Film shooters monitor calibration advice

[Jao]

As the title suggests I need some advice from film shooters regarding monitor calibration. I have scanned many of my old negs now since I acquired my V500 and I am keen to have some of the files printed but thought I need to think about monitor calibration.

I know there will be lots of threads on this in other parts of TP but I am keen to get advice from those in the F&C section.

So what approaches do you film shooters use to ensure your monitors are set to some sort of standard!

 

[skysh4rk]

Yeah, I would be interested in learning a bit about monitor calibration myself. A little while back I noticed some differences in colours for the same photo between my iMac and MacBook so I know something needs to be adjusted, but I've just buried my head in the sand to date...

 

[excalibur2]

Well I'm not sure if monitor calibration is worth the bother for ordinary amateurs, but a cheap way would be to post shots and we can all say\vote if they look alright.

 

[skysh4rk]

Well I'm not sure if monitor calibration is worth the bother for ordinary amateurs, but a cheap way would be to post shots and we can all say\vote if they look alright.

When I first noticed a discrepancy between monitors I very briefly investigated calibration, but I got the impression that it was quite time consuming and potentially expensive for the necessary software/equipment. If there's a way to keep this simple I'd be interested, although your post indicates this may not be the case.

I don't think my monitors are far off though, as no one has ever mentioned anything about the colours looking off. I'd post a few photos, but I'm away for the weekend...

 

[ChrisR]

I'm using a MacBook Pro,which seems fine. For a while I had a second monitor hooked up, an old Dell, and the colours were quite different, which was a worry. I tried using the non-hardware based calibrations you can find around, but I could never get them the same, so in the end I gave up. The monitor had to go anyway, SWMBO!

I did get a calendar made up, from some of the pics I took in the Holy Land last year (X10), and the colours on that look pretty close so I was reasonably happy. Then I tried printing some shots from a walk with our local walking club, and they are woeful! Nothing I could do so far to make the blue waterproofs look blue .

 

[Jao]

I suspect that there is some work involved and possibly some expense. I use several different machines and I have noticed some real differences between how my images look depending on the device I am using.

I wonder have any of used Spyder type devices?

Also the whole thing just it a bit more complicated looking at Samuels post earlier in this thread about Scaner calibration!!!!!