BlueCosmo5050
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So, I have HDR camera and I really like the look of it. But I want to edit it on a large monitor. I have a newer MacBook Pro which says it supports HDR-10 output.
You'd think this would be easy... search for a 27 to 32 inch monitor with true HDR (not software HDR) and be done with it. However I searched Bestbuy, Amazon, B&H Photo, and I'm totally confused. There doesn't seem to be many true ones.
What are you using? With PC or MAC. I really don't care if it's 4k or 5k. I obviously can't afford Apples XDR monitor, it's around 5 or 6 grand and I'm only doing this as a hobby as of now.
I do care about HDR though. Since I've been able to record in 10 bit HDR it's become more important to me than 4k. I was always a fan of HDR photography and now to have videos where I can see the sky, the foreground, etc in a high contrast situation is amazing. And I don't even have to shoot log and go through a million processes to get it to look that way.
Right now I'm still on the Thunderbolt monitor. Although I've bought new MacBooks over the years, I've stayed with the same old Thunderbolt Monitor, the original one (Or it might be the second one if there was a second one) I've had it since like 2011 I believe.
I don't want to downgrade. Although this Thunderbolt monitor is not 4k, it is 2560x1440 IPS, it actually still looks better than most monitors I see, including 4k ones. In fact, if you put this monitor next to a 27 inch 5k iMac, it really doesn't look all that different. The 5k iMac is basically this monitor running in retina mode. Or that's one way to think of it if this monitor had more pixels.
On Apple's website they recommend the LG 5k monitor for 1299 but it doesn't even have HDR.
I may have to go to a gaming website and ask some gamers what they use because I know a lot of them have true HDR.
You'd think this would be easy... search for a 27 to 32 inch monitor with true HDR (not software HDR) and be done with it. However I searched Bestbuy, Amazon, B&H Photo, and I'm totally confused. There doesn't seem to be many true ones.
What are you using? With PC or MAC. I really don't care if it's 4k or 5k. I obviously can't afford Apples XDR monitor, it's around 5 or 6 grand and I'm only doing this as a hobby as of now.
I do care about HDR though. Since I've been able to record in 10 bit HDR it's become more important to me than 4k. I was always a fan of HDR photography and now to have videos where I can see the sky, the foreground, etc in a high contrast situation is amazing. And I don't even have to shoot log and go through a million processes to get it to look that way.
Right now I'm still on the Thunderbolt monitor. Although I've bought new MacBooks over the years, I've stayed with the same old Thunderbolt Monitor, the original one (Or it might be the second one if there was a second one) I've had it since like 2011 I believe.
I don't want to downgrade. Although this Thunderbolt monitor is not 4k, it is 2560x1440 IPS, it actually still looks better than most monitors I see, including 4k ones. In fact, if you put this monitor next to a 27 inch 5k iMac, it really doesn't look all that different. The 5k iMac is basically this monitor running in retina mode. Or that's one way to think of it if this monitor had more pixels.
On Apple's website they recommend the LG 5k monitor for 1299 but it doesn't even have HDR.
I may have to go to a gaming website and ask some gamers what they use because I know a lot of them have true HDR.