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Spyder3Elite ML

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:40:30 GMT

Spyder3Elite, Display Calibration

Display Calibration for Professional Photographers and Studios

Spyder3 Elite™ was designed for the way photographers work, bringing a new level of color control to imaging. This powerful solution gives photographers the tools to trust the colors on the screen, for reliability and consistency on each of their LCD, laptops, and projectors. Award-winning Spyder3 hardware, with innovative new software features, makes this the ultimate solution for any serious photographer.

You asked and we’re delivering some hot new features just for you, with the richest feature set we have ever offered! New 4.0 features include monitor quality analyzer, display graphing compared to sRGB & Adobe RGB, enhanced iterative gray balancing and automated brightness adjustment.

Designed for:
Professional Photographers, Photography Studios and Professional users of all kinds.

New Monitor Quality Analyzer
gives you the tools to find out just how good your display actually is; and compare it to other displays using easy-to-read maps of your screen’s uniformity, allowing you to determine which areas of your screen are precise enough for the most demanding work

New Display Graph
allows you to compare the gamut of multiple displays to one another, as well as to standard color spaces like sRGB and AdobeRGB. This helps you understand what colors your display can reproduce

New Iterative Gray Balance Option
the most accurate gray balance algorithm available. This gives you the best gray calibration for your display

New Software Brightness Control
allows owners of iMac and other displays with limited controls to work with these displays in more desirable, dimmer environments, and to match them to other displays

New Automated Brightness Adjustment
means users no longer need to adjust front panel controls on Apple Cinema Displays, iMacs, MacBooks or PowerBooks. All brightness adjustments on these screens are done automatically by Spyder software

Front Projector Calibration Option
gives you confidence that all your presentations will look their very best

Intelligent Ambient light Control
automatically measures the ambient light within a room to determine optimal conditions for a new level of precision calibration

StudioMatch Assistant
the best possible match on your entire studio so you can rely on consistent and accurate color and luminance on all your displays

EasyPIX2

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:02:42 GMT

EasyPIX2

EIZO EasyPIX2 lets professionals in graphic design, CAD animation, and digital photography get predictable color from select EIZO FlexScan and FORIS monitors through hardware calibration. It can also be used by amateur SLR camera enthusiasts as a simple way to match colors between their monitors and photo prints.

Spyder3Pro

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:02:42 GMT

Spyder3Pro

Third Generation Spyder Technology
The Spyder3 colorimeter is based on a state-of-the-art optical design, with the industry's only 7 detector color engine and largest light aperture, providing unrivaled performance. In conjunction with the patented filter array and embedded ambient light sensor, Spyder3 provides industry-leading performance for the precision calibration of LCD, CRT and notebook displays.

Elegant Form and Function
A unique fusion of design excellence and functionality, Spyder3 offers a smaller footprint, embedded ambient light sensor and LED indicator. Spyder3's desktop cradle can be used for storage and ambient light monitoring. A beautiful addition to your desktop or studio, Spyder3 improves any color workflow.

Designed for Photographers
Spyder3 increases light sensitivity 400%. It also features the largest screen sample area or aperture in the industry resulting in improved accuracy on LCD screens and a faster calibration time. Two superior attachment methods - large area suction cup or counterweight - can be used interchangeably to suit the needs of any photographer. Building on a foundation of 35 years of color science excellence, Datacolor designed the Spyder3 for the way photographers work.

New Super-Fast ReCAL Option
ReCAL option reduces calibration time by more than half allowing you to quickly and easily re-calibrate on a more frequent basis or before any important shoot or post-production project.

Intelligent Ambient Light Control
Utilizing an embedded high-precision sensor, Spyder3 automatically measures the ambient light within a room for a new level of precision calibration. Spyder3 provides you with options to change either your studio lighting or display profile if the ambient light changes. Maintaining a history log of lighting conditions, Spyder3 can intelligently discern true lighting changes from random fluctuations caused by studio flashes or shadows.

New Photo-Centric User Interface
New software interface is designed for the way photographers think and work. Offers easy navigation for each step of the calibration process. A progress bar indicates your location in the software and is augmented by rich, contextual help. You don't have to be a color guru to get professional results.

16 Calibration Target Choices
Sixteen user-selected white point and gamma combinations gives you the flexibility to use the photo industry standard, or options to best match your working conditions.

New SpyderProof™ Function
Evaluate your calibration in before and after mode using four quadrants of thematic photos targeting: Saturated Colors, Skin Tones, Gradients and Black & White. Zoom in on any photo to analyze highlights, shadow detail, color or tonal response. Softproof the images using your own custom profiles. Designed for the way photographers work, SpyderProof brings you a new level of control to help you achieve color excellence.

New Display Assistant
Allows you to enter all of the model-specific information for each of your displays and stores them, saving you time on all future calibrations.

New Real-time calibration monitoring
Ensures that your display is color accurate through on-going background checks of calibration and profile settings and lets you know if there is a problem. This feature is especially useful if you have multiple users.

