Imaging Specialist Monitor

BenQ PD322OU is another specialist monitor from BenQ targeted at photography professionals.

- Girish Mallya and Ravi Parmar

It aims to provide all the features desired by photography and Videography professionals/enthusiasts and they do a good job of it. Their pricing is also competitive, about half the price of a comparable monitor from Apple for similar usage requirements.

Design and Build quality

BenQ has truly upped the design quotient with this monitor, it is significantly better looking (aesthetics) than its previous photo-quality monitors. It has a minimalist design and a sturdy reliable stand to support the large screen size. Like with their previous series of photo-quality monitors, they provide a suite of accessories to help you work in all kinds of lighting conditions.

The PD322OU measures 436.4mm x 740.3mm x 65.6mm without base and accessories and weighs about 12.5kg with the stand.

Features

BenQ PD3200U’s highlight is its 4K UHD resolution (3840x2160), which provides excellent image quality and it works effectively for both still photographs and videos. 4K UHD resolution offers extraordinary clarity of fine details and depth of subtle textures optimized for motion picture, animation, graphics and still photos.

Its covers 100% of sRGB and delivers IPS wide viewing angle technology, minimizing colour shift to inspire design confidence. 100% sRGB colour gamut accuracy adheres to industry standards in digital production.

Each BenQ monitor for imaging purposes is individually factory-calibrated to assure precise Delta-E and Gamma performance. Calibration results are validated against industry colour standards to deliver true and original content.

Its screen size is 32” and display area is 708.4(H)mm x 398.5(V)mm. It uses backlight technology and has an IPS panel. The maximum resolution is 3840x2160, with a brightness of 350 cd/ m2 and native contrast(typ.) of 1000:1 and also has great viewing angle.