eschurr
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It's time to upgrade my five year-old 27" 1900 x 1200 Dell monitor and l'm looking for recommendations and thoughts.
I'm just an everyday photo guy with a Nikon D750 and a bunch of lenses and a overwhelming love of Lightroom. I want a great monitor, but i'm not a pro (yet ). I'll spend up to $1,000 if i have to, but would love not to.
I found this very helpful article
Things i'm wondering about:
-- size. It seems that monitors larger than 27" are only wider, not taller (too bad!). I certainly won't go smaller than 27". what are the benefits of 32"? i've read some articles that suggested that one get a 27" monitor and put one (or two) 24" monitors beside it vertically (a software engineer in my office does this) and put Lightroom's menus/panels on them so the 27" monitor is used just for the photo. this also means one could buy a great 27" monitor and one (or two) cheaper 24" monitors.
-- resolution. 2560 x 1440 resolution is the minimum requirement for a 27-inch monitor. is something higher, like 4K, important?
-- refresh rate. I understand it's very important for gaming, but is it for Lightroom?
-- calibration. Some have it built in, but most don't. I use a Spyder right now, and maybe that's fine? Is there a benefit to built-in calibration?
-- gamut. I shoot in sRGB because my photos are mostly displayed on my monitor, my HD TV, and other friend's monitors via the web. I don't print a lot. I'm assuming 100% sRGB is good enough.
Anything else?
Thanks for your thoughts.
I'm just an everyday photo guy with a Nikon D750 and a bunch of lenses and a overwhelming love of Lightroom. I want a great monitor, but i'm not a pro (yet ). I'll spend up to $1,000 if i have to, but would love not to.
I found this very helpful article
Things i'm wondering about:
-- size. It seems that monitors larger than 27" are only wider, not taller (too bad!). I certainly won't go smaller than 27". what are the benefits of 32"? i've read some articles that suggested that one get a 27" monitor and put one (or two) 24" monitors beside it vertically (a software engineer in my office does this) and put Lightroom's menus/panels on them so the 27" monitor is used just for the photo. this also means one could buy a great 27" monitor and one (or two) cheaper 24" monitors.
-- resolution. 2560 x 1440 resolution is the minimum requirement for a 27-inch monitor. is something higher, like 4K, important?
-- refresh rate. I understand it's very important for gaming, but is it for Lightroom?
-- calibration. Some have it built in, but most don't. I use a Spyder right now, and maybe that's fine? Is there a benefit to built-in calibration?
-- gamut. I shoot in sRGB because my photos are mostly displayed on my monitor, my HD TV, and other friend's monitors via the web. I don't print a lot. I'm assuming 100% sRGB is good enough.
Anything else?
Thanks for your thoughts.