X-Rite EODIS2 Eye-One Display 2

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• Mac and PC compatible- Mac OS X, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows XP 64
• Compact colorimeter for emissive color measurements of LCD, CRT and laptop displays
• Highest sensitivity in dark areas for better control in shadow detail and more neutral gray scale
• Detachable ambient light head to capture ambient light measurements - also serves as a dust protector for your device!

Accessories

• Pantone Essentials
  
• Pantone MEU116 ColorMunki Create Monitor Calibration Device and Software to Create, Manage, Search, Verify and Share Color Palettes (White)
  
• Pantone huey MEU101
  

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About This Product

Once again, Eye-One Display 2 raises the standard, delivering unparalleled functionality for high-end professional monitor calibration and profiling results. The award-winning Eye-One Display 2 delivers unrivaled color controls including Workgroup Match, Ambient Check and Match, Push Button Calibration and Validation - all essential tools for professional photographers and designers to attain accurate color throughout the digital workflow, whether in their own studio or in a collaborative production environment. With Eye-One Display 2, you can precisely measure all types of displays - including LCD's, CRT's and laptops.

Customer Reviews

• If you are serious about color...this is a must

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• Review: When you get serious about your images and serious about your output....but need affordability this does the trick. All you have to do is to calibrate religiously (AT least once a week...and before an important job). I calibrate my monitor, create custom camera profiles and use the X-Rite Color Passport to get reliable color and white balancing for eachh shoot. I now am confident that what I see is what my lab is going to print. Most importantly my customers are going to be wowed.... in the age where everyone has a 10 + megapixel camera and everyone thinks they can shoot as well as a professional photographer my images have to standout and sing. PS I don't tell my customers how come thier images don't sparkle like mine....So shush...don't tell....

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• Must have for serious photographer

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• Review: Prior to monitor calibration, my pictures were dark when viewing on other screens and I could never get the saturation or contrast right. After using the Eye-One Display 2, I get much more consistent results.

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• Best monitor calibration

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• Review: A superb product. It solved the problem of color matching between my monitor and printer with one operation.

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• I should have purchased it sooner.

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• Review: Color management is one of those things that you think, "I should definitely do that... some day". After countless "some days" you find yourself continuing to struggle with a monitor that fails to provide an accurate, objective color scheme for your photos or web graphics. You figure out some poor workarounds and say to yourself, "I should really get a calibration device... some day".
  
  Well, I'm embarrassed to say that it took me a long time to invest in a color management device and I can safely say it will be the best investment I've made in my Macbook Pro. I have always operated under the assumption that a Mac has superior built-in color management compared to a PC so it should be "close enough" to do everything but the most critical work. As it turns out, that was a really bad assumption. My Apple Cinema Display is definitely a whole lot more accurate out of the box than my laptop display, as this little device showed me all too well.
  
  I work mostly in Lightroom and Photoshop on my computer when I do printing and I've always complained about using my laptop to proof my images. I now have nearly complete faith that what I am seeing on the monitor is an objective, accurate representation of the actual colors and tones of the image I am working on. Gone are the days where I've had to do countless test prints to dial in the color of an image.
  
  The installation of the software is a bit archaic on my Macbook Pro (10.6.4). There is a standalone program on the installation CD along with two other applications that don't quite provide an easy way of determining their function or whether they're required to run the calibration. I simply double-clicked to install each of them and found I only needed one of the three (time wasted and almost solely due to poor installation instructions). Apparently, X-Rite decided a generic installation guide with pictures and multi-platform installation steps would suffice. Well, for the initial installation, it didn't. The Flash-based and PDF-based install instructions were a great addition, however, if you are the type who likes sitting through them. Fortunately, I am, so I was able to determine the majority of what I needed from those two sources.
  
  The software that runs the device is very straightforward and walks you through the simple process of calibrating your display. I had to play around with the white point settings just a bit to get rid of a green cast resulting from using the Native White Point of my laptop and Cinema displays. I reverted to 6500K with a 2.2 gamma and the results were much better! I'd recommend this to anyone complaining of a green cast. There's nothing in the software to indicate that this will fix it, but I've read a few online forums discussing the default settings of the Eye-One Display 2 and they each recommended using 6500K and 2.2 gamma for a Mac.
  
  Overall, this device, albeit a bit pricey as a one-time purchase, will produce reliable, high-quality color for a long time to come. I am planning on upgrading my computer next year and this will be the first change I make to the machine after getting it set up. It's simply that good. I give this product 5 stars and highly recommend it to anyone doing their own printing who wants reliable results.

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• Only limited by the quality of your monitor

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• Review: I usually go in depth with a PROS and CONS list. However it would just confirm what's already been reviewed.
  
  I just have few things to say.
  
  1. What a huge difference! Everything looks better now on this monitor. It's an average one too, but the colors/contrast/brightness have been corrected now and I love it!
  2. If you're serious about this stuff (photography/video stuff) make sure that your viewing area is consistent and mild. Don't have crazy colored walls and open windows that change the amount of light coming in based on the time of day.
  3. Very well priced, good software...I wasn't sure which piece I needed to use at first (it comes with 4 choices) but I figured it out.
  4. Without a doubt, my prints are better and more consistent! I can see something on my monitor and have a very good idea of what to expect when the prints arrive. When you sell your photos, this is important.
  5. In many 'official' reviews - and I read TONS of them. This was in the top 2 overall for monitor calibration. If it was ever beat by another product, it was by more expensive equipment.
  
  Enjoy!

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