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I am going to be on line at my local camera story to get me one of these. A must for anyone into photo tech!
{April Fools Day I hope}
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My friend George Anderson sent this to me from this smithsonian blog. It is right on the mark. I do have to say that my head is still partly stuck in the “don’t let it out the door mentality”. What do you think?
I have booked my tickets… you? Don’t forget about eye tattoos as well, for feelunique.com. Great advertising space.
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So you may be a professional photographer, graphic designer, etc and you are wondering if it is time to finally get that new monitor. Your LCD is fading or your CRT is finally ready to be replaced. But after looking around you wonder “do I go with the 22″ Eizo, where I am buying the reputation Eizo has developed over the last few years, or do I go with the 26″ NEC 2690WUXi2?”
I did some research before I purchased. Not that I am a big tech head, but I did ask around, so my friend Brad told me to look at this NEC. He had seen it at PPE in November, he and several others thought this was a great monitor. One of the big advantages of the new NEC over the previous generation model is that the contrast ratio is now 1:1000.
So my friend Aaron told me he had just bought the Eizo 22″ in the last few months and after hearing that I got the new NEC offered to come to my stuido and we do a side by side comparision. Well I think we both agreed that the side by side test put the NEC on top. Both in value $1180 delivered no tax vs. the Eizo about $1400 + tax. And quality, one of the main reasons I feel the NEC looked better was the contrast ratio of 1:1000.
No dout that the Eizo is a very fine product but in the end I went for more screen space, less money and, I think, better quality. Look forward to hear your opinions. And thanks Aaron for schelpping it over here.
Just for scale the NEC 26″ next to my 15″ MacBook Pro
So my LaCie Electron 19blue IV 19 inch CRT Monitor finally saw it’s last bit of electrification. It is on it’s was to the great recycling graveyard. It served me well, if be for about 5 years too long. My friend Brad scouted this NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2 monitor at Photo Plus Expo for me. It replaces the LCD2690WUXi notice that in the new model there is a “2″ at the end of the name. Be sure to buy the NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2. It is about the same price or cheaper than the old one. And it has higher specks than the old model as well.
For me I chose this over the smaller Eizo CG222W 22.2″. They go for about the same price of $1200. I chose the size over, I am told, ” the higher quailty” of the Eizo. But if you read the specks, and I have read them a little (I am not a technofile), they are about equal I am told. I have not seen them side by side, but after just plugging this in for the first time I am overwhelmed with the quality, detail, color. It is worth every penny. Anyone with has experience with both of these the Eizo and the NEC please let me know your opinion of how they rate.
UPDATE:
I have been requested to show the test of the earth on a black background to show the result of the apparent lack of a A-TW polarizer. Well here it is in video.’
There has been much discussion about the new NEC MultiSync LCD2690WUXi2 and if it has or does not have a A-TW polarizer. Word is from NEC is that it does not use the A-TW polarizer.
NEC reps says ““There are good and bad points with the A-TW. Some color critical users do not like the green/magenta glow at each corner of the display, and a neutral gray is more acceptable. Also the contrast ratio is increased with this panel.”
I can see the difference in the dark, but when was the last time you looked at your monitor in completed darkness. Next we will say look at how bad it looks outside?
IMHO it is an excellent monitor.
BREAKING NEWS, May 6, 2008 – The House is meeting tomorrow 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 2141 Rayburn House Office Building markup of H.R. 5889, the “Orphan Works Act of 2008″
This means that if you oppose the House Bill as it stands, it is extremely important to make your voice heard before that meeting begins.
At this time, it is understood that the House believes that photographers and other visual artists including their trade associations are in agreement with the current bills. APA opposes both the House and Senate bills as written.
Please take a moment to be heard via a prepared letter of your choice, or by including your own reasoned thoughts in a professional courteous manner.
This link <http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/> will allow you to be heard.
Scroll down about half way to see “For Photographers”.
It is important to be heard. It is your future.
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Charlie Rose gets a black eye. No, one of his guests did not take a swing at him. He was walking down 59th Street in New York City and “tripped” in a pothole. His reflexes told him to save his new state of the art, Mac Book Air, rather than to protect his face from the ground. More at Salon.
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MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.
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Watch the apple guided tour here:
Great design and illustration on a wonderfully simple website.
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— with no pretty slides behind him — Philippe Starck spends 17 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question “Why design?” Along the way he drops brilliant insights into the human condition; listen carefully for one perfectly crystallized motto for all of us, genius or not. Yet all this deep thought, he cheerfully admits, is to aid in the design of a better toothbrush. (Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, California. Duration: 17:07.)
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Photo J. Emilio Flores For The New York Times
Ettore Sottsass, an éminence grise of postmodern design who helped found the influential Memphis Group and was responsible for the familiar bright red plastic Olivetti typewriter, died Monday at his home in Milan. He was 90.
If you missed this last year, you will enjoy viewing images and collaborating with the Polling Place Project. Right now the site suggests that entries ended in November of 2006, but the site will be updated and begin asking for new images from this election cycle soon.
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If you like classic modern design you will love the work of industrial designer, Dieter Rams. Read an interview with him at DesignBoom. And gallery of product images from Flicker.
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Perhaps one of my favorite contemporary photographers is Edward Burtynsky.
In his own words:
Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire – a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.Edward Burtynsky
There is a documentary about him too. View the trailer here:
New Burger King TV Ad. Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s latest online adventure for Burger King forces viewers to contemplate the unthinkable: a world without Whoppers.
More at: http://www.whopperfreakout.com/
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