a SpyderPro system for the monitor and the printer output, so what comes out of the camera is what comes out of the printer.

The Monitor system guides you through adjusting the display colors, contrast, and brightness to a standard level, the printer system basically generates a customer ICC profile for each paper you test. The full test and adjustment for the printer takes a couple minutes per paper, the monitor adjustment takes about 20 minutes, and is usually done at least once a month.

It's not cheap, but it pays for itself (in money and frustration) over time by producing the colors you thought you were getting without the trial and error.

FWIW

Scott

If you run dual monitors, make sure you get the one that can support both, even if you don't want to color correct your 2nd monitor. I had the regular Spyder that only did 1 monitor and it would screw things up and not let me keep the corrections on the monitor that I wanted and basically their support said I had to buy the one that supported 2 monitors even if I wasn't calibrating the 2nd one.

 

[skulkingghost]

I use a viewsonic vx2025wm. Excellent monitor.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
if you make your livelihood on graphics you want what you see on the screen to be the same as what you get from the print shop. many of the cheap monitors can't even be adjusted to match what is from the print shop.

no doubt. my 19" benq lcd isn't that great. the blacks could be a little better, the useable viewing angle (for photo work) isn't that great, and there's a slightly noticeable color shift if you compare the bottom edge of the screen to the top edge. i've been thinking of clearing off my desk and getting the 21" nokia crt back out 🙂

even then, with the colorvision spyder2pro, i can get about a 95% match between what's on the screen and what comes out of the printer. i think it was around $200 when i got it last spring and i've never regretted it 🙂

 

[Heidfirst]

I still use (calibrated) CRTs for graphics work.
No doubt when they die I'll replace them with LCDs but I still think that atm good CRTs are better than affordable LCDs.

 

[PHiuR]

Eizo

or

Apple displays if you're not (as) loaded.