Seeking Advice - Monitor for Photo Editing

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  xuqi on 24/12/2020 - 02:45

  Suggest the following 27" 4K screen for $349:

  https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-27-4k-uhd-monitor-s2721…

  These have 99% sRGB which is excellent for the current asking price. You'd be looking at spending $2k-5K for specialised colour accurate screens such as the EIZO:

  https://imagescience.com.au/products/monitors/eizo-coloredge…

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  AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 03:35

  Does he plan on making prints of the photos he edits, or will the photos only ever be seen online?

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    GravitySloth on 24/12/2020 - 10:14

    He'd like to make prints.

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      AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 11:59

      Then he probably doesn't want a gaming monitor whose lowest brightness setting is brighter than any print will be. Otherwise all his prints will be consistently too dark compared to the screen. You can profile your monitor darker, but it's easier when your monitor itself can actually go darker.

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        thebadmachine on 24/12/2020 - 15:13

        Then he probably doesn't want a gaming monitor whose lowest brightness setting is brighter than any print will be.

        Good to know thanks. So gaming monitors have brighter minimum brightness.
        Always use current old monitor at 0-10% brightness, how can you tell if it is low brightness screen? (IPS ? TN ? VA?)

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          AustriaBargain on 24/12/2020 - 15:27

          @thebadmachine: I just know on some of mine you turn the brightness all the way down and it’s still noticibly brighter in a dark room than a more purpose built reference monitor. You can profile your monitor to look darker and you can calibrate your proofing in Adobe to match your print brightness. But I always find myself getting caught out when working on a bright monitor anyway. Very annoying when the photo is only going to be printed and isn’t destined for an online version anyway.

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            thebadmachine on 24/12/2020 - 15:47

            @AustriaBargain:

            Very annoying when the photo is only going to be printed and isn’t destined for an online version anyway.

            Yes I had this happen. Ordered a very large print, it looked just how I wanted on screen, but I receive a print so dark you can barely see.
            Thankfully they offer me a once off replacement print. So I corrected how I think it should look and it was fine.

            Maybe one way, is to always use the same monitor (for final editing) and then always know how it translates to real print.

            Regarding monitor though,
            Just need the same minimum brightness I have now, any brighter and it will be too harsh on eyes.

            For example the AOC in recent deal shows this in specification “Brightness (typical) 250”. So lower this number maybe lower minimum brightness.