Samsung SyncMaster 266BW

Anyone out there have this monitor. I think this monitor is ok for editing photos but I am sure not the best. It's a 2ns 22" LCD and my biggest issue is brightness. I have calibrated this monitor the best I can without spending money for a pro tool.
If anyone has this monitor or has an opinion about it, and if someone has an opinion about a better monitor please chime in. I am a starting portrait/candid photographer but I am quiet anal about accuracy.

Thanks

You will achieve the best results if you spring for a calibration device. Spyder III
is affordable and does a good job. There is more adjustments than brightness
that will transfer to your prints, the Spyder II will make these adjustments so
you will get an accurate print that closely matches what you see when you edit.
http://www.amazon.com …61&ref=pd_sl_9m​a8kfzmf7_b
I read the review on Amazon, and was quite suprised at the fellow's difficulty. The included software
was rather simple and straight foreward and instructs you step by step for installation (you just run the
disc) and click. The suction cup he referred to, is for glass front CRT monitors.

Before you buy a Spyder or Huey or whatever, check out this link for the Samsung monitor support site. You can download a proper calibration profile for your monitor. Then you can select the resulting profile as your monitor profile in Lightroom or DPP. I noticed that once I had my printer profile selcted based for the photo paper I was using, and then my monitor profile selected (the downloaded one), my printed pictures were right on. Hope this helps. Oh yeah, I have the Samsung Syncmaster 931B. Hope this helps: http://www.samsung.com …itors/magictune​/index.htm

James Salenger wrote in post #8067394
You will achieve the best results if you spring for a calibration device. Spyder III
is affordable and does a good job. There is more adjustments than brightness
that will transfer to your prints, the Spyder II will make these adjustments so
you will get an accurate print that closely matches what you see when you edit.
http://www.amazon.com …61&ref=pd_sl_9m​a8kfzmf7_b
I read the review on Amazon, and was quite suprised at the fellow's difficulty. The included software
was rather simple and straight foreward and instructs you step by step for installation (you just run the
disc) and click. The suction cup he referred to, is for glass front CRT monitors.

I've just read the review too.

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ctcks wrote in post #8071647
You can download a proper calibration profile for your monitor.

It's not a "calibration" profile. You can get the standard display profile for your Samsung, but certain models of Samsung LCDs are notorious for having bad display profiles which cause bad color shifts in Photoshop. On all my uncalibrated Samsung monitors, I use the default sRGB profile as the display profile. Of course, when you actually calibrate your monitor, you'll be using the custom profile you created.

Nope, don't ever use the color management for your monitor, it will end up looking weird, in the color management of your computer, select the sRGB as your default

400dabuser wrote in post #8072570
Nope, don't ever use the color management for your monitor, it will end up looking weird, in the color management of your computer, select the sRGB as your default

I'm not talking about using the monitor profile as the RGB working space in Photoshop Color Settings. I'm talking about using the display profile provided by Samsung as the default system display profile. You won't notice anything different in Windows or IE, but when you open an image file in Photoshop, you'll get a terrible color cast. So I suggest setting the default sRGB profile as the default system display profile in Windows until you can build a custom calibration profile.

ChasP505 wrote in post #8072784
I'm not talking about using the monitor profile as the RGB working space in Photoshop Color Settings. I'm talking about using the display profile provided by Samsung as the default system display profile. You won't notice anything different in Windows or IE, but when you open an image file in Photoshop, you'll get a terrible color cast. So I suggest setting the default sRGB profile as the default system display profile in Windows until you can build a custom calibration profile.

The display profile supplied by samsung messed up my viewing qualities

I normally use Adobe RGB when using Photoshop

400dabuser wrote in post #8072818
I normally use Adobe RGB when using Photoshop

You set your system default display profile to Adobe RGB?

I have things all set close to par, I have my colors, and brightness/contrast set well and everything I edit looks same on print as does in Photoshop and IE.
I was really looking for more of a monitor upgrade suggestion then anything.
BTW, I use AdobeRGB too. I use that profile on my camera/monitor/Photosh​op/DPP and my printer and everything comes out just as I edit it. I have even had a pro lab print my work and again right on par.
Is there a better way?

ctcks wrote in post #8071647
Before you buy a Spyder or Huey or whatever, check out this link for the Samsung monitor support site. You can download a proper calibration profile for your monitor.

If the correct profile could simply be downloaded off a web site then the manufacturer would have included that profile with the driver and there would be no need to download anything. The color output changes over time and that's why you should buy a calibration tool and use it on a regular basis to keep things adjusted correctly.

BigAlz1 wrote in post #8075129
I was really looking for more of a monitor upgrade suggestion then anything.

OK then... There's a long thread in the Computer section about the Dell 2209WA, an IPS display for those of us on a restrictive budget. I believe you can still get one for the special price of $212 USD shipped. Keep the 266BW around as a second monitor for video gaming and to contain your PS palettes as you edit photos in full screen on the Dell.

BigAlz1 wrote in post #8075129
BTW, I use AdobeRGB too. I use that profile on my camera/monitor/Photosh​op/DPP and my printer and everything comes out just as I edit it. I have even had a pro lab print my work and again right on par.
Is there a better way?

The monitor profile and your chosen color workspace for photo editing are two different things. But if the monitor profile is corrupt, then Photoshop will not render colors accurately.