I use the Apple Cinema Display 20 as my principal viewing monitor. I
calibrated it with the Apple software, and it was very close to my
printer output. I usually dialed in my pics until they looked goot,
then gave them a tiny bit more contrast with a curves rgb S-curve and
a bit more midtone brightness with a push up in the middle of the rgb
curve. That would yield a print that matched what my calibrated
monitor had displayed before I performed those last two tweaks. I
tried compensating for that discrepancy with monitor adjustments, but
never quite got there. The apple monitor adjusts through the setup
process, but other than brightness, there are no knobs to twist. But
I was very close to dead nuts, so i didn't worry about it. I finally
bought a Colorvision Spyder II Express when Amazon offered it for
$69.. I didn't think I'd get any closer than I was, but what the
hell. For that kind of money, I gave it a try. Just tonight, I ran
the calibration. Looked good. I printed a somewhat difficult backlit
shot. Dead nuts. Right on. I'm a happy man.
BTW, the Express version of this device comes with the same
hardware as the pro version, but the software is very basic. However,
it does the full range of color adjustments. Rather than allowing
selection of things like temperature and gamma, It goes with whatever
the monitor is currently displaying. Works for me.
Paul
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