Is 22inch big enough

[AndyA]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Paul, your card is a GTX470 IIRC. I ran 1 x 22" Samsung along with 1 x 24" Samsung with it just fine.

I'd like a couple of larger monitors myself (actually I'd love 3) .... but I don't think I'd get away with that. I'd say go for as big a monitor as funds will allow. I did read somewhere that TV's aren't that good for photo editing, but I don't recall the reasons why.

[jimsphotography]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Just one point that you might like to consider - a matt surface monitor is more preferable to a glossy screen if you can find one.
James

[paulr5604]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

A couple of kind forum members Jock and Les McLean have both kindly offered me a screen and I am meeting up with Les tomorrow morning to pick up a Dell 24" monitor thanks to everyone for your advice I have just ordered a mounting arm so that I can have my small screen next to it to display folders etc and use the 24" for just editing

[AndyA]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Fantastic! Well done Jock and Les, great team spirit.

[paulr5604]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Fantastic! Well done Jock and Les, great team spirit.

Indeed Andy. I still have my friends calibration tool aswell so it will be getting calibrated as soon as it is connected to the computer. should make editing photos a lot better.

[AndyA]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Without a doubt Paul, I reckon a decent monitor is almost as important as a decent lens.

[paulr5604]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

Without a doubt Paul, I reckon a decent monitor is almost as important as a decent lens.

Couldn't agree more Andy that and the one I use for editing at the moment has a couple of marks and scratches, which I sometimes forget about and spend ages trying to clone them out of images until I remember lol

[Tigger]

Re: Is 22inch big enough

A couple of kind forum members Jock and Les McLean have both kindly offered me a screen and I am meeting up with Les tomorrow morning to pick up a Dell 24" monitor thanks to everyone for your advice I have just ordered a mounting arm so that I can have my small screen next to it to display folders etc and use the 24" for just editing

great news ...

Not tried yet no. You've tempted me though as didn't know pics would stream. Ssshhh don't tell the wife.....

you can stream anything thats on the Mac, music, films, photos - even set up slide shows if you use that feature in Iphoto - it effectively turns your TV screen into a massive monitor with no loss in quality... and its only about 3" square and plugs into your HDMI socket