My CRT bit the dust, so I purchesed a new Samsung SyncMaster 204b flatscreen. Is there anything I should do to it to ensure I am getting the best image during photo editing. I have yet to read the owners manual. Thank you in andvance for your help.
wagonwheel Senior Member  688 posts Likes: 303 Joined Aug 2005 Location: Dallas/FW area, TX More info | Feb 02, 2007 06:47 | #1 My CRT bit the dust, so I purchesed a new Samsung SyncMaster 204b flatscreen. Is there anything I should do to it to ensure I am getting the best image during photo editing. I have yet to read the owners manual. Thank you in andvance for your help. Lovin' my 80D
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Tsmith Formerly known as Bluedog_XT  10,429 posts Likes: 26 Joined Jul 2005 Location: South_the 601 More info | Feb 02, 2007 06:59 | #2 Buy a monitor calibration kit _ at least the Pantone Huey as its quite affordable and has been serving me very well.
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Dorman Goldmember  4,661 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Halifax, NS More info | Feb 02, 2007 10:09 | #3 Agreed. I just picked up a Dell LCD and while I trust my eye that I have it pretty good I have a Spyder calibration kit on order.
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Tony-S Cream of the Crop  9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Feb 02, 2007 11:16 | #4 wagonwheel wrote in post #2641946  My CRT bit the dust, so I purchesed a new Samsung SyncMaster 204b flatscreen. Is there anything I should do to it to ensure I am getting the best image during photo editing. I have yet to read the owners manual. Thank you in andvance for your help. If you're using a mac, it should have a profile already built-in to the Mac OS. You may need to calibrate it periodically, but my experience is that the Samsungs play very nicely with Macs. If you only plan on using one monitor, the Spyder2Express is an economical way to go (for both Macs and Windows). "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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wagonwheel THREAD STARTER Senior Member 688 posts Likes: 303 Joined Aug 2005 Location: Dallas/FW area, TX More info | Feb 02, 2007 13:09 | #6 A calibration kit is going to be my next purchase. I was mostly wondering if I needed to adjust any of the factory settings for image manipulation (Photoshop). I will be reading the owners manual this evening. Thanks for your help. Lovin' my 80D
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BillRoberts revolting peasant  3,079 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: UK More info | Feb 02, 2007 13:11 | #7 Another vote for monitor calibration. LCD's don't drift as fast as CRT's tend to but you could see a significant difference once you've calibrated it. The Spyder 2 seems quite good. BiLL
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michael_ Goldmember  3,450 posts Joined May 2006 Location: sydney... More info | Feb 02, 2007 14:36 | #8 grats wagon i have two of those beasty LCDs and just purchased the "Spyder 2" which i am told will make a HUGE difference and hope to get a 3rd 204B so have all 3 PCs screens on the one desk.   ichael ...
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