Re: LaCie calibration system
Re: LaCie calibration system
- Subject: Re: LaCie calibration system
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:50:11 -0500
Having just spent some time today on one of these LaCie monitors I
would like to offer a few observations of my own:
- The colorimeter has "Minolta" written just inside the cup. It does
not appear to be the same colorimeter as the Sequel.
- The colorimeter, in conjunction with the monitor's serial
connection to the Mac make a compelling calibration system. I have
not seen a system that worked quite this well for a while. It made a
very nice profile and was easy to use - a few complaints though..
Steve, I think you're looking at the old LaCie colorimeter. The new one is USB.
+ you can only select white points in major steps - D50, D65, etc -
no 5500 or 6000 or whatever available.
If you are looking at the old one, on first glance it appears that
D50 and 6500 are the only choices, but there is an option for a
"custom" setting that allows any temperature and gamma.
+ the profiling software does not select the profile in the ColorSync
control panel so it is not automatically in use.
+ there is no "vcgt" calibration tag put into the monitor profile. I
see this as a potentially serious drawback. I understand that the
calibration can be performed in the monitor guns but if you select
any profile in the monitors control panel, its calibration curves
will be loaded and there is no way to get back to "uncalibrated"
without rebooting - stupid!
Again if it's the old one, you can launch the BlueEye app to bring
the calibration back.
Annoying things aside - I still liked it.
Am I talking about the same monitor/puck system as you folks?
I don't think so. The determining factor is whether it has a USB or
serial connection. If it was the old BlueEye, I agree it's a nice
product. I still haven't used the new one, although I saw it at
MacWorld over the summer and I seem to remember that it said "Sequel"
in it, not Minolta. The old one was definitely Minolta.
--
Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405
301-270-8445 x26
www.studio405.com