Topics in this Monitor Buying Guide: Shopping for a New Monitor; Connections. Monitors deliver deeper blacks and more accurate color than most LED or LCD monitors, making them great for photo editing, graphics work and gaming. Our friendly Blue Shirts are there to answer questions and help with choosing the best monitor for your needs.
Putting together this review of the best monitors for photographers has been a rather time consuming operation. For the past 2 months the tiny Shotkit office has been overrun with a selection of 27″ monitors, with cables running to and from various computers, as we tried to find the best screens for photographers in 2019. If you’re looking for a great monitor for a Macbook Pro, or need a supplementary screen to add to your existing computer set up, keep reading to discover which monitors we recommend and why. Best Monitors for Photographers Image Product Details Dell U2715Q #1 All ROUND • 3840 x 2160 • High Colour Depth • • BenQ SW271 POPULAR • 3840 x 2160 • High Dynamic Range • • Eizo ColorEdge CG277 PRO CHOICE • 2560 x 1440 • Wide-Gamut LED • • Samsung U28E590D GREAT VALUE • 3840 x 2160 • 28' UHD LED Lit • • Acer R240HY BARGAIN! • 1920 x 1080 • Cheap 2nd Monitor • • Before we delve deeper into the best monitors for photographers, it’s important to remember that the majority of this review is aimed at the average professional or amateur photographer. If you’re a commercial photographer or someone who requires the very best colour accurate monitor for editing regardless of price, I’ve included one monitor by Eizo that should fit the bill. However, for the rest of us who simply require a great monitor for both editing and everyday computing tasks that won’t break the bank, any of the monitors reviewed below should be spot on.
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No matter how much you invest in a monitor for photography, you should consider calibrating it frequently with a product such as the, particularly if you rely on consistent colour accuracy (which all professional photographers should!) Personally, as a wedding photographer delivering files mostly digitally, I’ve found that frequent monitor calibration isn’t actually necessary for me, especially when considering the colour inconsistencies that naturally exist between my monitor and my clients’ monitors. I do calibrate occasionally though, to make sure my monitor isn’t straying too far out of line! If you make a lot of prints, monitor calibration will be necessary, regardless of how much your monitor cost, and what calibrated state it left the factory in – all monitors lose colour accuracy over time. Best Monitor Reviews Display (max): 3840 x 2160 pixels Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Screen Size: 27″ Dimensions: 25.2 x 21.2 x 8″ (640.08 x 538.48 x 203.2 mm) Weight: 7 kg 575 g (16.7 lbs / 267.2 oz) Price: If you’re researching affordable 27″ monitors for editing and general computing tasks, there’s a good chance that you’ve come across a screen by Dell.