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Hey guys. I'm making my first steps to get a proper colors for grading, and am looking to buy a grading monitor. I'm not sure which one will fall under my budget. It depends on the price of the other I/O I need to buy.
I work on an iMac 5k 2015, so only have thunderbolt 2.0
I need a simple REC709 coverage, no fancy DCI-P3 or adobe RGB. My footage is mostly HD 10bit 422 or 444 (from sony F3 camera), but also I will have some Alexa 2.8k footage coming in soon. Having 5k imac, I have a way to preview resolution, but no way to preview color properly.
I can either get a good HD panel (like older Eizo), or a consumer 4k panel (like LG 31mu97).
As far as I understand Eizo can store 3d LUTs, so all I need is to buy a Mini Monitor PCIe card and Enclosure. Or Ultrastudio Express. Or standalone Ultrastudio MiniMonitor. I have no idea if they will all allow me to preview my 10bit footage with no loss.
Can anyone help me out with understanding which one should I get for HD to get best color?
For 4k it seems to be more simple and PCIe Mini Monitor 4K + PCIe enclosure seems to be the only option, but again, LG cannot store LUTs, so I assume the PCIe card can?
I would be really grateful if someone can help me figure this out. Thank you!
I work on an iMac 5k 2015, so only have thunderbolt 2.0
I need a simple REC709 coverage, no fancy DCI-P3 or adobe RGB. My footage is mostly HD 10bit 422 or 444 (from sony F3 camera), but also I will have some Alexa 2.8k footage coming in soon. Having 5k imac, I have a way to preview resolution, but no way to preview color properly.
I can either get a good HD panel (like older Eizo), or a consumer 4k panel (like LG 31mu97).
As far as I understand Eizo can store 3d LUTs, so all I need is to buy a Mini Monitor PCIe card and Enclosure. Or Ultrastudio Express. Or standalone Ultrastudio MiniMonitor. I have no idea if they will all allow me to preview my 10bit footage with no loss.
Can anyone help me out with understanding which one should I get for HD to get best color?
For 4k it seems to be more simple and PCIe Mini Monitor 4K + PCIe enclosure seems to be the only option, but again, LG cannot store LUTs, so I assume the PCIe card can?
I would be really grateful if someone can help me figure this out. Thank you!