Any professional photographers out there that have used this and how is it? Is the screen gloss or matt? Thanks!
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actually I think the screen is glossy, my husband uses it for work, he works in the oilfield, it is heavy, but there are filters on the fans so they can be cleaned, it's a lot more powerful than my gaming desktop which is about a year older, I think it would have enough power to do some serious photo editing, he also watches movies on with no problems
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i own one and the screen is matte. i also take photos for architectural/real estate. best if you have monitor calibration tools, otherwise default color settings not that good for editing/processing. i also use my nikon tethered straight to laptop and works well. has built in sd card reader too. only downside is battery life. high performance settings will get you about 1.5hrs work time. power brick is literally a brick so not that portable. overall, very good and reliable machine. i won't replace this for a few years more even with the updated ROG models already out.
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I prefer the matte as it enables me to enjoy the outdoors and work outside. It's the only reason I have not upgraded. So with that said how is it outdoors? My 2 is easily viewed outdoors.
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Just recieved ours a week ago and it has a matte screen. I totally forgot that it never asked for my preference when I was ordering! So I think you are right, Amazon doesn't offer the glossy.I personally like the matte better, less annoying reflection, though I've heard the glossy screens have better color, personal preference.
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It is a Matt screen sorry resident see your email. It works great. My other one was glossy and a little brighter. The Matt is nice though. A lot less reflection. Plugs right in pretty easy to install.
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It does make the material it is applied to glossy (including the Surface (Pro)). That being said, the actual texture of the material is matte. In my experience, all clear "screen-protector" films perform this way. A solid color vinyl sticker type protector may be the best for your preferences.
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JME, so far mine has worked fine with sharp clear photos, no black spots. I have only run about 200 photos thru it though. I'll probably be putting a lot on it next month. I'll will respond back if it starts appearing on mine.
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I'm a pro photographer. This is a bit of anecdotal apples and oranges, but I just returned a glossy 17" MBPro because the screen brightness was obviously very uneven. While in the store I saw a matte 15" MBPro that looked very uniform in brightness. And I'm not talking about glare or varying angle of view here. My recommendation: look at the 15" matte in person and watch out for the glossy, at least in 17". Hope this helps.
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The screen is a matte finish, not nearly as glossy as a plasma or a high contrast LCD. Resolution is decent, but is definitely a matte finish, no gloss.
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Not quite sure how to answer this question, but I'll try. The screen is not a dull matte, it is kind of a semi gloss, not a high-gloss white glass would be. Hope that helps.
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I can only speak fully to the first...it is awesome...I care mine on my hip all the time (of course, that requires a good small case...I think this is the one I use: http://amzn.com/B000ARPLXY). I have not taken landscape pictures with it, but am satisfied with its portrait pictures (but it'll never beat a DSLR). If you take pictures of young kids, however, it'll be impossible to beat its trick to get them to look at the lens and smile. :-) (Ditto for self-portraits alone or with someone else.)
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The camera is good. I've used it for instagram and posting to fb. Sometimes it looks grainy but need to make sure the settings are on the highest resolution/pixels possible.
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It doesn't have the matte screen. It uses the ultra clear panel rather than the matte screen. Picture looks great in day and night. The thing that bothers me about about the b630 and b650 is all that red touch of color and the little bubble on the bottom of screen. I would think it would be distracting when watching movies. I went with the b640 with light grey touch of color, ultra clear panel, added DLNA and I love it. The price was too good to pass.
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Myrna, Have you gotten your camera, yet? If so, what do you think of it? This would be my first digital camera, and what attracts me to this is that it has manual controls. I would be learning photography on it, so I figure I should have manual and auto controls. I am looking to get a Panasonic because a sales person at Best Buy raved about them and said they have the best lenses. To be honest, I know practically nothing about photography, but have had an interest in it for many years. Do you think this camera would be a good plact to start, at least digitally? Thanks, M
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It's semi-matte. The whole point is to be anti-glare, and a glossy shine would be counterproductive. That said, it's not perfect. With the film on the screen, there's significantly less glare/shine than without, but there's still some glare/shine. I wish it had been a perfect solution, but I'm decently happy with the result. For me, it was worth the money.
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I would say that it is more matted than glossy because the reflection is somewhat diffused. (Try Samsung)
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The one I have the tilt is good. I haven't really panned with it, most of what I use it for is setting it up for portrait shots.
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This is matte. Which I'm torn on. I see lines in the screen in totally black areas which bug me. But on prints it's not there so I'm getting used to it. I do like that I never have any glare so there are pluses and minuses to it. Over all I love this computer! It's amazing!