What Rick said. If you don't have to calibrate dual monitors, the Spyder 2 Express can do the job for about $70. Monitor calibration is a bargain, and it's essential to digital photography, whether that be shooting digital originals or scanning film. Paul On Mar 7, 2008, at 11:01 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
> One can buy a Huey Pro for $110 from B&H. It takes a > minute to install, about a minute to run, and then you > have a monitor that looks =the same= as any other > calibrated monitor. It is vastly superior to software > "calibration". > > Calibrating a monitor with software is like measuring > a car's speed by licking a finger and sticking it out > the window. > > Rick > > > --- Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I found an application this morning which has truly >> helped me. >> >> I'd been going batty since switching from my old G4 >> Powerbook to a >> relatively-cheap 13" Macbook (not the pro model). >> >> The screen, while I can eventually get over the >> glossiness, just had a >> washed-out pale look to it, even when the brightness >> was dimmed down. >> The curves were all wrong. I hated it. >> >> No amount of tipping the screen back and forth or >> running Apple's >> calibration tool could help. I was beginning to be >> really bummed >> out.... >> >> Along comes this simple shareware: SuperCal. It has >> a "wizard" which >> walks you through about 12 steps to determine the >> proper response >> curve for your screen. I don't know if this is any >> way to MATCH >> colors for printing and whatnot, but I have to say - >> it's managed to >> give me a screen I am happy to use now. It's almost >> as good as what I >> had on the Powerbook (although the Macbook screen >> still has a huge >> variance in how it looks if you look at it from >> overhead vs. >> "underneath" such as when the screen is tipped way >> back). >> >> Highly recommended for those of you using a Mac who >> wonder if they >> have it set anywhere near correctly. "Works for >> me!" >> >> http://www.bergdesign.com/supercal/ >> >> -Charles >> >> -- >> Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Minneapolis, MN >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
