Re: Flanders Scientific Monitor and Kona 3

Hi Tom -
I am not in NY or LA anymore. With that said, I understand that places like Nice Shoes in NY (the # 1 transfer house) is doing color grading on Panasonic Plasmas. And with that said, I see cable shows being done here in Florida with the Pana BT-LH1700W as the "final color grading" monitor. I personally do not know one person that owns a CineTal or eCinema. And believe me, at $5000 for the Flanders 2450, it's still too rich for the blood of most of my clients.

Since the advent of the AVID Media Composer, I could not understand how anyone could get thru a session without a professional waveform monitor/vectorscope. Well, it's been a LONG TIME now, and there are countless shows that go out with the use of the horrible built in scopes that are these software programs (AVID, FCP, etc). And of course, the new Blackmagic Ultrascope may change this.

I drag all this crap into the conversation because I know exactly what SHOULD be happening. I know that "we" should be using the best equipment, and not make excuses with inferior equipment. But this is real life, and it's a MIRACLE for someone to have a TV Logic, CineTal, or eCinema monitor in todays economy. This includes full shows on TV. This ain't LA. And even if it was, it's still not the most predominant monitors.

bobZelin