As someone who does a lot of photography, and I mean a lot of photography, I decided to invest in something that would do color calibration on my monitor.
A while back I purchased Pantone’s Huey and wrote a review saying just how much I loved it. [Pantone Software Update Page]
Since that review, Pantone has only made things better. My primary wish for dual monitor support has been granted in the form of the Pantone hueyPRO.
Once again, a fine quality product at an affordable price to end consumers rolls out the doors of Pantone. Not only do you get the device, a KlearScreen Starter Kit (with a polishing cloth), but you also get a Pantone Book of swatches of 100 Top Colors.
By simply dragging the application to the corresponding monitor, it’s possible to independently calibrate a monitor. That’s just plain cool, much better than drop down boxes and such.
This is where a new mystery appeared. As I was exploring how to manually calibrate a monitor, by setting the Brightness / Contrast by hand, I was startled to discover that my Dell 2001FP monitor wouldn’t allow me to adjust the contrast. It was like the firmware knew about it, but things were disabled.
Then I found this tidbit in the Brightness/Contrast section of the Dell 2001FP Documentation:
Makes sense. When a DVI connection is used, as I had done, the contrast control is no longer needed. My monitor doesn’t have a problem, all is well with the world.
REVIEW: Walt gives the Pantone hueyPRO a big thumbs up!!!