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| Thread ID: 76798 | 2007-02-16 05:49:00 | Best place to buy a monitor color calibrator? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 525154 | 2007-02-16 22:43:00 | I wish I could understand more about this sort of stuff. But suffice it to say that the results I get from my new IP4300 are stunning, and appear exactly as they display on screen without any calibrating software. You must have had your eyes adjusted to the monitor/printer by God (if he exists) without knowing :) IMO a cheap colour calibrator will get you most of the way there... anything more is a waste of money under any circumstances. The simple reason is that all eyes see differently... red looks red to most people (unless you're colour blind) but how do you know that you see exactly the same shade of red as me? As for printing 'artistic quality' photos... there are a lot of more important things to consider- tonal range, saturation etc and these are adjustments that are made using a good graphics program, personal preference ... oh and a bit of experience. |
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| 525155 | 2007-02-16 23:10:00 | My prints straight out of a Canon compact were a bit yellow, not that bad, I didn't notice it until I place the print next to my screen. Not sure if this is a printer or a screen issue. Monitor is a LG Flatron its decent. Flatscreen blah blah with flicker free up to 1280x1024 but we use it at 1024x768. Wouldn't hurt to profile my laptop as well. I got it a few hrs ago off a site from the states, $70usd + $40usd for delivery and I threw in some rolls of film. Colorvision Spyder 2 Express. Pro film is just insane here like 3x. Mostly digital these days but they are quite nice for special moments, got some low ISO natural film, Fuji NPS 160 and a few rolls of some to try out and 2 each of Fuji and Kodak 100 ($1.59US each). Countdown is like $4-6 each. Looking back before I got into photography we shot with ISO 400 film, haha, one roll of Kodak 100 and none of Fuji, 3 of 200's from a value pack from Countdown supermarket :D Some say cheap film is v good if you not doing large, printing from a good lab or do it yourself with a scanner. Now, I would like a 2nd Nikon Coolscan 8000 so I can do the folks wedding film which is larger than 35mm. Fortunately they are dual voltage so can seek them elsewhere. So that is planned for down the road. |
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