[Leica] Current State of Displays?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

A display is like a projected slide. It has a 200 to 1 brightness to dark 
ratio. A print has a 50 to 1 ratio.
Its apples and oranges always has been that?s why I laugh when they say 
?soft proof? weasel words at their worst. Meaningless.
I do think though after a few prints the relationship between what?s on the 
screen to what comes out of the printer is evident. And helps you with your 
next print. It?s a hell of a lot easier than printing in the darkroom.
It?s hard to compete with a huge 27 inch 5k screen but a quality print 
well-crafted from pigment ink on 100% rag paper, Hahnem?hle from Germany has 
its own thing going for it which could grab you a few grand if you can get 
in with the right gallery people and your work is up to it.
I?ll say I?d rather be looking at a well crated print then any rgb screen or 
projected slide anyday.
 

-- 

Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 8/3/17, 3:30 PM, "LUG on behalf of Howard L Ritter Jr" 
<lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of hlritter 
at twc.com> wrote:

    I have an instance of Apple?s original 27? 5K iMac, and I am no less 
impressed every time I compose a photo on it than I was when it was new and 
I first enthused about it on the LUG. I?m not a professional, so I can?t 
bring that kind of discernment to judging its color gamut, contrast, color 
?accuracy? and so on, but I note that images on it closely resemble the 
images on the LEDs of my M and my Nikon 810A.
    
    Probably unrelated is that I cannot get accurate color printing and 
overall lightness from either of my Epson Stylus printers driven by either 
of my iMacs, despite calibration with a Spyder. FWIW, the prints look 
basically identical to each other, just not to the display or the camera?s 
LCD. I?m still working on this.
    
    ?howard
    
    
    > On Aug 3, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Akhil Lal <alal at nyu.edu> wrote:
    > 
    > Hello All,
    > 
    > Seeking opinions from this group on the current state of displays.
    > 
    > I'm looking for something in the  21" -27" range - want  plenty of real
    > estate-  and 5k resolution would be nice. What current model display 
would
    > list members recommend for digital photography?
    > 
    > Full disclosure: Saw a demo of the new iMac 27" last week.  All I can 
say
    > is wow! Not sure. however, whether the imac's display has the colour 
range
    > and adjustments are completive with stand alone displays, hence my 
question.
    > 
    > Also, what is the current preference for calibrators? Spyder or X-rite 
,
    > or...?
    > 
    > All comments and suggestions are welcomed.
    > 
    > Thanks in advance.
    > 
    > Akhil
    > 
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