Digital BW, The Print

Hi Daniel,

According to the folks at Dry Creek Photo 
(http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm) the 
bang-for-the-buck product these days is the Greytag Macbeth EyeOne 
Display colorimeter(about $240USD).

I've used both the Spyder/PhotoCal and the EyeOne Display and found 
the EyeOne profile significantly "better" on my CRT ("better" being 
a very subjective measure, but the reds and greens are tonally 
smoother and slightly more saturated). I also used it to profile my 
LCD display, but never had another profile to compare it to.

I'm not sure if this post was helpful, but at a minimum, check out 
the URL above -- they list some very specific results of testing 
several of the available colorimeter and spectrophotometer products.

Regards,
Peter.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> I recently aquired a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop with a 1920x1200
> widescreen LCD. I've sold my CRT only Spyder and plan to find an 
LCD
> compatible calibration tool for around $300 that I can use instead.
> Another Spyder is an option of course, but I see that Gretag 
Macbeth and
> Monacosys both have offerings that are in the same price range.
> 
> Do any of you have experience with any of these? I'm interested in 
both
> BW and color performance. The LCD screen shows BW pictures very 
blue,
> and with blown highlights, so it's not very usable for precision 
work in
> its current state.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no