Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I have purchase a Lacie 22" monitor and thre is a especial offer for the
blue eye calibrator if I buy it with th monitor. I wonder if is a good
option to buy it. Or is better another solution, like the spider with
optical or others.
Best
Aitor

Altor - I have an older LaCie 22', and wish that I had bought the Blue Eye.
I've had the Colorvision Spyder, which works fine, but my assistant has the
Blue Eye, and it is a better system.  If you call or write them and ask them
to tell you the technical reasons why, I'm sure they will be glad to do so.


Stephen Petegorsky
petegorsky@...
www.spphoto.com

There is one fact that may be a problem with the Blue Eye system that may be
worth mentioning... it will not work with any other manufacturers
monitors...
I have a LaCie and an Apple monitor, so I had to buy the ColourVision
Spyder...
Regards, David
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David's point is a good one.  Also, the newer Spyder can calibrate a laptop
(LCD) if that's something you need.

Thanks for the info,
I can buy the blue eye bundle with the monitor for 297 euros, or
a CRT only Spyder With Photocal for 179 euros. I doubt....
Aitor

El 9/10/02 15:26, "David Townend" <d.townend@...> escribió:

> There is one fact that may be a problem with the Blue Eye system that may be
> worth mentioning... it will not work with any other manufacturers
> monitors...
> I have a LaCie and an Apple monitor, so I had to buy the ColourVision
> Spyder...
> Regards, David

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., aitor Peña Inclán <aitorpinclan@t=
...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> I have purchase a Lacie 22" monitor and thre is a especial offer for the
> blue eye calibrator if I buy it with th monitor. I wonder if is a good
> option to buy it.

If you can get a decent print, I'd for for the BlueEye as you'll be able to=
 use the 
hardware/software as a "smart monitor' whereby calibration is done using th=
e 
internal electronics in the display. Works pretty well. I think it's a good=
 system. 
I think the price charged normally for the BlueEye is a bit high (nearly $6=
00). If 
you can get a good deal, your LaCie 22" is made specifically to deal with t=
he 
BlueEye so you don't need to mess with setting the guns. black/white 
adjustments manually.