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Jan 21, 2015 20:33 |  #1

As I'm looking at different possibilities for a new monitor, specifically new 4K Dell or Asus 27", I'm also considering the fact that 90% of my clients view photos on their computers, phones or any other electronic device, which presumably have sRGB (normal) color gamut. All that extra AdobeR GB color will be completely lost for them.
Another drawback is that all my brilliant post-processing on wide gamut monitor won't look as intended on standard devices.
However, if a client wants to make prints, they can take advantage of wide gamut color space, with one condition - either they should have a photo printer properly calibrated or send to a professional photo lab that (hopefully) has printers capable of processing Adobe RGB.
Chance that a client has a professional calibrated photo printer aren't very high, so that leaves only those clients that use professional photo labs for printing their photos, but since currently I specialize mostly in family photography and not fine arts, those photos almost never end up printed to large formats professionally.
So, if out of the remaining 10% of my clients only 0.5% or less decide to print my photos in a professional lab that can print wide gamut colors, is it really worth all that trouble?

What are your thoughts and if you've already gone this route, I'd like to hear your opinion.


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Jan 22, 2015 06:59 |  #2

I just bought a new monitor and went through this same debate... Wide gamut, or not?

After a week or two of research and decision making, I went with a standard 100% sRGB screen (Dell U2415) and have been very happy with it. I bought it to use alongside my existing 23" Dell screen I had.

My thought was much like you... First off, I am sure 95%+ of most people who view my photos do so on uncalibrated screens... As well as just viewing on phones, iPads, etc... Less than 1% may even use a wide gamut screen. My biggest commercial client I have done work for reviewed my final photos when delivered on an extremely cheap, bulk purchased LCD... Photos looked weird on it, but they loved them. Eventually they ended up on their website, park maps, audition flyers, media tags, etc... And they all looked great.

I personally did not see the reason to pay more for wide gamut myself. I figure as long as I have a calibrated 100% sRGB LCD, I am good to go.


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Jan 22, 2015 07:17 |  #3

the whole point of color profiles is to help devices interpret and change color space from the original to the "working" space. I see no reason to limit what you see because the client will see something else.

If you really wanted to see what the client sees, you wouldn't even calibrate your monitor. In fact I imagine the act of doing an accurate monitor calibration changes the appearance of the image much more than the move from AdobeRGB to sRGB.


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Jan 22, 2015 09:29 |  #4

Another way to look at it is that sRGB covers the vast majority of the colour spectrum that you will be shooting in. The AdobeRGB colour space just adds more possible colour rather than replacing all of them. Working inside the Adobe space doesn't mean that someone outside of that can't see the vast majority of what you are doing, but looses out of the finer perceivable fringes in the work.

Think of it like listening to music. To some people, there is no difference between listening to symphony at Carnegie Hall, or an mp3 recording of it played through ear buds on an iphone. To some the differences are huge, and would call it sacrilege to compare the two.

Buy the monitor that makes you happy. Ultimately the photography you do is an extension of yourself and it's not your responsibility to ensure that everyone appreciates it to the same level.


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