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Photog74: Does the 14-bit LUT mean these monitors are hardware calibratable?
This article suggests that you calibrate your monitor rather than the video card but recommends NEC monitors that are usually a lot more expensive than a Dell:
http://blog.neocamera.com/calibrate-your-display-not-your-video-card/
Of course it's from 2009 but the question remains - does the 14-bit LUT place this 2013 Dell model in the same league as a 2009 NEC in terms of display calibration?
This is why I ordered the LG 27EA83D instead, since it is the same LCD panel (LG is manufacturer) and LG have not locked out other calibrators.
wazu: I work on a laptop for image editing and do not want to store the images in my Pictures folder, which is where LR4 imports them to from a flash card. For the life of me I could not find anywhere in the preferences to change the user/Pictures folder to a folder on an external drive. However when I decided to just copy the pitcures manually to an external drive and then let LR import them it does not then copy to my internal User/Pictures folder. This means I cannot simply use LR to import directly from the camera cards. This is the first annoying 'feature' I find to be not only confusing but non-intuitive and inconsistant. I also,would like a simple feature where I could flag my better pictures so that a backup to another seperate external drive would safeguard my keepers. Is this just too much to ask for?
bdkr65 writes: "As long as you do not make any file location changes outside LR..."
All these workarounds and caveats amount to massive distrust and dislike when using LR for file management. I have tried DxO and Apple Aperture which are fairly excellent image editing programs in their own right. However I really need a set of tools for file management or processing if you will that allows me to use whatever image processing SW is right for the task.
Having to appease the inflexibility of LR to relocate images in revised catalogs or need to specify an external drive, every single time you import is just too much to ask for. Any decent db product should allow access to internal data which you could edit to reflect new organization.
Therefor I''m still going to re-evaluate any and all decent image processing tools always, and never become another evangelist like some of you for a crippled product just because it is execellent and pulling details from shadows or sharpening.
I work on a laptop for image editing and do not want to store the images in my Pictures folder, which is where LR4 imports them to from a flash card. For the life of me I could not find anywhere in the preferences to change the user/Pictures folder to a folder on an external drive. However when I decided to just copy the pitcures manually to an external drive and then let LR import them it does not then copy to my internal User/Pictures folder. This means I cannot simply use LR to import directly from the camera cards. This is the first annoying 'feature' I find to be not only confusing but non-intuitive and inconsistant. I also,would like a simple feature where I could flag my better pictures so that a backup to another seperate external drive would safeguard my keepers. Is this just too much to ask for?
joao salvador: Good review but bottom line is: if you have a Lx3 or Lx5 the upgrade is not worth it. For me, the lack of a wideangle converter as available to Lx3 or 5 makes the slight advantage in max. aperture and sharpness of the Lx7 irrelevant. And forgive me but the Rx-100 is on another level of quality.
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Joao
My conclusion also Joao,
If Panasonic had just managed to squeeze a larger CMOS sensor into this I might have upgrade from my CCD LX5. Other problem is that the LXs are so well built it is hard to justify a new camera when the old one just keeps on performing so well. Perhaps it's because it's manufactured in Japan. Oly and now the new batch of RX100s are being churned out in PRC.
I whole heartedly agree with this entry. Until mankind acheives global peace there can be no other more lofty goal. Sadly we're no closer to that day than when we first started beating each other with clubs.