Hello folks - yet another question on monitors:
After getting back into photography with the KP and having got lenses to cover the 10-450mm range including macro I need to upgrade to a decent monitor (and printer, probably A3 – but that’s for another post).
I currently use a MacBookPro 16” (2019) running Catalina with the basic in-built graphics processor (AMD Raytheon 4GB + Intel UHD 1536MB). Processing is via the Affinity suite. I’m purely amateur and primarily want to print my best pics and am unlikely to sell any (though some might end up on a website or 3). Like many DIY’ers I want to get the best from my efforts within a reasonable cost.
I’ve read through some recent forum posts on the topic: 1 extolling virtues of the
Eizo CS2420 and another mentioning
Viewscan (and others) while both offering some excellent general advice.
So I’ve narrowed my choice down to the Eizo CS2420 and the Viewscan 2768 4k. Both appear to be excellent monitors with expert & user reviews supporting this.
The Eizo is 24” (res 1920x1200), can switch between aRGB (99%) and sRGB (100%) and costs around £540. (27” version is £835, 27” 4k = £1400).
The Viewscan is 27” with 4k (res 3840x2160), sRGB (100%) and costs about £500 – it can also be easily turned from landscape to portrait (though that seems like just icing on the cake, at least for my needs). The aRGB version costs £735.
I’ll also be purchasing a calibrator – probably the Xrite iDisplay “Pro” (£158 - £23 more than the “Display” model but twice as fast) and pairing with DisplayCal software.
I asked a well known UK photoshop (Wex) for their views and the response was “get the Viewsonic – because it’s bigger”. That argument alone isn’t enough to sway me – at least without qualification – as they say “size isn’t everything” (in
1 blog on choosing a monitor)
I’m ever so slightly leaning towards the Eizo because of its aRGB capabilities and this
article on colour space but I’d appreciate views/comments/suggestions from more experienced forum members before I take the plunge.
Thanks
Paul