PhotographyBLOG Review: ColorPlus

Ever wondered why the image displayed on your monitor bears little resemblance to the scene that you photographed? Or why the colours in the the print that you’ve just made are not true to life? The single biggest cause of poorly adjusted photographs, whether on screen or in print, is an uncalibrated monitor. ColorPlus, a new product from Pantone and ColorVision, is the most affordable hardware calibration device on the market, retailing for under $100/£100. It works with CRT, LCD and notebook displays, although it is currently only compatible with the Windows platform. Is ColorPlus the answer to your colour nightmares? Find out in my review.

Website: ColorPlus Review

Published: Friday, July 09, 2004

Reader Comments

1. Good review, I am interested in sorting this problem out myself.
   Found it for £73 @ http://www.colourtools.co.uk/colorplus.htm
   which is more resonable.

   Sailesh at 11:17am on Friday, July 09, 2004

2. Great review.
   
   Welcome to the club. You should had done this years ago. I did it three years while back with another monitor/printer/scanner profiler and it has save me tons of headaches. More importantly I saved money on ink and paper from not having to reprinting my photos because they did not match what was on my monitor. We all know had bad the print preview is on Epson 2200/2100 and when I owned a Canon S800 and S9000 printer the print preview was no help.
   
   By the way I thought you move to a LCD monitor. The review shows CRT. Are you editing on both, CRT and LCD?
   
   Bill

   William C Bert at 12:52pm on Friday, July 09, 2004

3. I use both an LCD and CRT monitor - I just happened to take the product shots whilst calibrating the CRT one.

   Mark Goldstein at 01:18pm on Saturday, July 10, 2004

4. Thank you for that review. I am clearer now on what this product offers.
   
   I am still contemplating Colour vision Spyder2.
   
   Can I use this unit to calibrate two monitors on different computers?

   Barry Hooper at 08:58am on Friday, July 29, 2005

5. Yes, you can use the Spyder2 to calibrate more than one monitor (including laptops).

   Mark Goldstein at 10:55am on Friday, July 29, 2005

6. I have ordered it for 89.00 €....
   great....value for money....
   hopefully available for Mac very soon...
   at: http://www.colorsystemsmarketing.com

   Paul E.A.Vandeborne at 09:26pm on Tuesday, August 09, 2005

7. I am very statisfied of my Spyder2 PRO Studio.
   coming from ColorSystemsMarketing at269€.
   with this it's possible, to calibrate two monitors.

   Odette Swinnen at 09:36pm on Tuesday, August 09, 2005