New Cross-platform compatibility
The only calibration products that works efficiently on any computer, Mac OS X or Microsoft® Windows® XP 32/64, Vista 32/64. Spyder3™ software runs on today's popular hardware and software platforms, including Intel based Macintosh systems.

KFM-2100

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:58:12 GMT

KFM-2100 FLASH Meter

Flash Meter With Integrated Spot Meter
The Kenko KFM-2100 is an exposure meter that incorporates both flash and spot metering functions into one compact unit.

The KFM-2100 can simultaneously display an exposure reading on the flash meter (for measuring incident light) and an exposure reading on the spot meter (for measuring reflected light).

But its more than one simple easy-to-use integrated system that fits comfortably in your hand. It also incorporates the Exposure Navigation System, which displays information on the LCD that helps you determine the proper exposure for a scene.

Exposure Navigation System
The KFM-2100 allows you to confirm the exposure of each part of a scene being photographed. Conventionally, a photographer relies mainly on their experience and expertise when determining exposures. However, the KFM-2100 can emulate the decision making process on the LCD, guiding you to the exposure best suited to a particular photograph.

Ergonomic and Stylish
The KFM-2100 flash meter is a professional instrument that feels good in your hand and has controls that are logical and well laid out for ease of use.

Ergonomic and Stylish
Lattitude is the degree to which you can over or under expose an image and still have acceptable image quality from the exposure. This concept is as critical with digital photography as with film. (Hint: Use your Digital Camera’s RAW setting for widest possible latitude also referred to as Dynamic Range, but a typical digital SLR’s sensor has about a + or – 2 stop latitude range, making it similar to photographing with color negative film.)

The latitude or difference in exposure between the brightest highlight areas of a scene and the darkest shadow areas can be determined by the KFM-2100 to make better informed lighting and exposure choices with the latitude function and built-in 1º spot meter.
Note: Latitude and Dynamic Range can vary widely with different Digital SLR sensor types or different film types. Before using the KFM-2100 specify the correct latitude for the Digital camera or film being used..

*"Latitude" represents a film's effective exposure range. Normally, when a target object with extremely bright and dark areas is printed as a photograph, the bright areas are saturated with white and the dark areas are saturated with black. This phenomenon occurs when the
contrast between the bright and dark areas exceeds the latitude of the film.
Generally, color reversal films provide a latitude of about five stops.If the difference in brightness of the target object (difference in the spot meter's measured values) exceeds five stops, the bright and dark areas will be saturated white and black, respectively, when reproduced on film.

Viewfinder
The KFM-2100 can display digital readings, not just in the LCD on the front of the meter, but on in a LCD display in the viewfinder window as well. This allows light reading to be seen while still looking through the viewfinder. The meter also has dioptric adjustments for more comfortable viewing.

Vertically Oriented LCD
The KFM-2100 flash meter has a large, easy-to-read vertical LCD that displays F No. as a large number value with a 1/10 intermediate stop as a smaller number next to the full stop aperture value. Or, the meter can be set to display the aperture in _ or 1/3 stop increments. A vertical analog scale along the side of the display also provides the same aperture information when taking basic readings.

Memory
The KFM-2100 flash mater has memory slots to store 10 separate readings. Both stored readings and the current reading can be displayed simultaneously in the vertical analog scale. Memory markers also show the number of stored readings. Having readings stored in memory makes it easier to analyze the contrast range of your subject, the lighting ratio or viewing several separate readings in relation to one another.

Ambient Light Reading
The KFM-2100 flash meter’s shutter speed can be selected in a range from as long as 30 minutes to as fast at 1/16,000 of a second (This range is selectable in full stop, _ stop or 1/3 stop increments). The light reading is displayed on the meter’s LCD window as both a digital and analog data. Once a reading is taken if you wish to change the shutter speed the aperture reading will automatically change accordingly. The KFM-2100 can read a very wide range of light from the very low equivalent EV -2.0 to 19.9 (incident light based on ISO 100). The meter can also be set to a Cine mode to be used with Cine cameras and display light readings from 8 to 128 frames/sec.

Flash Light Reading
When using with flash, select Cord or Non-Cord depending on the shooting conditions. For Cord setting, connect the Flash sync-cord to the Sync Terminal in the front of the FKM-2100 flash meter then a light reading can be taken by simply pressing the Measurement button on the side of the meter. When using a non-cord set-up, pressing the measurement button sets the meter in stand-by mode. When the flash is fired manually, the meter takes a reading.

Analyze Function
When taking readings in mixed flash and ambient lighting, the KFM-2100 can measure the flash and ambient light almost simultaneously. The percentage of flash in the over-all exposure is then displayed in the analyze scale on the LCD. The analyze scale is divided into 4 sections, each section represents flash contribution of approximately 25% of the total lighting. For example, if 3 sections of the analyze scale are lit, the flash to ambient light ratio is approx. 75% flash to 25% ambient. After taking a reading, the shutter speed can be changed and the meter will recalculate the exposure. Setting a slower shutter speed would result in a greater ambient to flash ratio. Setting a faster shutter speed would result in a lesser ambient to flash ratio. The analyze scale helps you balance the 2 sources of lighting for more predictable results, so you can set the lighting and exposure to get the look you want.

