PC Monitor Calibration

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I am using a Samsung laptop and have linked it to an LG monitor because I find the Samsung screen to be misleading. Its annoying because if you view it at various angles everything looks either brighter or darker. Everything looks completely different on the attached LG monitor, but I want to make sure it looks right so my pictures can look good on any computer screen. So the question is how do I go about calibrating my LG monitor? Is there software to use? Or a particular tool? Photoshop keeps telling me I am using the wrong profile everytime it loads up.

Thanks guys, your help is appreciated :)
 
Woah! Not exactly cheap for something you are most likely to use once or everytime you replace your monitor. Im taking it the Spyders are popular and mostly recommended?
 
Reading this just hit a nerve! I purchased a monitor calibration device in 2004 - it worked - fantastic! Happy ever after.... until recently when I tried to use it to calibrate my PC which was running an operating system which the calibration device was not happy with. The hardware works just fine, just that the manufacturers have not updated the software it needs - no support for MS VISTA or Windows 7, I can only calibrate monitors running on PCs running the MS XP operating system.

This is the second bit of hardware which I have - and use from time to time rather than regularly - which has recently become useless simply because I have "upgraded" my computer. I have a USB device which plugs into video sources and converts their output to MPG files - can only use on MS XP systems.

Just something to think about when choosing computer hardware which you only use occasionally - despite what you may think, this isn't a buy once gadget, you may well have to buy again in a few years time.

Ho humm,

Alan
 
voodoochild529 said:
Woah! Not exactly cheap for something you are most likely to use once or everytime you replace your monitor. Im taking it the Spyders are popular and mostly recommended?
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It's generally recommended that CRTs are profiled weekly and LCDs monthly at a minimum, as they can drift out of spec.
 
voodoochild529 said:
Woah! Not exactly cheap for something you are most likely to use once or everytime you replace your monitor. Im taking it the Spyders are popular and mostly recommended?
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tbm said:
It's generally recommended that CRTs are profiled weekly and LCDs monthly at a minimum, as they can drift out of spec.
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Do mine weekly.
 
tbm said:
It's generally recommended that CRTs are profiled weekly and LCDs monthly at a minimum, as they can drift out of spec.
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Hmmm, then I guess its worth investing.
Any particular recommendations anyone?
 
I believe (but don't actually know as I've never tried) that if you join your local camera club, they MAY loan them one out to you for a nominal charge.

Might be worth investigating! :)
 
you are on the right track
now
where will your photos be viewed and how
i will look at them on a laptop screen which if i move my head around will change contrast etc
 
I use the Eye-One, got it from warehouse express, I have 2 lcd monitors, one pretty much doesn't need calibrating (I check every few weeks) where as the other goes out within a few hours, I only use this one for checking composition and other such stuff.

whilst saving up to get two awesome monitors :eek: them thinks ain't cheep
 
Warehouse express are doing promotions on Calibration devices.
 
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