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The Underwater Club Forums Equipment and Techniques Monitor Recommendation for Photo Editing? Reply To: Monitor Recommendation for Photo Editing?

  • Nicolas

    Administrator
    2026-02-16 at 10:21 am

    Hi @evanepattoncomcast-net

    If colour-precise photo editing is your priority, the Eizo range are a known and proven quantity, you can’t go wrong with them.

    You’ll pay more for bigger size and more modern options (e.g. USB-C connectors), you can save by compromising on them, but they consistently lead in terms of colour accuracy, gamut coverage, etc. You do need to get them calibrated on a regular basis (like other monitors).

    Couple of things to know:

    -A good monitor for photo editing and video editing are 2 different things, you’re looking for different specs.

    -No matter how good your monitor is, over time its colours can shift and you need to calibrate it on a regular basis.

    -There are a number of independent reviews out there for all sorts of monitors to help you choose, but don’t skim to the conclusion, pay attention to colour accuracy in particular in blue/aqua. Last time I checked, Dell had some very competitive monitors that scored very well for photography… except with those blue/aqua colours, but who cares right? Well we – UW photographers – care a lot about these colours

    We discussed the topic on a coffee chat meeting a while back, and I recall @MattD was very satisfied with a BenQ monitor, another brand highly regarded for photography but less pricy than Eizo.