Have you calibrated your monitor?

Chris,
I have never really thought about calibrating my monitor. It would probably be a good thing.
I have noticed that the same photo uploaded to two different websites can look very different from one to the other. Thart makes me wonder if it matters all the much.
I am sure there are many opions on this....

Hi Chris,

I would recommend the Spyder 4Pro or Spyder 4Elite if you really want it all. Other top of the line brands would be the Xrite i1 and similar products. If you check the reviews the Spider 4 has the best product for the price award and wins as being excellent or best (5 out of 5 stars) product. I paid $169.00 for my Spyder 4Pro and it was worth every penny. After the calibration was done I basically could go through the majority of my images and scrap them or attempt to fix them because my old screen was reading so far off. The Spyder takes all the guess work out. It is the only way to be certain that your images online along with prints will all be proper and match what is true on the monitor. If you send your images out to have your prints done for you some require the ICC profiles along with all the calibration/settings before they will print your prints to ensure they will be right. They simply will not print your prints if you do not have them calibrated. This is a good thing because they then know there will be no mis matches of color or tonal range from either end meaning they speak the exact same language. Have you ever worked on your images thinking they are done well with color range, brightness, contrast, sharpness, white balance, etc. and then load them on to Shutterpoint after hours of work just to be disapointed at the outcome and the difference of appearance. Then go back and try to fix the unfixable. Most of us know the feeling and its not fun unless you enjoy torturing yourself. Well you wont have that problem after you get proper calibration software as long as you follow the steps properly to calibrate your system. Another nice thing about the Spyder Pro/Elite is you get a before and after that you can click back and fourth along with an advanced test that you can do after it has all been calibrated to test many things. I will not get into all the details but its a nice set up and you would be very happy with the Spyder Pro and/or Elite 4 if you were to purchase it.

Edit: Spelling (probably still wrong)

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Edited: 05/24/2012 at 10:37 PM by Daniel Griffiths