Which monitor calibration device?

[Dave A]

I want to get a good monitor calibration device and nothing is available where I live so would probably order from B&H Photo.
Can I get decent one for about $150.00?

Dave

[Polar01]

Dave before I can give a good suggestion, it would help to know if you want to calibrate your monitor only and nothing else? You see I have one that will do my monitor, projector, and print from my printer. I will wait until I hear back before making any comments.

Cheers: Allan

[Dave A]

Thanks Allan, I wish to calibrate just my monitors. I don't really do any printing. I was looking at the X-Rite ColorMunki Display which is a mid range device.

Dave

[Shadowman]

Dave,

Another location to search for a calibrating device would be an art supply store.

[Polar01]

I use the ColorMunki Photo myself as I print, the ColourMunki Smile would probably work well enough, but I thing that the Display would be a better choice. I also have the Spyder 4 which I used before the ColorMunki, I found that for the most part my prints were good but sometimes certain colours were a bit off even with the Epson ICC profiles loaded. I later found out that Epson creates their ICC profiles using the X-Rite products. So I change to X-Rite, got the ColorMunki Photo and even just profiling the monitor, the prints that I had problems with were greatly improved. The price that B&H is showing today is a very nice price and free shipping.
Hope that helps somewhat.

Cheers: Allan

[Dave A]

Thanks Allan, I'm leaning towards the ColourMunki Display and will probably order it later today.

Dave

[Manfred M]

Dave - I bought the ColorMunki Display a couple of weeks ago. At the time (with exchange rates and taxes figured in); I found that Henry's had the best price (I also looked at Vistek in Canada as well as B&H and Adorama in the USA). I used their web store. I believe I had it within 3 days.

x-Rite products have been the industry standard for years. The basically bought out all of the main colour quality control companies over time including Pantone, Munsell, Gretag-MacBeth, etc. I understand that DataColor units are quite good as well, but most of the people I know use x-Rite.

This device replaced an ancient i1 unit that I've been using for at least a decade. Unfortunately, the drivers are not compatible with my operating system so I could not load them. I had a hard look at the ColorMunki Photo, but could not justify the additional cost right now; the paper manufacturer's profiles will do for now when I print.

[IzzieK]

I just ordered Spyder Studio a few days ago from B&H...it will arrive today or tomorrow.

[Dave A]

Thanks Manfred I just ordered the ColorMunki Display.

Dave

[loosecanon]

I use a spyder with no problems.
I chose the spyder studio over the colorMunkie because it is a single step calibration - the munkie requires a fine tune print and calibration (or did when I lookedat options) A step people often forget when calibrating prints is to let them dry fully before calibrating, the spyder studio allows this to be easily accomplished.

[SuffolkGal]

Thanks Allan, I wish to calibrate just my monitors. I don't really do any printing. I was looking at the X-Rite ColorMunki Display which is a mid range device.

Dave

I've no experience with that one, but I've used the x-rite iDisplay for a couple of years and it works well.