And another monitor I am now looking at is the Dell Ultrasharp U2413. It seems to be quite a good spec.

It has a wide gamut however which covers sRGB and aRGB. I have my K5 set to sRGB and Loxley says to use sRGB so should the U2413 even be on my radar or would it just be a lot easier if I just chose to use the BenQ instead of mess about with wide gammuts?

Plus you can daisy chain the U2413 with display port cables which is cool

The U2412M pentax?

Plus it would be £400 for two of the Iiyamas instead of £500.

Looks good, more or less the same specs as the BenQ but with 350cd/m2 (vs 300) and the secondary contrast values (what are these for anyway!) are 5m:1 (vs 20m:1). The BenQ also has the adjustability with having a better stand.

Hi everyone,

Been a while since I have been on here. New baby, new house and new job has made zero time for much else!

I was basically thinking about buying two new monitors as the two I have at the moment (an old Hyundai Imagequest and a free Acer I got from my work) even when calibrated with my X-Rite i1 Display Pro are totally out of whack and different temperatures

Now the thing is what monitors to get. I am in no way a pro photographer in any way however I would like to try my hand at making some money in the future if I can. The lab I used in the past for my wedding album was Loxley Colour and on their website they suggest using sRGB.

I am a computer programmer so a resolution of 1900 x 1200 (16:10) is preferred rather than a letter box 16:9.

I have seen a couple such as the BenQ BL2411PT 9H.L99LA.RBE and Dell UltraSharp U2412M.

I am currently leaning towards the BenQ however I can be swayed!

Price is important however I can be a bit flexible if the monitors are better and will be more fit for use. USB hubs / audio are not important. Only really the use for photography and screen real estate are important (with the ability to be used for gaming as well).

If anyone has any suggestions they would be very much welcome before I walk into making a mistake that I regret, by buying two BenQ's if they are going to be bad lol.

Thanks !!

I can get some pics if you need but they do literally look as new.

Wanting to sell a:


SMC Pentax-DA 1:4-5.6 50-200mm ED WR for £110?

Unused except for some test shots (as in literally)! Bought as part of kit with K5 from SRS in 12/2011


SMC Pentax-DA 1:4-5.8 55-300mm ED for £210?

Very very very lightly used (must have only been out with it like 2 times and that's being generous!)

Bought from ChrisA here on this forum around 01/2012

Looking to get rid of both as I find that I never use them because I will reach for the DA* 300mm lol.

Both are mint condition with no fungus or anything that I can see. I should also have the boxes up the loft somewhere if the buyer feels that they need them as well

Not sure on prices but give me a shout if you are interested at all and we can discuss price.

Hmmm sounds good I may need to upgrade now! Anyone know where I can get the cheapest LR 3 to 4 upgrade ?

I got a bag of lenses, film body & flash from a family friend the flash still had the batteries in it but they had turned into a crystallised white mess :-/

Mine was citylink