LaCie blue eye pro Monitor Calibration Solution

Comments about LaCie blue eye pro Monitor Calibration Solution:

I had tried calibrating my LaCie 724 with a Spyder 3 and was unable to detect colors in the upper region of the CIE chart. Using the Spyder 3 the calibrated and measured gamut was smaller than with the Blue Eye Pro.
Setting the calibration conditions for 6500K, 2.2 gamma and 0.6 blackpoint the moniitor was reported at 97% of AdobeRGB and passed the full UGRA certification

Judging by the gamut area shown on the chart, the area is greater than 100% of the AdobeRGB, but just misses the blue corner, thus the 97% rating.

Overalll construction quality is good, but not great. Plastics moldings are a bit of a turn-off.

Unit comes in a cardboard box with no foam protection for long term storage.

Comments about LaCie blue eye pro Monitor Calibration Solution:

The LaCie blue eye pro did a very good job of calibrating my LaCie 319 monitor on an XPpro PC. Both my monitor and my ambient lighting are 5000K.

This is so much easier than the manual calibration I used to do using a color meter and a spectra light meter with a fiber optic probe on my monitor displaying a custom step tablet created in Photoshop and then using a calculator to convert the readings to gama. The only limitations on the blue eye pro seem to be the color gamut of the monitor used and any variations across the monitor. The calibration is done in one area of the screen and will be less precise if other areas of the monitor are significantly different.

Comments about LaCie blue eye pro Monitor Calibration Solution:

Have used this calibration tool on two separate occasions, Windows XP Pro. Both times the 'calibration' would turn my screen a nice hue of reddish-orange. No matter how well I eliminated ambient light (essentially a darkroom minus my monitor) or how many times a played with the options, I continue to get this horrible color. I have seriously put about 10-12 hours into trying to figure this thing out. My friend uses this same calibration tool on his Lacie monitor with now problem, but on my Trinitron CRT (a good CRT) it will not work, nor does it work on my NEC LCD display, always about the same orangey look. All of this as well as NO place to find updates except to contact Lacie, highly annoying. Recommend to no-one, use another brand that is cheaper and [...]

Comments about LaCie blue eye pro Monitor Calibration Solution:

I've been reluctant in purchasing a calibration unit, I only do casual photo editing and some gaming on my Apple Cinema Display HD 23" and always though the colors were good, at least, once I did the calibration process in the preference pane. None the less, it became more and more apparent that it'd be useless to invest my time in more thorough color adjustment of my photo without some calibration tool. After much reading, I've decided the Lacie Blue Eye pro would fit both my needs and my budget. Once I've received it and decided what calibration setting to use, the installation and configuration of the software was a breeze. The instruction were useless, but since apple display don't really have any individual color adjustment, it all came down to automatic mode. 10 minutes later, the calibration was completed and a new profile had been created and applied, and honestly, I feel I'm looking at a new display, with more vibrant colors. Took a few hours to get use to the 6500K instead of the factory default of 7200K but all in all, I'm quite please. The only drawback I find is with the software package. I can't believe the only update options is going through Lacie and worst, there's no informations on their website as to the latest available version. None the less, it's a great product.