Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-04-03 Thread Mick
On Friday 03 Apr 2015 02:57:07 waben...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: A wide gamut monitor is a great thing even if you don't need it for softproofing. I shot a lot of colorful photos (e.g. from bugs, blossoms and live concerts with colored limelights). They

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-04-03 Thread wabenbau
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: [...] This is also why I put a lot of time and energy into research before I purchase something pricey. For instance, I read in hardware forums and through reviews for many weeks before I finally decided on all components of my PC that I assembled

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-04-02 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 06:36:16PM +0200, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: I thought about getting a wide-gamut display, namely a Dell with rgb-LEDs, but in the end decided against it because its quality seems But if you buy online, you always have the

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-04-02 Thread wabenbau
Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: A wide gamut monitor is a great thing even if you don't need it for softproofing. I shot a lot of colorful photos (e.g. from bugs, blossoms and live concerts with colored limelights). They look great on an AdobeRGB monitor but much more boring on a

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-29 Thread wabenbau
Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: I thought about getting a wide-gamut display, namely a Dell with rgb-LEDs, but in the end decided against it because its quality seems About two years ago I tested two Dell U3011. The first one had such a bad homogeneity of luminance that I sent it back

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 06:45:09PM +0100, waben...@gmail.com wrote: Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: Hey gurus I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a colorimeter to properly calibrate it. Can

RE: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread Franz Fellner
Hi Frank, You maybe want to have a look at ColorHug: http://www.hughski.com/ I don't own one, but it should work just fine. Franz Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Hey gurus I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a

[gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hey gurus I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a colorimeter to properly calibrate it. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a device that runs well with Linux? It doesn’t have to be a super-pro device, but no

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread Franz Fellner
You forgot one important point: It's a completely open product! ColorHug is OpenHardware. The software is OpenSource (hosted at github). Concerning setting up your computer with the generated profile: I think that should be possible with colord. Rich Freeman wrote: On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:48

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Franz Fellner alpine.art...@gmail.com wrote: You maybe want to have a look at ColorHug: http://www.hughski.com/ I don't own one, but it should work just fine. I'm still not sure if I feel the need greatly enough to invest in one, but this looks like a very

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Purchase and setup of monitor calibration device

2015-03-28 Thread wabenbau
Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: Hey gurus I may soon get me a shiny (not in the sense of glossy, mind you) new monitor. Along with it, I’m planning on purchasing a colorimeter to properly calibrate it. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a device that runs well with Linux?