Calculation Function
The KFM-2100 flash meter has a calculation function that can be used to average readings stored in memory or bias exposures toward shadow or highlights when taking reflected light readings. This allows for more accurate recording of shadow or highlight detail.

KFM-1100

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:58:12 GMT

KFM-1100 AUTO DIGI METER

Ambient Light Readings
The KFM-1100 shutter speed can be selected in a range from as long as 30 minutes to as fast at 1/8000 of a second (This range is selectable in full stop, _ stop or 1/3 stop increments). The light reading is displayed on the meter’s LCD window as both digital and analog data. If you wish to select a different shutter speed after a reading is taken, the aperture reading will automatically change accordingly. The KFM-1100 can read a very wide range of light from the very low equivalent EV -2.0 to EV 19.9 (incident light based on ISO 100). The meter can also be set to a Cine mode to be used with Cine cameras and display light readings from 8 to 128 frames/sec.

Flash Light Reading
When using with flash, select Cord or Non-Cord depending on the shooting conditions. For Cord setting, connect the Flash sync-cord to the Sync Terminal in the front of the KFM-1100 then a light reading can be taken by simply pressing the Measurement button on the side of the meter. When using a non-cord set-up, pressing the measurement button sets the meter in stand-by mode. When the flash is fired manually, the meter takes a reading.

Analyze Function
When taking readings in mixed flash and ambient lighting, the KFM-1100 can measure the flash and ambient light almost simultaneously. The percentage of flash light in the over-all exposure is then displayed in the analyze scale on the LCD. The analyze scale is divided into 4 sections, each section represents flash contribution of approximately 25% of the total lighting. For example, if 3 sections of the analyze scale are lit, the flash to ambient light ratio is approx. 75% flash to 25% ambient. After taking a reading, the shutter speed can be changed and the meter will recalculate the exposure. Setting a slower shutter speed would result in a greater ambient to flash ratio. Setting a faster shutter speed would result in a lesser ambient to flash ratio. The analyze scale helps you balance the 2 sources of lighting for more predictable results, so you can set the lighting and exposure to get the look you want. 25% of exposure is from flash. 50% of exposure

Calculation Function
The KFM-1100s calculation function can be used to average readings stored in memory or bias exposures toward shadow or highlights when taking reflected light readings. This allows for more accurate recording of shadow or highlight detail.

Memory
The KFM-1100 has memory slots to store 2 separate readings. Both stored readings and the current reading are displayed simultaneously in the analog scale. Memory markers also show the number of stored readings. Having readings stored in memory makes it easier to analyze the contrast range of your subject, the lighting ratio or viewing several separate readings in relation to one another.

Monitor Function
The KFM-1100 has a brightness difference function that can be used to adjust lighting ratios or check for background light uniformity, very useful for product photography, portraits, etc. Checking for lighting uniformity across the entire seen is a critical use for light meters.Simply take a reading on your main reference point, then press the S/A/H button and then take reading on the other areas of the scene. The meter will display the brightness differences in term of +/- EV in 0.1 EV increments.

Custom Settings
At any time you can set the display readings to your liking for: Selecting the shutter speed stops (1, _, 1/3 stops) Selecting the F no. Display mode (F number + 0.1 increment intermediate value display, or just F number direct reading display) Selecting the exposure correction value (EV – 10 to 10) .

130858

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:55:54 GMT

Blue eye pro Proof Edition Certified Colors in a single click

LaCie blue eye pro Proof Edition is a complete monitor calibration and profiling solution designed to certify accurate monitor colors in the most demanding workflows. Specify your target colorimetric settings, such as WhitePoint, Gamma, Brightness and Blackpoint, and it automatically calibrates your monitor, creating and activating an ICC profile which ensures consistent colors throughout your workflow. Or, specify a reference profile and it adjusts your monitor to match the reference; you can even manually fine-tune your calibration.

During each calibration, LaCie blue eye pro saves the specific hardware settings that correspond to your chosen colorimetric environment within the ICC Profile it creates. Such advanced ICC profiles allow you to switch from one colorimetric environment to another without re-calibrating. Thanks to the Test & Report function, you can create and save detailed reports that describe your monitor’s gamut, and compare its performance against target calibration values and the ICC profile you built during profiling. Specifically designed with softproofing-based workflows in mind, Test & Report now embeds a new feature developed in collaboration with UGRA, the Swiss Centre of Competence for Media and Printing Technology, called UDACT. This tool allows the most demanding user to perform color accuracy verifications based on the color patches of the widely accepted UGRA/FOGRA Mediawedge and produces a certificate of suitability for softproofing according to ISO 12646 requirements. When used in conjunction with the supplied Ambient Light Diffuser, the LaCie blue eye colorimeter can also help you analyze the lighting characteristics of your working environment and compare them to ISO-recommended conditions for color work.