Yeah, that's the jobbie. Its not that it is amazingly expensive, just expensive for something that you only use once in a while. Also, I have an LCD at home and want the version which works with that, plus I want to calibrate the printer - so £300 for something I use maybe once a year (if that) hurts a little. I think I would possibly go for it in time anyway, but due to the nature of its use, it really seemed to lend itself to being shared by a group. If even 2 or 3 of us were interested in sharing a set then the price saving would be quite dramatic and unlike a lens, you would still benefit from it after you had passed it on. Get it back in 6 months or a year after it has done the rounds and recheck you cals would be fine.
Have you used the printer tool too? How much difference did you find it made to you? I guess some will get lucky and find they had a good calibration before use. Do you have the OptiCal version or the PhotoCal one? > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Walkden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 November 2003 17:38 > To: Rob Brigham > Subject: Re: The great Optical Spider pass around (was: The > great 18-35 lens pass around) > > > Hi, > > Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 4:21:55 PM, you wrote: > > > Anyone interested in one of these? Only need to use it once in a > > while, and its pretty expensive so would lend itself nicely to > > something like this. > > > May or may not be cost effective to cross continent borders, but I > > guess anyone in Europe would suit me. Let me know if anyone is > > interested and I will look into it. Also state whether you are > > interested in the monitor only version or the one which > includes the > > printer profiler too. > > > Rob > > Do you mean something like the Pantone ColorVision Spyder? I > have one of these, and they're not all that expensive, > particularly when compared to an 18-35mm lens. See here: > http://shop.colourconfidence.com/section.php?> xSec=14 > > Note > that you can't use the standard ones on a > laptop screen, you have to have special feet on the spyder. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
