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Originally Posted by Lacey Lewis
Garth-
Can you tell me about that spectrometer doo-hickey you have there? Being an artist AND a geek (and married to a total nerd) I'm suprised I don't know about it already myself!
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Sure Lacey:
The
Gretag-MacBeth Eye-One Photo is an all in one device. The link will explain it all. True, it isn't cheap; it's kind of like a good digital camera that's a bit specialized and myopic at the same time. The build quality is excellent (I dropped mine onto the floor once, which knocked the activation button out of kilter, but did no harm to it's operation and functionality. It's fine now, the button popped back into place, and my heart recovered!). It will scan and profile your monitor and give you the best possible display profiles, it makes superb printer profiles, with unparalleled color and tonal fidelity, it will tell you what color the ambient light is, it will also tell you what color is on your palette or canvas in digital terms (Very Risky business with wet paint!!!), and the current model since mine also profiles your digital camera! That's a lot. I've put mine through a lot of creative experimental usage.
Hope this helps!
Garth