Which monitor color calibrator?

RaidenII · 7th December 2004

Hi, which monitor calibrator is good?
Spyder 2 Pro Studio or Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display?
Or any other recommendations?
Thanks!

detrop · 7th December 2004

is this ur 1st? i'd like to buy 1 too in d future.. but i guess, can start with spyder2 1st.. since its decent nuff

RaidenII · 7th December 2004

yes, first time buying.

sumball · 7th December 2004

or get someone to calibrate for u at a tiny cost? say $15-$20 for each monitor? CRT or LCD.

zod · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by sumball

or get someone to calibrate for u at a tiny cost? say $15-$20 for each monitor? CRT or LCD.

oeyvind does it for $50

zod · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by RaidenII

Hi, which monitor calibrator is good?
Spyder 2 Pro Studio or Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display?
Or any other recommendations?
Thanks!

eye-one display is very good
i have done 2 successful MO for the eye-one

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=98536
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=100544

the 2nd batch of eye-one is arriving in a few days time

i might be doing a 3rd MO for the eye-one. watch out for it! it's cheap!

chisiang · 7th December 2004

I bought a Macbeth eye one d2 last month. Not bad but a bit pricey.

Just a note, the calibration depends a lot on your monitor's ability to control brightness/contrast and best if can adjust RGB independently.

After calibration, it shows your monitor's ability to reproduce colours. My BenQ FP783 like got very limited abilities to reproduce colour spectrum. Felt like going back to CRT...

espn · 7th December 2004

BUY BUY BUY Sony Artisan!!!

I 2nd Gretag Mcbeth EyeOne, don't worry if your display cannot control RGB etc, the graphics card drivers should be able to...

user111 · 7th December 2004

if u dont need 100000...000%%% super accurate colour then the cheapest way is just use adobe gamma that comes free as a part of photoshop. by using eyepower to judge colour and brightness alone, it gave me 999..9999%%% accurate calibration

singscott · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by espn

BUY BUY BUY Sony Artisan!!!

I 2nd Gretag Mcbeth EyeOne, don't worry if your display cannot control RGB etc, the graphics card drivers should be able to...

Singapore can get Sony Artisan Ma???

"WHERE TO GET?"

Steven · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by user111

if u dont need 100000...000%%% super accurate colour then the cheapest way is just use adobe gamma that comes free as a part of photoshop. by using eyepower to judge colour and brightness alone, it gave me 999..9999%%% accurate calibration

I second that. So far this has worked for me.

denniskee · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by user111

if u dont need 100000...000%%% super accurate colour then the cheapest way is just use adobe gamma that comes free as a part of photoshop. by using eyepower to judge colour and brightness alone, it gave me 999..9999%%% accurate calibration

Pls illustrate how to do it. Can save alot of hobbist here $$$. Many thanks.

user111 · 7th December 2004

Originally Posted by denniskee

Pls illustrate how to do it. Can save alot of hobbist here $$$. Many thanks.

aiyo...just follow the adobe gamma calibration instruction sequence and judge by looking la

RaidenII · 8th December 2004

Like that, the colour monitor calibrator compaines will have closed down by now, right????

Why are they still producing then?

Neo · 8th December 2004

The Adobe Gamma setup is a stop-gap measure by Adobe for users without any form of colour calibration, to force the display into more manageable and predicatable colour display space. That is... it is better than doing nothing. But the biggest weakness of this solution is that it depends on the human eye, which is prone to variance and mis-judgement. Our vision is easily affected by surrounding colours and light sources etc. So while it is good to have Adobe Gamma done, it is far from having a proper colour spectrometer.

For most of the users in this forum, my guess is that you'd want to have a screen that matches your photo print. Not 100%, but at least 95%... so you can actually get away with a ColorVision Spyder. The MacBeth is really cool, much more versatile and more accurate, but it costs much moola more. And unless your monitor is created to high specs (such as the Artisan, Trinitron or Diamondtron), you're not getting the advantage of a MacBeth.

If you're really serious about colours, you'd be calibrating your displays once a week, or more if your monitor is prone to colour drift. Or else, if you're like most CSers, you'd probably calibrate once a month or less.

Just my two cents...

7th December 2004	#1
RaidenII Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 55	Which monitor color calibrator? Hi, which monitor calibrator is good? Spyder 2 Pro Studio or Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display? Or any other recommendations? Thanks!

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chisiang Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bt Panjang Posts: 1,238	I bought a Macbeth eye one d2 last month. Not bad but a bit pricey. Just a note, the calibration depends a lot on your monitor's ability to control brightness/contrast and best if can adjust RGB independently. After calibration, it shows your monitor's ability to reproduce colours. My BenQ FP783 like got very limited abilities to reproduce colour spectrum. Felt like going back to CRT... __________________ [/spending][/BBB][/FUN]

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user111 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,719	cheap way out if u dont need 100000...000%%% super accurate colour then the cheapest way is just use adobe gamma that comes free as a part of photoshop. by using eyepower to judge colour and brightness alone, it gave me 999..9999%%% accurate calibration

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detrop Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nowhere but ClubSNAP Posts: 192	is this ur 1st? i'd like to buy 1 too in d future.. but i guess, can start with spyder2 1st.. since its decent nuff

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sumball Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,224	or get someone to calibrate for u at a tiny cost? say $15-$20 for each monitor? CRT or LCD.

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espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	BUY BUY BUY Sony Artisan!!! I 2nd Gretag Mcbeth EyeOne, don't worry if your display cannot control RGB etc, the graphics card drivers should be able to...

8th December 2004	#14
RaidenII Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 55	Like that, the colour monitor calibrator compaines will have closed down by now, right???? Why are they still producing then?

8th December 2004	#15
Neo Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 947	The Adobe Gamma setup is a stop-gap measure by Adobe for users without any form of colour calibration, to force the display into more manageable and predicatable colour display space. That is... it is better than doing nothing. But the biggest weakness of this solution is that it depends on the human eye, which is prone to variance and mis-judgement. Our vision is easily affected by surrounding colours and light sources etc. So while it is good to have Adobe Gamma done, it is far from having a proper colour spectrometer. For most of the users in this forum, my guess is that you'd want to have a screen that matches your photo print. Not 100%, but at least 95%... so you can actually get away with a ColorVision Spyder. The MacBeth is really cool, much more versatile and more accurate, but it costs much moola more. And unless your monitor is created to high specs (such as the Artisan, Trinitron or Diamondtron), you're not getting the advantage of a MacBeth. If you're really serious about colours, you'd be calibrating your displays once a week, or more if your monitor is prone to colour drift. Or else, if you're like most CSers, you'd probably calibrate once a month or less. Just my two cents...