I wrote: I'm wondering if anyone out there has hands on experience with this product ( Pantone Colorvision ) as opposed to the Gretag Macbeth alternative that I have been considering, not just in terms of usage but also build and support.
on 16/07/2003 2:54 pm, Richard Kenward: > > I know our kit is now quite old but it's still available but not as > cheap as the entry level Spyder. We have used an X-rite DTP 92 and > Optical for some four years now and it's not missed a beat and it's fast > in use. > On the same day Keith Cooper wrote: "I've found the spyder easy to use and effective. I've heard some people really slag it off, but colour management seems to bring out such reasoned responses in some :-))" On 17/07/2003 Paul Roberts wrote: "I have heard all sorts of horror stories with the Spyder. I had one and it produced a terrible profile. Colorvision could not sort it out. They even asked me to send them the Eyeone profile (I don't thinks so!!!)" On the same day Steve Bradshaw wrote: "In the last week we have just bought the Pantone spyder with OptiCAL. Viewing a neutral grad at 100% shows very little colour shift. Any slight shifts I would tend to put down to the monitor/graphics card limitations rather than the software." And on the 16th I also received a gratuitous plug from Philip Bradfield at Soluxlamps. ( off list of cause but recently I seem to be receiving more mails like this that relate to messages on the list ) "Dear Sam Moxon, Please take a minute to visit the following website. It relates to your goal." If only it did! Quite a range of comments, two for, one against, plus one other to consider so consequently I am not much wiser. Steve Bradshaws comments echo what I thought when the Colorvision was demonstrated but Paul Roberts comments are quite negative and I would like to know more. As I need to calibrate monitors, scanner and printers I would be looking to buy the full package which in Gretag Macbeths case is almost three times the cost of the Pantone equivelant, anyone on the list using this or the Pantone version or has anyone had the opportunity to use both other than in a demo? Regards Sam =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
