Re: iMac Monitor calibration
Re: iMac Monitor calibration
- Subject: Re: iMac Monitor calibration
- From: Spinnaker Photo Imaging Center <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:06:41 -0700
Hello David:
No problem with your NEC and SpectraView. You probably will have issues with connecting the NEC (you did not mention which model NEC).
I assume you currently have the dual link DVI cable you are using with your current MacPro. Does it work on the iMac?
Even though I had my NEC PA 271w before NEC was giving out the appropriate cables to connect with the Thunderbolt outlet, NEC sent me
one mini display port to NEC display port, at no charge. What display port(s) are available on your new iMac?
You don't mention what display you want to calibrate? For your NEC, keep using the software and hardware you have. You did not mention
the hardware you use.
Now, for the iMac display, it will never match your NEC display. Get used to that. What I use to profile my MacBook Pro 17 inch non-glare
display is my i1 Pro version "D" spectrophotometer, and the i1Profiler software. You definitely can use this combination to profile your NEC
display. It's just that the innards of the NEC will not be profiled, as does the NEC SpectraView II software. My MacBook Pro 17 inch non-glare display
will never ever be any good for digital imaging. I use it for the tools, and have the image file on the NEC PA 271w.
Apple and others offer, at a high cost, a dual link cable to go to thunderbolt to the usual (if there is a usual) Dual link DVI cable on the NEC display.
Forget that! ! ! I tried three different ones, two apple, and one from Macsales.com. Again. Forget that cable at $99.00. Never worked for me!
Should NEC not be able to supply you with the mini display to display port cable, it is available from
Video Cables - DisplayPort - Monoprice.com
www.monoprice.com › Cables
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Very very reasonable in price. I did purchase one from them before I understood I could get one at no cost from NEC. So, I have two. That's okay.
Did I answer your questions?
Cheers
Millers' Photography L.L.C.
David Miller, member
Spinnaker Photo Imaging Center
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360 739 2826
On Apr 23, 2013, at 12:42 PM, David Ramsey <email@hidden> wrote:
> Greetings to all,
>
> I am a commercial photographer who has run out of time (and patience) waiting for the "new" MacPro to be announced. I have given up trying to wrestle my Nikon D800 files out of my outdated MacPro so I have ordered an iMac. Hopefully this will at least move me in a positive direction. Not perfect but better. My question to all of you is what is the best way to calibrate the display? I am currently using a SpectraView setup on my NEC which works well. But I sense the iMac is a different animal. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance
> David Ramsey
>
>
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