Apple iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz / 4GB / 500GB / LED21.5 / DVDRW / Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Desktop Computere

<p>ok for photographi? - until now i been calibaiting my 4year old Lacie monitor with Eye 1 display2 , printet with an epson 2400 and pc and everything has been just fine. I still want to use the Eye 1 display2 and the epson with the Apple iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz / 4GB / 500GB / LED21.5 / DVDRW / Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Desktop Computere - is this realistic and is this a ok solution. Does the imac monitor (this particular one i mentioned above) have individual Red, green , blue and brightness , contrast settings so i can make advanced calibration -i allways do this on my present monitor. thanks</p>

<p>yes for a perfect computer for photographer.</p>

<p>no for the red / blue / contrast thing.. and frankly, you dont need it as the eye1 d2 with this computer work really well.</p>

<p>maybe add a external HD eventually to back up the whole thing once, and another one as a regular backup solution for your clients file.</p>

<p>Aside from the medium-level capital deficiency, I enjoyed this post most of all because of the typo: <em>calibaiting</em></p>

<p>I have had a pleasant moment or two contemplating how one calibaits a monitor.</p>

<p>The iMac monitors in my experience have always been just as adjustable as any except perhaps for the most expensive dedicated monitors, and better than most. I expect this is still true.</p>

<p>thanks Von and Patrick - Patrick! - i dont get it - You say i can use the eye1dis.2 but not in advanced mode or.. i know in "simpel mode" one can just place the thing on the monitor and let the pc do the rest - is that what you mean?</p>

<p>It's ok in a way that it's reasonably accurate after profiling or calibration (I use Spyder3Elite). Calibration is limited to setting white point and white level. You cannot set black level (no controls, not even via DDC and third-party software), you cannot individually adjust bias/gain in each color channel, and the minimum white level is rather high (see http://www.photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00U0ZJ). When I leave native white point I get less (almost no) banding compare to setting it to 6500K.</p>

You can use it in advanced mode, as Ilia explain, some setting can't be touch.. And it's not a big deal.. I have a iMac 27

with th exact same colorimeter.

 

As for the high minimum value.. Was true with the older 24 iMac, now you can drop the luminance to 16... And you need

110 so you are ok ; )

<p>Thanks ILia and Patrick - before i do anything my plan is to also to look into Eizo monitors:)</p>

<p>Drop the eizo and go with nec</p>

<p>I love my 24-inch iMac.</p>

<p>Yes Patrick ive heard lots of good about NEC also -</p>

<p>Btw Patrick - i onece read a review on a NEC - monitor in here i think once which was very good for photography and had a very good price - do you remmember its name or can you recomment one or some particular NEC - monitors . Would be nice to know where to start looking :) thanks</p>

The nec p221 it's a excellent 22inch monitor to start, but sinve you have a iMac 22, I suggest you get a 24 or 26 inch..

Like a 2490wuxi or the 2690wuxi.... I use the 2690wuxi with my iMac 27...

<p>Yes thats the one i think i read about. Thanks (i dont have a Imac22 :))</p>

<p>The current 21.5 inch iMac as well as the 27 inch iMac both have superb IPS panels. These are far better than the run of the mill TFT LCD monitors most people use. Also they are illuminated with LEDs instead of the compact flourescent bulbs the older iMacs had, and LEDs keep the computer cooler. I have the 24" iMac purchased one year ago, but if I were buying now I would not get the 27" model I'd get the 24" model selling for $1499.</p>

<p>(i dont have a Imac22 :))</p>

<p>i was refering to the opne you want to buy ; )</p>

 

<p>Patrick,</p>

<p>do you have some reference to a document or have you measured new iMac screen yourself to confirm that it could be set to 110 cd/m2? Also, do you know about black luminance range for new iMacs? On my 24" early 2009 model I don't get something around 0.4cd/m2 at best, which isn't so attractive when white luminance is at around 240-250 cd/m2. If new iMacs go down to 110cd/m2 in white luminance, but also decreasing black luminance to 0.2 cd/m2 then effectively contrast remains the same, i.e. too high compare to print.</p>

<p>Ilia, unfortubatly i dont have a legal document to collaborate my word.. other than my own word and my own experience with both a Imac24 and the newest Imac 27.</p>

<p>You can lower the luminance of this new mac to 16.. pretty close to shutdown the screen ; )</p>

<p>All i can say is by using a eye1d2 i got a perfect match to what i print on my epson 7880, but more important i got a perfect match to what i get on commercial press.. what is what i do more and really care.</p>

<p>thanks for the info, Patrick!</p>