Just thought I would share a less expensive color grading monitor and an inexpensive monitor stand I found for my computer workstation.
Got tired of not having a good color grading monitor or a real calibrated display of any real accuracy, so I purchased a Dell UP2716D 27 inch monitor from B&H Photo this week and a Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K card for my home system.
(Monitor is on the right in lower photo)
The Dell is pretty nice; It's only really HD capable for digital video, but it can cover 100% of the Adobe RGB, 100% of the sRGB, 100% of the REC 709, and 98% of the DCI-P3 color spaces, which I find pretty amazing for the price. The 4K version of this is about $1400 (which is just too much for my pocketbook), so I can live with grading at HD and then changing the timeline to whatever before rendering.
Of course, I ran out of room on my desktop, so I had to buy a 2 monitor stand that stacks my 2 main GUI monitors one over the other, but I found a reasonably good cheap one on Monoprice.com for $35.
The only real issue now is my getting a stiff neck looking up at my 2nd monitor; that's going to take some getting used to!
Oh and I bought a pair of blackout curtains for my room that totally block the light. Had to; the room was far too bright to do anything critical as it was.
Anyway, the monitor is great and comes pre-calibrated, but I used a X-rite probe and DisplayCAL software (free) to get a tighter Rec.709 calibration and it looks great!
If you need a less expensive monitor for critical color correction, check out the Dell UP2716D 27 inch monitor.*
(* I am in no way a representative of either mentioned places of business and received no compensation for this post; just a happy user.)
Got tired of not having a good color grading monitor or a real calibrated display of any real accuracy, so I purchased a Dell UP2716D 27 inch monitor from B&H Photo this week and a Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K card for my home system.
(Monitor is on the right in lower photo)
The Dell is pretty nice; It's only really HD capable for digital video, but it can cover 100% of the Adobe RGB, 100% of the sRGB, 100% of the REC 709, and 98% of the DCI-P3 color spaces, which I find pretty amazing for the price. The 4K version of this is about $1400 (which is just too much for my pocketbook), so I can live with grading at HD and then changing the timeline to whatever before rendering.
Of course, I ran out of room on my desktop, so I had to buy a 2 monitor stand that stacks my 2 main GUI monitors one over the other, but I found a reasonably good cheap one on Monoprice.com for $35.
The only real issue now is my getting a stiff neck looking up at my 2nd monitor; that's going to take some getting used to!
Oh and I bought a pair of blackout curtains for my room that totally block the light. Had to; the room was far too bright to do anything critical as it was.
Anyway, the monitor is great and comes pre-calibrated, but I used a X-rite probe and DisplayCAL software (free) to get a tighter Rec.709 calibration and it looks great!
If you need a less expensive monitor for critical color correction, check out the Dell UP2716D 27 inch monitor.*
(* I am in no way a representative of either mentioned places of business and received no compensation for this post; just a happy user.)
