Best price on Spyder

I need to buy a spyder for calibrating the monitors in my studio.

Where can I get the best price and which software version should I go with?

Thanks for the help.

--Todd Morrison
http://www.morrisonphotography.com

Todd, I would first call the company. I just ordered the spyder photo suite pro. This includes the sypder, the OptiCAL software, and Profiler Plus software. Most places want 460.00 Pantone is selling it for 394.00.
888-pantone or http://www.pantone.com

Paul Caldwell

Todd Morrison said:

I need to buy a spyder for calibrating the monitors in my studio.

Where can I get the best price and which software version should I
go with?

Thanks for the help.

--
Todd Morrison
http://www.morrisonphotography.com

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Todd, go straight to ColorVision. They have a $174.00 special going that is all you need: a spyder and software.
Try this link:

http://www.colorcal.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?&cart_id=594629681_37869&page=product&item_id=GEUSB100
--Joy

Paul Caldwell said:

Paul Caldwell

Todd Morrison said:

I need to buy a spyder for calibrating the monitors in my studio.

Where can I get the best price and which software version should I
go with?

Thanks for the help.

--
Todd Morrison
http://www.morrisonphotography.com

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I have been uising there gear for 4 years now and it is a great tool. I do have a huge problem with the nprint profiler softwrae as in it does not work and they have not solved why it does not work with my set up even though it was correctly done many times.

I told them how could they assume that a scanners light source would be the same between all of the brands?

you tell me. I am using a linotype Jade 2 scanner its no cheap scanner and they say that you can use any scanner and even ones under $100.00.

I would love to see some users comments on if it actually works for them.

Joy G. said:

http://www.colorcal.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?&cart_id=594629681_37869&page=product&item_id=GEUSB100
--Joy

Paul Caldwell said:

Paul Caldwell

Todd Morrison said:

I need to buy a spyder for calibrating the monitors in my studio.

Where can I get the best price and which software version should I
go with?

Thanks for the help.

--
Todd Morrison
http://www.morrisonphotography.com

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Unless you need if for both LCD and CRT, if so, this one wont work..

Just and FYI

Joy G. said:

http://www.colorcal.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?&cart_id=594629681_37869&page=product&item_id=GEUSB100
--Joy

Paul Caldwell said:

Paul Caldwell

Todd Morrison said:

I need to buy a spyder for calibrating the monitors in my studio.

Where can I get the best price and which software version should I
go with?

Thanks for the help.

--
Todd Morrison
http://www.morrisonphotography.com

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-- http://members.home.net/mackey135/njdigitalservices.htm 'I have discovered digital photography' Livin life at 5 megapixels!

Scanner based profile packages can work but they often do not. A scanner isn't a Spectrophotometer. Some kinds of printers (dye subs, ink jets with pigmented inks) are not good candidates for scanner based profile packages. You'll need to gather true spectra data to build a good profile. But Spectrophotometers are expensive so you are talking a whole other level of product and expense.

Some scanners are problematic. On your Lino, try to "Scan as Calibration" which provides a raw scan for profile building. Auto scanning routines usually cause these packages problems. --Andrew Rodneywww.digitaldog.net