Who has a colorimeter?

Dublove · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:46

If you do what one and how do you find using it?

Are you using it with a crt or an lcd, and what os?

dub

unknowndomain · 14 Jul 2006 at 18:35

You might try asking in the graphics forums if this doesnt get answered

glitch · 15 Jul 2006 at 15:18

I've got the Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display 2 (running on XP Pro), and I'm using it with a LaCie Electron Blue IV 22" CRT. In my humble opinion, that's about as accurate as you can get.

Although I only ever work on my pictures when the light is the right temperature or I can close the blinds and switch on my daylight light bulb. There's no point in calibrating your monitor in one light and working in another - might only be a small difference, but could make all the difference.

stuart38 · 15 Jul 2006 at 16:16

I have a Spyder2 and use it on my 19" TFT screen and 15" laptop screen, it gives consistent and true colour results.

Not much else to say really - except that it is not the be all and end all of colour management, to get true colour prints you also need to calibrate the printer which is not something a colorimeter will do for you (at least not any of the ones I have ever seen)

TheBigCheese · 15 Jul 2006 at 17:31

I use a Monaco Optix XR Pro coupled with an Iiyama Vision Master Pro 19" and an Epson Stylus Pro 4800.

I haven't calibrated the printer but use the paper profiles from Bill Atkinson find them here , they are designed for users of the 7800 and 9800 printers but also work for the 4800.

Work brilliantly for me, I get cracking prints that match the monitor.