Sony Artisan

Imagine a monitor design specifically for digital photographers. Imagine that it was capable of calibrating and profiling itself, and even able to advise you when it drifted out of calibration. Imagine that it had a resolution of up to 2048 X 1536 and a diagonal measurement of 21".
I could go on — and will — but you get the idea. The monitor in question is theSony Artisan,akathe modelGDM-C520K. It has a suggested retail price in the U.S. of $1,800 but can be found for about $1,600 from a number of reputable on-line dealers. This makes it quite a bit more expensive than most other CRT monitors, though similarly priced to high-end LCDs like theApple Cinemadisplay. But, it really is in a class of its own, and according to the experts is currently bested only by the $5,000Barco Referencemonitor.
So why would you want one of these? Simple. If you are producing high quality commercial or fine art prints, then having the finest screen image possible to create them on will m...