Best Photographic Light Meter Color Calibration Charts
Advanced color accuracy solution, with room lighting settings for optimal monitor brightness, to help you get true colors on screen and in print. Avanced color accuracy solution for all of your laptop and desktop displays - See, share and print your images just as you intended with confidence. Room light monitoring determines optimal monitor brightness so you see fine shadow detail and highlights in your photos, ensuring your edited images match your prints.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"But, if you are an advanced user, you can get fantastic results with the free Argyll and DispcalGUI calibration bundle. The official calibration software from Datacolor does an inaccurate and inconsistent job between monitors (i.e. if you have two monitors side by side, they will very likely be calibrated into different colors), and it asks you to jump through hoops verifying which tier you have bought (express, pro, or elite)."
"You must go online to register the device and download datacolor's measuring software. There is nothing wrong with the calibration device, only the results when used with datacolor's software."
"Calibrating your monitor does matter, using a calibration device matters, but MOST IMPORTANTLY the calibration software matters, and the Argyll + dispcalGUI is FAR SUPERIOR to the OEM Datacolor software provided for the Spyder 4 Express and Spyder 5 Express. 1) Do not install OEM software. 2) Download Argyll (http://www.argyllcms.com/) and dispcalGUI standalone version (http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/#download). 3) Set C:/ path for Argyll folder. 4) Install Sypder4 usb driver (http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_MSWindows.html#WIN8). 5) Run dispcalGUI then Menu > File > Locate Argyll CMS executables > point to c:/Argyll/bin. 6) Menu > Options > enable Show advanced calibration options. 7) Configure Advance options like this (http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610). 8) Run measurement tests and adjustment settings. 9) Run calibration (in High speed since Medium speed took 1.5 hrs) then save and apply profile. *** ORIGINAL REVIEW 4/16/2015***. I have never calibrated my laptop's monitor in the approximately 2 years I've had it. 5) Lastly, but not as important as the previous steps, you can try to print a hard proof on your home printer that will attempt to simulate the final product from your commercial printer, (File > Print > Color Management: Photoshop manages colors; Printer profile = your home printer > Change Normal Printing to Hard Proofing: Proof Setup = appropriate ICC profile). If you'd still like to get a calibration device then I'd say go for the Spyder 4 since it's less than half the price and the results probably won't be much different. *** Resources ***. Download Argyll. http://www.argyllcms.com/. Download dispcalGUI. http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/. Setup Argyll + dispcalGUI. http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610. ICC Profiles. http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/. http://forums.adoramapix.com/entries/228224-Color-calibration-and-custom-correction."
Compatible Android Devices Compatible with Free ColorTRUE Mobile App: Samsung Galaxy running Android 4.0.4 or later, Google Nexus running Android 4.0.4 or later, Asus Transformer running Android 4.0.4 or later, HTC One running Android 4.0.4 or later. Compatible iOS Devices Compatible with Free ColorTRUE Mobile App: iPad 2, 3rd gen, 4th gen, Air, Mini, & Mini 2nd gen running iOS 7.x or later, iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5c, & 5s running iOS 7.x or later, iPod Touch running iOS 7.x or later. Perfect for quick & easy display calibration with professional level results – edit, share and print your images with confidence. Equipped with the same hardware and color engine technology found in X-Rite's industry leading professional level i1 display calibration solutions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Those that claims it works flawlessly with Windows 10 are probably existing users that upgraded from Windows 7 or 8 with the device drivers already installed. First you install the device drivers and software, reboot, then access the software, plug in the Smile, and basically let it read the colors as they cycle in a box on your screen. In addition to the aforementioned USB issue, the driver software is horrible on Windows. A quick look at the INF file (used for loading the drivers) included with the latest 1.0.2 version of their software, shows no OS later than Windows 7 listed. Consequently, when you open the device manager, you will see that no driver is loaded for the Smile, and therefore the software can't find the device. If you had Windows 7 with X-Rites drivers already installed and you upgraded to Windows 10, the driver will continue to function. Even manually forcing the driver to load (by hunting it down and manually selecting it), will not work because it is not a signed driver and is listed as incompatible with Windows 10. When you install the older version the driver is picked up by Windows 10 as compliant, and you will see the device being installed and configured by the device manager. What's funny is they list the latest software as being released in late August, 2016 but this is the version (1.0.2) that won't work with a fresh Windows 10 install."
"It was making me crazy. Then, I thought about the fact that I had already tried to calibrate my monitors using the monitor's own adjustments AND the Windows color calibration tool, and I realized that I should reset everything to factory default before trying to run the Colormunki. I used the monitors' built-in controls to reset each of them AND I also went into the Windows Control Panel to Color Management and for each monitor, I set every option to the one clearly marked "Default." No weird color cast, not nearly as dark (though darker than what I had been using before all this, which was one of the issues with my images looking darker on other monitors or when printed)."
"This is huge in flight simulations... you don't want brown grass on one screen and dark green on the next - it does NOT look right and ruins the impact of triple-monitors. If you can't do it with the eyes God gave you (and I surely could NOT), then let XRite's ColorMonki bring it home for you! Eliminated the white light 'bleed' at the sides and bottom of the screen!"
