Author Topic: Do you calibrate your monitor? (Read 6361 times)

Peter · « **on:** December 28, 2008, 10:52 »

I have just ordered this calibration device from ebay:

http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=79

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/pantone_huey.html

I want to buy new 24" LCD, and calibrate it properly. Do you calibrate your monitor?

Another question: Do buyers and reviewers calibrate their monitors? What is the purpose of calibrating your monitor, when buyer doesnt have calibrated one?

hali · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2008, 11:14 »

i used to calibrate my monitor to the people who print my images for gallery prints.
and hopefully their calibration is correct.

but now with my new monitor, i haven't done that, as i am printing my own photos.
i should calibrate it to the paper and print i have, but i am afraid if i do that,
my stock images and overall images will be out of whack.

p.s. the printer (an HP), does not have a calibration menu.
does anyone here, who works or knows HP like an expert, is able to tell me how i do this for my HP printer?
i print with fuji premium paper which says to choose hp premium plus setting on hp
but i feel it is still a bit slightly magenta, although not enough to want to have to reset my monitor calibration , as my white as white on all the monitors (at work, at the library) i've viewed it.
so i know it's the paper and printer error not my monitor.

e-person · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2008, 12:01 »

Quote from: Peter on December 28, 2008, 10:52

I have just ordered this calibration device from ebay:

http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=79

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/pantone_huey.html

I want to buy new 24" LCD, and calibrate it properly. Do you calibrate your monitor?

Another question: Do buyers and reviewers calibrate their monitors? What is the purpose of calibrating your monitor, when buyer doesnt have calibrated one?

Good luck to you!

Pantone/Xrite has seriuos quality control issues with their Huey/ Huey pro.

I did write about it on my blog at e-person.ipernity.com.

To make it short, they sell badly calibrated sensors and in order to get a replacement one you will have to wait months. I had to wait 5 months.

Whiz · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2008, 14:13 »

I just bought a new laptop, and I was amazed at the difference between its lcd screen and the old one. I'm no longer sure which is accurate. I tried calibrating the new monitor manually, but it's still not quite right. My images are still being accepted though, so I guess it's okay.

e-person · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2008, 17:28 »

Images get accepted as long as histograms look ok. A proper calibration device makes a huge difference, though. When it works, that is.

PeterChigmaroff · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2008, 19:22 »

I use a Spyder II or something like that. It works well on my ACD.

Lcjtripod · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2008, 20:54 »

i use Spyder 3 Pro I would not dream of using a computer with a monitor that is not calibrated!

It is the ONLY way to accurately reproduce what your monitor is displaying. (for web or print)

If a reviewer is not using a calibrated monitor, the employing site has no control over their quality. Just guess work.

-Larry

lisafx · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2008, 21:17 »

I used to have trouble calibrating my monitor. I have owned three generations of Spyders and never got a good color calibration out of any of them. They all seem to calibrate the monitor with a weird, warm orangy look.

Finally tried a Huey and my monitor is PERFECT. Prints come out great and the colors are exactly as they should be. We also used the Huey on my daughter's monitor which came with a cyan tint from the factory and it got her colors perfect in no time. It's also a lot easier and more intuitive to use than the spyders.

So yes, I do calibrate my monitor

bradio · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2008, 00:16 »

Most monitors (and especially LCDs) are very hard to calibrate manually and besides, nowadays calibrators are so cheap (well, comparing to few years ago). So I really see no reason not to use one. Not everyone looking at our work will have their display calibrated, that much is true, but we should always strive for the best possible quality, shouldn't we? Why rely on guesswork when it's so easy to do it right from the start.

I used a Huey with success until it died suddenly after a year and half or so of constant use (made everything magenta, a common problem with the device). Decided to try a different model, so I got an Eye One Display LT, not much more expensive than Huey Pro, but more accurate and with much more control over display settings. Calibration process is somewhat longer and more complicated and I still don't know if I really miss Huey's ambient light auto adjustment, but in the end, very happy with Eye One.

Peter · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2008, 03:38 »

Why do you have to re-calibrate the monitor after certain amound of time? Isnt it enought to do it just once?

e-person · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2008, 04:18 »

Quote from: Peter on December 29, 2008, 03:38

Why do you have to re-calibrate the monitor after certain amound of time? Isnt it enought to do it just once?

Because any monitor output changes with time.

mjp · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2008, 04:52 »

I use spyder 2 with Eizo's calibration/profiling software (better than spyder's own in my opinnion). For printer profiling I use Spyder 3 print. My working environment is not ideal (wrong colored walls at the moment) but I have D50 room lights and smaller print evaluation light. Colors look very nice on monitor and they match prints quite well. One thing I notice when I get new monitor, that photo retouching is harder because you see colour differences easier, so there is always something to fix after clone stamp and patch tool

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br, MjP

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