Question for pros: should I keep this 23" ACD?
I have a new "23 six days to evaluate whether to keep or exchange it for a different one. I'm a pro photographer and this is my first large LCD other than the 17" on my MBP. I could use a little advice on whether to keep this or not for the following reasons:
Overall in normal conditions the illumination is even and there is little or no pink (magenta) tint. It calibrates well with my Eye-One puck. There is a little ghosting of white windows (like browsers) after they've been up several minutes but it's faint and they fade and that doesn't bother me too much, though I do notice it occasionally. The main issue is the backlight leakage in deep blacks when the room lights are down. It is in the lower part of the monitor, mostly concentrated in the corners. I do notice it in the uncommon photos that have a lot of black in them, mostly ones shot at night.
Is this common behaviour for all these monitors? I don't expect perfection but would like to know if this one should be returned for another, whether I can expect to find a perfect one. If it's typical for all LCDs I'm fine with this, but if it's not, perhaps I should be thinking exchange.
I've kind of decided to go Apple because Iezo (sp?) are kind of expensive and I've seen photographers on the galbraith forums complain about highly restricted angle of view on the Dells.
Many thanks in advance for any thoughts.
dave
You should expect perfection and as a photograph you need to be sure of your display! Send it back direct and make an complain, don´t do what I did, expect Apple to take special care of pro people.
If you don´t get it fixed, turn it back! It´s several pro products out there ( maybe not so good looking), even if LaCie is a sometimes stange company, thay always been taking care of defect products (even after warranty is out).
Don´t accept any ghosting at all, not for that price!
Thats my advice, since I have 4 of them and after one yera they start to show up tha bad quality ( you know, the exact limit of the warranty must be calculated in
knowledge of this.........)
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