New Monitor

[Guest Yachtsman1]

After a lot of soul searching, I decided to acquire a widescreen monitor. I searched through the information on about 6 models before chosing the BenQ RL2450HT. In the end I was virtually forced to buy this model as my first choice, a similar model for sale on Amazon was eventually found to be incorrectly specified by them. The information on my original choice was not available on Benq's web site, so I emailed them. In the mean time I read through the 20 odd 5 star ratings & found a couple that contradicted Amazon's info. I emailed Amazon 4 times before they admitted their description was incorrect. The info in question was an HDMI socket & 2Ms response rate. On receipt of an email from Benq confirming what I suspected, I ordered my second choice, which was about £50 more expensive. At the same time I ordered a 2m HDMI cable. This morning, the monitor arrive, but the cable didn't (different supplier). It arrived in the manufacturers carton, without any additional protection, Amazon must be cutting down on delivery costs.

After unpacking it my first reaction was very favourable. It has a number of features that aren't clear from Amazons add. The first is the stand, it has a built in turntable which can be rotated about 60 degrees, a spring loaded height adjustment which can raise or lower the screen about 100mm. Additionally, the screen can be rotated to give portrait view, which is an asset when editing portrait shots as they can be viewed full screen. There is a built in cable tidy at the rear. I can't go any further due to the missing cable, so I'll finish this when it arrives. in the meantime I've posted a copy of the manual in case anyone else is interested.

Yachtsman.

RL2450H(T)-en.pdf

[Guest Yachtsman1]

The cable didn't arrive so I used my 5 mtr spare. The monitor fired up first time & found the computer no problem, I used the software disk to add the drivers & then reset the picture format from gaming to sRGB. The initial brightness was too much for my eyes, so I set it down to 50%. Apart from that I haven't done anything else. I'm in the process of converting my 4-3 & 5-4 sized show to 16-9 as my new projector shows best at 16-9 & if 3D ever gets popular, I can show DVD's in 3D. Yousing the menu means pressing the buttons ob the side of the screen, being able to use the mouse to change setting wold be less messy. So overall I'm happy.

Yachtsman

[RobertAlbright]

Exciting stuff, Eric. The high quality monitor I bought about 2 years ago is a brilliant investment. I use a Gretag Macbeth calibrator which reminds me to re-profile the screen once a month. This only takes about 10 minutes each time.

Robert

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Exciting stuff, Eric. The high quality monitor I bought about 2 years ago is a brilliant investment. I use a Gretag Macbeth calibrator which reminds me to re-profile the screen once a month. This only takes about 10 minutes each time.

Robert

Hi Robert

There is a calibration screen included to the BenQ software, greyscale & colour. Had a look for the one you use but the two sites I checked were out of stock. There appears to be more than one type, one called a One eye & the one Amazon did stock had 3 lights. Can you clarify which one & what the cost is.

http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/GretagMacbeth-Monitor-Calibrator/mainproduct/view/1701-NA

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1.

[Ken Cox]

I have sent this link to some members on the forum over the years

http://www.eye4u.com/home/

click skip icon

then special

then

set up monitor

i got it from tech rep of my isp one time

i try to set up the brightness of a new monitor using the gray scale provided

ken

[RobertAlbright]

Hi Robert

There is a calibration screen included to the BenQ software, greyscale & colour. Had a look for the one you use but the two sites I checked were out of stock. There appears to be more than one type, one called a One eye & the one Amazon did stock had 3 lights. Can you clarify which one & what the cost is.

http://www.purelygad...ct/view/1701-NA

Yachtsman1.

Hi Eric

This is the best site I found http://www.designsupply.co.uk/photographyaccessories.htm

The price I paid is nearer the £149 than the £1031 version and is quite adequate unless you are a professional calibrator/printer/producer. I believe Gretag Macbeth are owned now by Eye-One.

Robert

[Guest Yachtsman1]

The one that Amazon did have at one time was under £20 I think I'll stick to my god given peepers (eyes).

Regards Eric

Yachtsman1.

[Ken Cox]

FROM MY COLLECTION

http://photo.net/dig...om-forum/00CkXshttp://ww38.chromoholics.com/download/http://www.ae5d.com/macbeth.htmlhttp://www.ae5d.com/index.html

MY CARD WAS +- $65 30+- YEARS AGO

great for calibrating your scanner

or checking your camera

i would shoot a a scene with card as predominant of scene to check my developing soup etc

it is a great "known value

it has been on Gerard's site for years

The only topic that is in English is this one: http://www.gdesroche...umerbase_en.htm. It's the most popular one, even if quite old, and I didn't find the time to have the other items translated (it's already highly time-consuming to keep this site up to date).

also on the site is a good description of the old wives tale "72 dpi" subject as Explained by Gerard

ken