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07-FEB-2006

07 February
Spyder

Before I went away I was reviewing my Pbase photos from last year and I noticed that it was over a year ago that I was investigating the issues of colour management. I concluded (with help from many of you) that I would have to 'buy something' ....and then I promptly forgot about it. Until recently when a) I found that my photos from Japan were particularly dark when viewed on others' monitors (though vibrant on mine) and b) Rosa's Dad was asking me about exactly the same issue and he later told me that he'd bought the Spyder2 and what a difference it made. While in New York top of my list of places to visit was B&H and I went in to buy an upgrade to CS2 and came out with that and a Spyder2 monitor calibration kit!!. It certainly makes difference to my screen but the real test is whether photos I upload to Pbase from now on appear very dark on my work pc monitor (which isn't calibrated of course).

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
15s f/9.0 at 60.0mm iso200 full exif

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David Clunas14-Feb-2006 22:05
Ah, finally indulged yourself, does this mean you are working to a full colour workflow as well?
Guest 13-Feb-2006 04:39
damn..
lotta money to calibrate..
it hurt when i bought mine...
but it has been quite good...
not sure if you guys have complaints
about my shots though
Vinh Luu09-Feb-2006 17:50
:) welcome to the color calibrated club. i actually find uncalibrated monitors to be brighter and calibrated ones to be a tad darker, and also more contrasty. anyhow, the colorimeter is good to have, a critical step if you want your printed photos to match what you see on the screen.
Zak08-Feb-2006 16:26
long way to go for abit of shopping! heheh
Guest 08-Feb-2006 14:53
Hope you had fun in NY Gail - yeah i might should get one of those .