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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Colour Management => Topic started by: lennypierramos on February 16, 2011, 07:37:43 am
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Hi guys,
I just received my PA241 ( european model) this morning. I'm a photography student, and REALLY NEW to all this technical stuff. I had previously bought the new Apple Cinema Display which I returned in favor of the PA241 since color accuracy is important to me. It sounds like the people on this forum are expert so maybe you can help answer a few questions.
1- This probably sound quite dumb but the screen came with 3 different connection options Displayport / DVI / D-SUB . I have a recent macbook pro with mini displayport.
The obvious question is which is the best way to connect them to get the best image possible. I often read about this screen that it allows 1 billion colors IF CONECTED WITH DISPLAYPORT ?. Does it mean that the other types of connections won't allow as many colors? And if I use an adapter displayport to minidisplay will I get the same results?
Right now it is connected with the D-SUB cable because I happened to have a D-SUB / mini display adapter around. I also have a upstream USB cable connecting my macbook pro and the screen.
2-The Second Issue is calibration. I do not have a probe yet. I will get one soon but in the meantime what can i do to make the screen as accurate as possible? Is there anything I need to do before I start working on photos? Set the monitor to some specific settins better suited to photography? lower the contrast? Change the white point? Can the MultiProfiler app help getting a decent result?
I would REALLY appreciate a bit of advice!
Thanks!!
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1) AFAIK it won't work in 10bit mode - neither OS-X, nor Macbook graphic card, nor Photoshop support it, so don't bother it
2) Multiprofiler is excellent and will give decent result. Don't buy a sensor/profiler before March (unless you buy SVII kit from US)...
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Thanks for replying!
Ho ! ok.
Why before March? What is coming out in March I should be buying?
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I'm not sure - but I have a feeling bordering on certainty that it might be interesting for a PA series display user.
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Thanks, I will take your work for it!
So what would you suggest as far as connection goes then? Mini Display to Displayport , Mini display to DVI? or Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter ?
I am assuming that the D-SUB option is the worst.
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definitely download Multiprofiler. It will let the display *create* it's own ICC profile and register it w/ the Mac's color management system and it works pretty well.
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Thanks,
I did but it says : unable to connect with any supported display monitors, verify that your system is supported.
Which is weird because It's connected with USB ( and set to the right USB in the OSD) so it should work fine. Any idea what could be the problem? >:(
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I think MiniDP>DP Kanex cable should be the best and safest solution.
In Multiprofiler press display configuration (hammer&wrench icon), and choose "PA241W" for "Display 1 is"
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I'm using the iMac DP -> DVI adaptor and DVI cable w/o problem to the PA241
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It works, but it's not as convenient as mDP>DP cable and may be prone to interference.
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Thanks!
on the Kanex website it says to goes Up to 1080p resolution support. Does it mean it wont support the 1920x1200 resolution?
http://www.kanexlive.com/products/mdp_to_dp_mm.html
Also I did select the PA241W in the display 1 tab , so I guess it is seeing it but in parenthesis it says ( No communications ). Could it be because It is curently connect with D-SUB + USB ?
Thanks a lot !
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It should work, my friend had connected PA271W (2540x1440px) with Kanex mDP>DP and there was no problem.
I've never try to connect any PA display via D-SUB so can't really tell whether that's the reason, but maybe.