That is necessary for reliably accurate color printing and converting images between color spaces. The real purpose of calibration for image processing is not to correct or tune your monitor, although that is to some degree part of the process, but to translate the colors your monitor actually displays for given RGB values to a color managed program. I assume that "hobbyists" who have invested in dSLRs and image processing programs want to get the most out of that investment. I have an older Dell 20" on my server which isn't bad at all, considering its age, while a cheap Samsung (backup monitor only) is absolutely woeful in every respect, but it did cost less than $100. My Acer has excellent colour, wonderful resolution, and quite good angular performance. BTW, there are some that will immediately dismiss monitors withTN technology, but there are big differences between the various models and manufacturers. These have been excellent straight out of the box. My recent monitors have included an Acer 28" 4k (TN) and a Dell 27" HD (IPS). I had no complaints from either family or customers.įor some reason, I've never calibrated my screens with an external device I've just checked the appearance of a variety of landscape images, usually with the assistance of my live-in colour consultant. I've found that the better class of monitors are good enough out of he box, and I relied on a Benq 22" for many years. Since you call yourself a hobbyist, you can be the judge of what's "good enough".
LG 27UK650 W CALIBRATION SOFTWARE
Suggest buying your monitor from an easy to return local store and test the software you use on it, for tiny user interfaces. I couldn't imagine trying to use it on a 27" 4K monitor.
On my 27", 2560x1440 res monitor, PS7's user interface is quite tiny and just barely usable for me. For instance, I use Photoshop 7 and it is not aware of high res monitors. For a 27" monitor, beware of 4K res if you are using older software.
Just noticed that the LG 27UK650 you are interested in is a 4K, 3840x2160 res monitor. You can also take some great pictures in sunlight on your smartphone and load them into your computer for comparison on your monitor. Whatever monitor you buy, suggest having some photos printed at a consumer print lab like Walgreens etc., tell the tech to turn off color correction, and see if the print looks like your monitor. I have zero need for a high gamut monitor and the factory calibration of my U2713HM sRGB monitor works just fine. For me, this is the standard for my monitor. The prints from Walgreens and Costco look like what I see on my monitor, as long as I tell them not to use color correction. There's zero need for a high gamut monitor since all of our friends and relatives just have standard monitors and Walgreens (and other consumer photo labs) expect pictures in the sRGB format. I'm a hobbyist like you and our pictures are only sent to friends and relatives as email attachments or printed as described above. Also comes with a zero hot pixel guarantee. Dell touts that UltraSharp monitors come calibrated from the factory. That said, I bought a Dell U2713HM UltraSharp, 2560 x 1440 sRGB monitor. For 5x7 or 8x10, I print them myself since larger than 4圆 at Walgreens is quite expensive. For 4圆 inch, I have them printed at Walgreens (have also used Costco). My wife does not use computers and wants our keeper photos printed. Thinking of buying LG 27UK650 or something maybe little bit better or bigger. Or are monitors good enough out if the box? Its more than a little bit frustrating to find oneself wanting to buy a product which appears to suffers from such silly design.Is it worth it even if you are just very much a hobbyist, if you even do photos enough to call yourself a hobbyist? Most other monitors with USB hubs have at least 4 USB ports, only two USB ports is ridiculous.Īlso I would much prefer a monitor with an internal power supply, having external power bricks lying around is just a nuisance, I dont want these things littering either my desk or floor when they could perfectly well be built into the screen out of the way. By the time I have plugged in a mouse and keyboard, I have no USB ports left for other things one would want to leave plugged in like an external hard drive, phone cable etc. The USB-C port makes, I assume, the main target for this monitor people, such as myself, who plan to use it, with a single cable, as a laptop dock / charger, after all why else would you pay a premium for it over the 27UK650.
If the USB-C monitor segment was not so thin on the ground at the moment, it would be a deal breaker and I simply wouldn't even look at buying it.
LG 27UK650 W CALIBRATION SERIES
Does anyone, like possibly - LG, know when the LG 27UK850-W is going to be available here in the UK?Īa major bug bear with this screen (and this whole series of LG monitors) is why do they only have two USB ports, this is madness.
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