Re: projector calibration
2006-02-25 by Bob Frost
CDT, Any chance of a cheaper gadget for profiling projectors? Other than your Professional kit. Bob Frost.
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Re: projector calibration
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: projector calibration
2006-02-25 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 2/25/06 3:37:41 AM, bob@... writes:
CDT,
Any chance of a cheaper gadget for profiling projectors? Other than your
Professional kit.
Lets see... A few months ago, before we instituted projector calibration in Spyder2PRO, the price for projector calibration was well over a thousand dollars. Now its two hundred and change. Thats a fivefold decrease from us entering a market where, previously, Gretag was the only player. Am I correct is understanding that (just a few months after we pulled off this feat, and added projector calibration as a FREE upgrade to all Spyder2PRO owners) you are now wishing it was cheaper still? I don't foresee it getting a whole lot cheaper than that... except if you buy the PrintFIX PRO Suite, where you get Spyder2PRO for about a hundred bucks more than PrintFIX PRO (non-Suite) without it.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: projector calibration
2006-02-25 by Bob Frost
Ooops! I hadn't realised it was included in the Spyder2Pro kit. Unfortunately I missed out having it included in my i1Pro, and to get it added on would probably cost my more than your whole setup! So I might revert back to a Spyder. Thanks, David. bob Frost. ----- Original Message -----
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From: <CDTobie@...> >> Any chance of a cheaper gadget for profiling projectors? Other than your >> Professional kit. >> > > Lets see... A few months ago, before we instituted projector calibration > in > Spyder2PRO, the price for projector calibration was well over a thousand > dollars. Now its two hundred and change. Thats a fivefold decrease from us > entering > a market where, previously, Gretag was the only player. Am I correct is > understanding that (just a few months after we pulled off this feat, and > added > projector calibration as a FREE upgrade to all Spyder2PRO owners) you are > now > wishing it was cheaper still? I don't foresee it getting a whole lot > cheaper than > that... except if you buy the PrintFIX PRO Suite, where you get Spyder2PRO > for > about a hundred bucks more than PrintFIX PRO (non-Suite) without it.
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: projector calibration
2006-02-25 by Bob Frost
David, A follow-up on calibrating projectors, if I may. I've just read the website and the Spyder2Pro userguide and still can't see how the Spyder is used to calibrate a projector. Does it sit on top of the projector, or on a tripod near the screen (avoiding its own shadow). Just thinking about ease of use when giving talks to camera clubs in different halls with different projectors. Bob Frost.
Re: [colorvision_group] Re: projector calibration
2006-02-25 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 2/25/06 4:14:37 PM, bob@... writes:
A follow-up on calibrating projectors, if I may. I've just read the website
and the Spyder2Pro userguide and still can't see how the Spyder is used to
calibrate a projector. Does it sit on top of the projector, or on a tripod
near the screen (avoiding its own shadow). Just thinking about ease of use
when giving talks to camera clubs in different halls with different
projectors.
It sits on a tripod, near the screen, front and center (there's a tripod attachment included). The only hard part is convincing users that its okay for the Spyder to cast a shadow on screen... which (for obscure color science reasons) has no significant effect on what its doing.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com