Dell 2407-HC 24" LCD monitor

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Note this post is about the 2407-HC (High-Colour?) version of the Dell 24" LCD monitor.

I recently purchased the Dell 2407-HC and found colours in general were way too saturated, even after multiple attempts to calibrate it using a Spyder2. A quick search on the Internet found the following:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readf ... angemode=1
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readf ... angemode=1

Being a complete colour newbie, this is what I make of the above links. Basically, the HC (or any other wide-gamut monitor) work in the Adobe RGB colour space, whereas most/all of my jpeg photos are sRGB (as set in the camera), and most Windows programs just assume sRGB. Displaying an sRGB photo in a non-colour managed program on the HC will result in the over-saturation. This is why colours look fine in Photoshop, but are over-saturated in other image browsers. Is my interpretation correct??

So for those who are contemplating the 2407-HC for photo editing, make sure you are using software that is colour managed (e.g. Photoshop). In their infinite wisdom, Adobe decided that Bridge does not need colour management. ACDSee doesn't either, so it's time to look for a photo browser that does.

Ben

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Bridge is coloured managed......you can synchronize Photoshop and Bridge to be able to use the same Colour Space....... set up your RGB colour space in Photoshop then synchronize in Bridge......only takes a minute for both to use the same colour space

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Thanks bp. Will look into it.

Ben