Oh well, I understood. I tried this option as well prior to acquiring the Monaco. I used Adobe's Gamma and various freeshare software tools - some of then did provided barely better results, but still way off the optimum. For precise calibration hardware is paramount indeed.
Regards, Alex Z -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul D. DeRocco Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Monitor calibration offer, kind of OT I'm sure that the Monaco package is fine, and I know from experience that the Pantone Colorvision package is a good one. By "poor-man's calibration," I meant those packages that don't include a colorimeter. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Alex Zabrovsky > > Well, I indeed wasn't prepared to shell out 800-1000 US$ for high-end > calibrator like one offered me (of Gretag) opting for 300-400 US$ Monaco > tool. > Of course, I could expect the best results form Gretag (what you > pay is what > you get), but the profile delivered by Monaco was really goof > enough for my > point of view considering no real professional goals I'm after. > Frankly, I see my scans benefit from clear and true color reproduction > without any casts and whatsoever, and this is what I was after. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
