BenQ GW2765HT set up for photo editing

[kuuan]

hi, just bought a Benq GW2765HT and my main purpose will be photo editing.
It's my first decent monitor and I am at loss:
how to calibrate?
even more basic: how to set up the monitor?
in the menu I can go to "Picture Advanced" > "Picture Mode" > and there I have 8 choices, 2 of them are "photo" and "sRGB". These two look very distinct from each other, the "photo" setting is much bluer, the "sRGB" much more yellow. Which is the one to choose for photo editing, to get the colors as accurate as possible?
thank you,
andreas

 

[getochkn]

To fully calibrate you need a calibration device. sRGB i think is the best to use.

 

[kuuan]

thank you. You say sRGB. Since you say "I think" I hope for someone to second. This because the "photo" setting makes image look rather blue, the "sRGB" setting much more yellow...they are so different from each other, so to get that setting right is the first step, later maybe look into calibrating.

 

[getochkn]

Well in lightroom I use the sRGB profile for my color profile, so my monitor is also set to that mode and my whites look pretty white. Is everything yellow or just photos? Like google's homepage should be nice and white in sRGB mode.

 

[kuuan]

yes, when set to sRGB e.g. google looks "white", but a white that looks "yellowish" when compared to the white when set to "photo" which, in comparison, looks "blueish".

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  in the user manual it says:
  setting "Photo": For viewing still images.
  setting "sRGB": For better color matching representation with the peripheral devices, such as printers, digital cameras, etc

hm...I suppose that sRGB will be the correct setting, but the option "photo" makes this a bit confusing.
I just emailed to BenQ support, curious if and which answer I'll get

 

[kuuan]

correct is the sRGB setting, here the answer of BenQ support:

"Dear customer,

Thanks for contacting BenQ Support.

After checking with our technical engineer, we suggested that you could set OSD to sRGB mode and set photoshop (software) to sRGB format to match with monitor OSD sRGB.
Photoshop sRGB color setting information for you reference: http://www.color-management-guide.com/photoshop-color-settings.html

Thank you!

BenQ Support.