SUBSCRIBESpyder2express
Any serious photographer or imager, for that matter, cares about having a calibrated monitor. It is not only a matter of practice that colors are as faithful as possible regardless of which monitor displays it but for one who does a lot of Photoshop and Lightroom, getting the colors right in the first place is a must.
I’ve been using ColorVision’s Spyder2express, for more than a year now. It’s an inexpensive color calibrator which works well for CRT and LCD displays. I just need to install the software, plug in the calibrator and after about 15 minutes in a totally dark room, My notebook computer’s LCD is calibrated.
As there is a tendency that displays degrade over time, I set the software to prompt me each month to do the recalibration. Really, this is a very helpful device. No guessing the colors here.
Just check the image at the right and compare the difference. Of course, if your monitor is not calibrated, you will never see what the benefits are. ColorVision already have an upgraded calibrator but mine is still working perfectly.
