strawbale

Lovely!

Perfect eye-AF

Lovely! PS: very early grapes ;-)

a few (belatedly posted) SOOC jpegs cropped

For Aperture under Big Sur, maybe read this - including the highlighted note at the top: https://photojoseph.com/tips/2021/2/1/whoah-aperture-running-macos-big-sur

Scaled 'as 2560x1440' is still a 4k resolution - it's (only) UI and text that appear to be as 2560x1440 (but are still 4k, but scaled) whilst images remain unchanged, IF the app is retina-aware.

What are your font smoothing settings? The issue (with fuzzy fonts) is not so much M1 as Big Sur, where you cannot switch off font smoothing in System Preferences any more, which is detrimental for ...

Hope you feel more appreciated elsewhere - thanks for your very original approach!

Or find a suitable one in this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/anyone-have-a-monitor-that-can-run-in-rgb-color-mode-with-mac-mini-m1.2272978/ ?

seems Asus PA248QV is running RGB: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/anyone-have-a-monitor-that-can-run-in-rgb-color-mode-with-mac-mini-m1.2272978/post-29373502

This might be of interest: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/65083393

I'm afraid I'm not qualified to answer that (last) question.

Did you use to (re)calibrate your iMac screen? Did you work in aRGB, sRGB, and/or P3? Do you shoot 4k (3840 wide) or 4k cinema (4096 wide)? (most 4k monitors are 'only' 3840 wide)

and if you do the latter (#2), you risk getting the same font issues as lower resolution (non-HiDPI) monitors.

Don't know, sorry, but the Flexscan EIZO's still have some limitations: https://www.eizoglobal.com/support/compatibility/pc/mac/apple-m1/ (scroll down to "2. Update: Compatibility with EIZO Monitors")

Check thi before you buy a non-HiDPI screen for you M1 under Big Sur: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/m1-mac-external-display-fuzzy-fonts-colors-ypbpr-vs-rgb.2276345/

Thanks!

Thanks for that link. Would be nice if a M1-compatibility column was added. BTW, not sure why it says 'no' for SuperDuper in the versioning column, as you can do incremental backups with SD!

GH5, XT3/4

Beautiful - ballet jay