![]() At 27 inches I suggest considering the Eizo CS2731, but if you really want a 31-32 inch display and work with Mac's 4k might not be the best option. For the same or less price you could buy a much better display for a printing workflow. I am also intrigued with the Apple Studio Display but FWIW the vast majority of reviews on this thing have been far less than stellar with some people giving a complete thumbs down depending on your needs and expectations. Viewing the same images on the iPad Pro is fun, the images look cool but no way will they print like what you're seeing on an XDR display, plus you would have to be working on a D65 environment too. If you are trying to match prints to monitors my experience is HDR monitors are not the best option based upon comparing my iPad Pro (XDR screen on steroids) to my NEC monitor which still provides an excellent monitor to printer emulation. This might work fine if you can utilize the built in reference modes, if not its a bit of a crap shoot. I have heard from people it can be calibrated via 3rd party software and hardware but its a bit tricky, while others will state new monitors like this do not ever need to be calibrated since they are done at the factory with very expensive devices and have self monitoring circuits to constantly bring them back to their correct state. Eizo has their own proprietary software/hardware calibration which is a good thing, while the ASD has not calibration. Regarding your two choices, in many ways those two are apples and oranges comparison partly because of the size, 27 vs 31 inch, however Apple Studio Display is 5k which will work better if you are on a Mac computer. My NEC PA271W is at least 10 years old and while still working probably should be replaced. ![]() I don't have an answer for you, but have also been researching new monitors lately too. Still I am sure some of the group has looked into this and I would enjoy hearing different perspectives. It is also clearly in the eye of the beholder which is best. I realize this is surely a decision that you really can not get wrong. The EIZO has a reputation as being more color accurate and having better B&W tone separation. I know many really enjoy the Apple 6k display and say how wonderful it is to see their images. I will never print really big expecting that 17x22 will be my maximum print size. There are much better tools available now and I will re invent all this as time permits. making my own profiles and getting great consistency in color printing. I once had my digital darkroom down to perfection. ![]() I know many of the GETDPI participants like the 27 in EIZO or find the iMac 5K a compelling value proposition. I expect to be using an Apple Studio to drive my processing with a MBP 16 as my mobile choice. Ĭost isn't a factor as I expect this purchase to get heavy use for at least five years. Sitting behind the screen will become a much bigger part of my photography. I expected at some point I would transition to more post processing ,printing, book making and display. Per my plan I am close to achieving the 200K photographs in my archive plus another 20K Kodachrome slides.
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