I attended a talk recently given by Manfred on the best conditions under which to edit in order to achieve good colour rendition. It was valuable information and explained to me the many ways that my set-up is problematic. If I understood correctly, the most important feature is the monitor but I didn't think that I could justify purchasing a new one at this stage (but if I could, the BenQ 27" 4K looks lovely!) I was going to postpone making any changes to my set-up but the other night I saw a photo that I had put time and effort into and although I was pleased with it on my monitor (a newish iMac) it looked so different and disappointing when I saw it on a good monitor.
Here are some changes that I could make:
1) my room lighting. What artificial lighting do people use? Any overhead lights or table lights?
2) colours and brightness around me. Unfortunately, I love colours. My walls are red (a tasteful "Louisiana Hot Sauce" the paint chip calls it), my furniture is red, and I have a long window beside my working area. I could easily cover the areas around me when I edit with grey sheets...
3) colour calibration with i1 Display Pro. I know the iMac was a poor choice for photo editing but I can still calibrate it and get it to display to its maximum potential. I have free access to i1 Display Pro and I wonder if anyone has experience with it.
4) with respect to the monitor. I saw the chart that showed how much less the iMac monitor covers compared to a better monitors but I am not clear on how much is missing in practice. I know that there is no definitive answer to this but I still wonder whether, for example, it is with nearly every photo that I take that I will fail to see colours on the monitor that I had captured in the camera.
thanks for any thoughts!