Style: S5EL100. “Before and After” evaluation of your calibration results using your own images in full screen mode to focus on the details important to you.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"But, if you are an advanced user, you can get fantastic results with the free Argyll and DispcalGUI calibration bundle. The official calibration software from Datacolor does an inaccurate and inconsistent job between monitors (i.e. if you have two monitors side by side, they will very likely be calibrated into different colors), and it asks you to jump through hoops verifying which tier you have bought (express, pro, or elite)."
"You must go online to register the device and download datacolor's measuring software. There is nothing wrong with the calibration device, only the results when used with datacolor's software."
"Calibrating your monitor does matter, using a calibration device matters, but MOST IMPORTANTLY the calibration software matters, and the Argyll + dispcalGUI is FAR SUPERIOR to the OEM Datacolor software provided for the Spyder 4 Express and Spyder 5 Express. 1) Do not install OEM software. 2) Download Argyll (http://www.argyllcms.com/) and dispcalGUI standalone version (http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/#download). 3) Set C:/ path for Argyll folder. 4) Install Sypder4 usb driver (http://www.argyllcms.com/doc/Installing_MSWindows.html#WIN8). 5) Run dispcalGUI then Menu > File > Locate Argyll CMS executables > point to c:/Argyll/bin. 6) Menu > Options > enable Show advanced calibration options. 7) Configure Advance options like this (http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610). 8) Run measurement tests and adjustment settings. 9) Run calibration (in High speed since Medium speed took 1.5 hrs) then save and apply profile. *** ORIGINAL REVIEW 4/16/2015***. I have never calibrated my laptop's monitor in the approximately 2 years I've had it. 5) Lastly, but not as important as the previous steps, you can try to print a hard proof on your home printer that will attempt to simulate the final product from your commercial printer, (File > Print > Color Management: Photoshop manages colors; Printer profile = your home printer > Change Normal Printing to Hard Proofing: Proof Setup = appropriate ICC profile). If you'd still like to get a calibration device then I'd say go for the Spyder 4 since it's less than half the price and the results probably won't be much different. *** Resources ***. Download Argyll. http://www.argyllcms.com/. Download dispcalGUI. http://dispcalgui.hoech.net/. Setup Argyll + dispcalGUI. http://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/870355/1#post17806610. ICC Profiles. http://www.drycreekphoto.com/icc/. http://forums.adoramapix.com/entries/228224-Color-calibration-and-custom-correction."
Best Photographic Light Meter Grey Cards
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The price may seem high for a piece of plastic but it's manufactured to tight tolerances and it'll pay for itself in time saved and consistency of results."
"Takes little to no effort to do your balance on the camera or wait then balance in your software."
"Some quibble about the price, but considering the individually measured and certified quality of every card, it's a steal. They go into great practical and technical depth, simply and efficiently, and make the case far better than I can for why you need a WhiBal. Fits neatly, with lanyard, into the flap-sleeve of my daily Kata H-16 grab-and-go bag (also bought through Amazon)."
"So I moved just the card and small sleeve to the garage and an hour later my wife is like "you put it in the garage, now the whole garage stinks!!!!"."
"When shooting raw it helped define blacks and whites in a series of photos, however, if I was to buy one again, I'd get one with warmer and cool shades to achieve a desired temperature in one click."
"When the WhiBal arrived I marveled that I could have been suborned into paying $20.00 for what looks like a credit card sized little item."
"This is a must have is you want your white balance to be perfect."
"Well... as much quality as a small plastic card can exude."
Best Photographic Light Meters
The X-Rite i1Display Pro is the ultimate choice for discerning photographers, filmmakers, designers and imaging professionals looking for the highest level of on-screen color accuracy for displays, laptops, mobile devices and projectors. Increased Functionality - i1Display Pro combines ambient light measurement, monitor profiling and projector profiling into 1 sleek, compact and fully integrated device at 5X faster measurements than previous devices. Incorporates technologically advanced filter and optical systems, fast measurement speed, and unrivaled color accuracy on all modern display and projector technologies, such as LED, Plasma, RG Phosphor, OLED and Wide Gamut.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I don't carry around and use it everywhere because it's just not practical for that purpose, but if I'm dealing with a prepared shoot where I know that I will have some time (as opposed to run-and-gun street photography), then I do pull it out of the bag because it actually makes a huge difference in color accuracy when you do use it."
"My older version is not compatible with new BenQ monitor."
"As I am a neophyte to color management there was a bit of a learning curve but once I got past that it was pretty easy to use."
"I calibrated my Hp zr30w IPS and Samsung syncmaster dual monitor setup in about 20 minutes under windows 8.1 and the colors from the displays match nearly perfectly. I recommend tilting your monitor back slightly so the calibrator sits flush to the screen. Also make sure to adjust the ambient lighting to your usual comfortable editing conditions."
"I really do not like X-Rite as a company as their upgrade prices could easily be seen as predatory, and support is poor at best, however the quality and consistency along with the results speak for themselves in terms of this particular package / system."
"The packaged software is great only if you didn't have access to fine controls on a television or computer monitor."
"Note to folks having trouble updating firmware on Dell Ultrasharp monitors in order to support the Dell Ultrasharp Calibration Solution (DUCS)."
"Had the Spyder, this just works better and faster."