Comments on: Calibrate Your Monitor! http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/ A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Saturday Links Fever [2009-01-24] | All Day I Dream About Photography http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-189 Saturday Links Fever [2009-01-24] | All Day I Dream About Photography Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:06:22 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-189 [...] Calibrate Your Monitor! Enticing the Light An important reminder why we should keep our monitors calbirated [...] [...] Calibrate Your Monitor! Enticing the Light An important reminder why we should keep our monitors calbirated [...]

]]> By: Kappii http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-186 Kappii Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:22:19 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-186 Need to get me one of these spyders I think. Having such a rough time callibrating my moniter on my new laptop (almost three days now !), horrible purple cast and then when I get rid of this horrible skin tones. I know its not gonna be as good as CRT but at moment my new laptop screen is unbearable. Why oh why did my old one have to die ? :( Need to get me one of these spyders I think. Having such a rough time callibrating my moniter on my new laptop (almost three days now !), horrible purple cast and then when I get rid of this horrible skin tones.
I know its not gonna be as good as CRT but at moment my new laptop screen is unbearable. Why oh why did my old one have to die ? :(

]]> By: AndrewG NY http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-164 AndrewG NY Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:16:38 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-164 My recollection when I was looking into this several months ago is that if you use a multi-monitor system there may be some benefits to the step-up models. I think my research was pushing me towards the $150 Datacolor Spyder3Pro at the time but the advantages over the entry level devices which are usually a little under $100 are modest on a single-screen system. I'm not a doctor or nurse but regarding the analogy with diabetes, I'm thinking these calibration tools are more like insulin (require periodic use to adjust in the direction of ship-shape) and by-eye calibration is more like eating a piece of fruit or what-not. My recollection when I was looking into this several months ago is that if you use a multi-monitor system there may be some benefits to the step-up models. I think my research was pushing me towards the $150 Datacolor
Spyder3Pro at the time but the advantages over the entry level devices which are usually a little under $100 are modest on a single-screen system.

I’m not a doctor or nurse but regarding the analogy with diabetes, I’m thinking these calibration tools are more like insulin (require periodic use to adjust in the direction of ship-shape) and by-eye calibration is more like eating a piece of fruit or what-not.

]]> By: Miserere http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-163 Miserere Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:35:03 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-163 Hey Ro, maybe I should ask them for a commission, huh? ;-) What's that about calibrating every time you turn the computer on? What calibration system do you have? Hey Ro, maybe I should ask them for a commission, huh? ;-)

What’s that about calibrating every time you turn the computer on? What calibration system do you have?

]]> By: roentarre http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-161 roentarre Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:56:41 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-161 Hehe, I read this post twice and I think you are a hell of an excellent salesman! I have one and shamefully I hardly use it. It takes time to calibrate every time I turn on the computer Such a great pursuation for sure. Great writing, Mis. Hehe, I read this post twice and I think you are a hell of an excellent salesman!

I have one and shamefully I hardly use it. It takes time to calibrate every time I turn on the computer

Such a great pursuation for sure. Great writing, Mis.

]]> By: javier http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-158 javier Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:58:59 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-158 Ok, I will heading over to frys tomorrow to pick up the kit. Is it one of those ''only works on one pc'' kinda of things? Ok, I will heading over to frys tomorrow to pick up the kit. Is it one of those ”only works on one pc” kinda of things?

]]> By: Miserere http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/calibrate-your-monitor/#comment-157 Miserere Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:01:01 +0000 http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-157 Javier, I have a Dell XPS M1210. The screen is also Ultrabright whatnot. Great for movies, crap for photography editing. If you look at the photo of my new monitor, you'll see a device hanging in front of it, that's a colorimeter (measures colour), so you not only need software, but also hardware. $65 is a small investment compared to the benefits you get. The Spyder2 is not the only product of this type on the market, and there are more advanced and expensive ones, as well as cheaper models. Javier, I have a Dell XPS M1210. The screen is also Ultrabright whatnot. Great for movies, crap for photography editing. If you look at the photo of my new monitor, you’ll see a device hanging in front of it, that’s a colorimeter (measures colour), so you not only need software, but also hardware. $65 is a small investment compared to the benefits you get. The Spyder2 is not the only product of this type on the market, and there are more advanced and expensive ones, as well as cheaper models.

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