Re: Highend tools - lower end budget

And you don't hear what I'm saying. You say that you can't do as good a job as the guy with 60K of equipment because you don't have the experience he has. Those are two entirely different arguments.

The experienced guy is going to be just as limited as you are on substandard equipment. If you think a master carpenter can build a house efficiently with a plastic hammer, you are mistaken.

Given the same gear of acceptable quality, the experienced guy has the advantage that he has already made all the mistakes and figured out how to fix them while you haven't even hit them yet.

My point is that without the minimum acceptable tool, you are pissing upwind. Without a standard, which is the whole point of "reference" monitors, you have no idea what you are going to get as an end result.

I never said you can't color correct on any thing that will show video. I'm just pointing out that you have no real reference so why waste your time.

However, you are always welcome to build a house with a plastic hammer if you please. :-)

Terence Curren
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