Ken, I use a Monaco Optix XR, which is supposed to be better than the EZ Color (which I was recommended NOT to buy). I got it for $165 brand new on That Auction Site. I was a bit sceptical at first as I was using the profiles that Sony provided for my monitor. I was stunned by the difference!!
I've shot some college hockey of the University of Washington team. The team colors are purple and gold. However, on my monitor they'd show up as navy blue and gold. After color calibration, my Huskies are now purple and gold like they should be. It also seems like I can see more shadow detail than I could before the calibration. The colors in general seem more true to life. Or at least closer to what I remember them to be when I took the shot. When I print on my profiled Epson R2400, there's a high degree of correlation between what I see on the monitor and what comes out of the printer. Needless to say, I'm a pretty happy camper. To me it was worth the $165... Tom
I'm very much needing to get my studio profiled/color managed. I've been on the verge of buying the Monaco/Xrite EZ Color package, based on some recommendations, but the other day I was looking through Andrew Rodney's "Color Management for Photographers" and he basically states that colorimeter-based systems weren't worth the trouble, that a spectrophotometer system was the only way to go. So this kind of throws me into a dilemma, since most of those start around $1200, which I can't afford.
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