Macbook Pro screen

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Is it worth splashing out for calibration software or is the MBP screen going to be decent enough as it is? I've not calibrated mine and have been wondering whether to bother with the colour correction from Loxley, or trust exactly what I can see on screen.
 
I guess the best way to judge, is by seeing what the prints are like, compared to the image when viewed on the screen.
I have a MBP, and used Spyder3 to calibrate mine.
 
I've used a Spyder3 on mine too, the colour is completely different than that the standard profile, much warmer.
 
There is a bit of a fallacy that Mac screens don't need calibrating.

It's a screen, they do.

Mac and Windows differ in the way they handle icc profiles but they both need profiling/calibration.
 
Never heard that Mac's don't need calibrating, anything you are doing that is colour critical should be on a calibrated monitor.
 
MBP screens do need calibrating; all the HDR shots I view look pants but apparently they're not and it's just me...;)

Seriously though, get it calibrated. If you're doing a lot of printing then it's essential.
 
Is it worth calibrating 24'' monitors?
 
Best bit of software to do calibration on windows?
 
You really need a hardware calibrator, like a Spyder or EyeOne.
 
I too have just got a 15" Macbook pro, its not super critical that the screen is perfect but wouldnt mind knowing its right when I do edit photos for brochures (work) etc. Whats a good cheap product to use?

Thanks

Joe:)
 
*Every* screen technically needs to be calibrated. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. Even screens that have been calibrated need to be re-calibrated every so often. A company I worked for did theirs once a month. Screens "wonder" with time.

Mac screens are apparently brighter. Most new screens sold todays are brighter with more contrast than what is natural. This is simply done to help sell screens, as everything looks "better" on them

The important question is do you need to calibrate? If you are very serious about your photography and/or make money through it, then yes, I personally would say so. Its all in the justification. If you can borrow a friends, even better :)
 
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