That did the trick and stopped the ghosting. BenQ suggested going to Settings>AMA and turning it off.
Initially, there was some ghosting when quickly scrolling through dark text on a light background. So, in short, this monitor nicely meets my image developing requirements in terms of image quality. I printed a large 30×45 canvas print of an image which was entirely developed on the BenQ and the match to the print came out great. However, the contrast of the BenQ appears better to my eye than my NEC, with blacker blacks and brighter highlights (but to be fair my NEC is a couple years old now). Both profiles show 98-99% of the Adobe RGB color space. I use a Spyder5 to profile the BenQ, as I do with the NEC, and I’m not able to discern any appreciable difference in my Photoshop workflow in respects to color. After two months working with the BenQ, I can say that to my eye I have not noticed any important difference in image quality and color gamut compared to my NEC monitor. Photography monitors by NEC are some of the highest rated, reviewed and respected monitors on the market, second only to ones made by Eizo. The image on the monitor looks great and it is as good or better than any monitor I have had for developing images. It even has a “Hotkey Puck” that allows you to switch between different color modes with a single click.
It also comes with a well-built screen shade which I would use if I wasn’t running a second monitor. It has a variety of connectors that you’d expect on a monitor of this class (see the specs page if you want to know more) and they are easy to reach in the back. The control buttons are simple and intuitive and the menus are easy to navigate. All of these motions are smooth and take little effort.
It tilts, swivels, raises and lowers and also rotates 90 degrees so you can use the monitor in a vertical orientation. Much of the stand is made of solid metal. The assembly was easy and the monitor stand is sleeker, stronger and better functioning than the one on my NEC. Despite having the largest screen of any monitor I have owned, it is also the thinnest, half as thick as my NEC. It isn’t sexy aluminum and glass like an Apple monitor, but it is well designed and pleasantly low profile. This is a high-end monitor meant for imaging professionals. What follows are my impressions on these aspects. I have wondered if 4K resolution would create any issues for me, such as icons and text too small to read or challenges accurately evaluating image sharpness. And if I was purchasing the monitor the price would also be a factor.
You can also view the BenQ specs page for this monitor here.Īs a photographer, the things I care about in a monitor are my visual experience in terms of color, contrast and resolution, how much screen workspace there is and how well built and easy to use it is. If you are interested in a techy review that covers gamma curves, color gamuts and contrast ratios you can check out the review by Hugo Rodriquez here. I don’t know much about monitor science and engineering. Note that this will be a non-technical review.
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I chose the 31.5″ SW320 for reasons I’ll talk about later. (Disclosure: BenQ sent me a free monitor to review, but no money or strings were attached.) I already own a BenQ projector that has been great, so I said sure, I’d love to give one of the 4K BenQ monitors a test drive. But, I’m always a fan of seeing more clarity and detail in my images and I have been curious about how 4K would be for editing images and video. I have been quite happy with the resolution and also the image and color quality on the NEC. My previous main monitor, a 30″ NEC PA302, is also Adobe RGB and has a resolution of 2560×1600, which is roughly two times (2K) standard 1920×1080 HD. New Update: read to the bottom of the article to see PhotoJoseph’s video review of this monitor.īenQ contacted me to see if I would be interested in trying out one of their Adobe RGB 4K photo editing monitors.
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