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Color calibration
Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 8:16 PM on 02.24.11 |
->> I've been looking at various color calibrators and haven't had much success in finding anything that sounds positive.
Most of the pro reviews I've found are pretty old, at least 2 years old, some like 5. I've also noticed from the customer reviews on B&H that people have had issues installing software for various devices onto Win7 64bit.
I've got a desktop on Winxp still with an HP lcd screen that has consist color, and I've got a Sony laptop with a backlit lcd screen.
I'm looking at maybe $200 or so. That seems like a decent price for one. Does anyone have any recommendations? |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Brockton | MA | United States | Posted: 8:21 PM on 02.24.11 |
| ->> Eyeone is within your budget and works well for me. I use it to calibrate all my machines and have had no issues with XP and Vista 64. I haven't migrated to Win 7 so I can't speak to that. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 8:46 PM on 02.24.11 |
| ->> that's one of the ones I was looking at, which do you have the LT or 2? |
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Doug Pizac, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | USA | Posted: 4:36 AM on 02.25.11 |
->> Erik...
I have an EyeOne Lite that I use on WinXP, Win2000 and Win7 machines. It works fine on all three operating systems.
However, there is a new version out called Color Munke (sp?) that also calibrates a projector and color printer. Its more, but if you have these units it might be worth the price. |
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Jeroen de Jong, Photographer
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Waalwijk | _ | Netherlands | Posted: 6:38 AM on 02.25.11 |
->> A little bit over your budget probably, but I have a Colormunki from X-rite.
Yes, it does more than calibrating your screens. It also calibrates your printer and some other (never used by me) stuff.
If you print on a regular base, I would advise you to invest some more and get a calibration-tool that does more than calibrating your screen (Doesn't have to be from X-rite). It's a real advantage when you can calibrate your printer.
Only thing that it does not do, is calibrating your camera. But they have an other tool for that at X-rite: The Colorpassport. I have a review of it, but it's in Dutch. You can read Dutch? |
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John Korduner, Photographer
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Baton Rouge | LA | United States | Posted: 8:52 AM on 02.25.11 |
| ->> I have the I1 LT, it was good for me. Now that I have an ACD, I needed something that adjusts brightness and multiple screens, so I got a spyder 3 with color eyes software, it's been nice too. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 10:11 AM on 02.25.11 |
| ->> Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it. There weren't any clear cut answers that I could find in my research so this stuff is good. I don't have a color printer so that's not a concern, I'm not worried about profiling projectors etc. It seems like either eyeone model would be suitable |
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