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ejwebb
2nd of December 2004 (Thu), 20:23
I posted the following earlier under an old thread but got no responses - thought I would try with a new topic.

Can anyone provide some more guidance on the difference in the colorvision products. From the website and a forum search I can see the differences and have formed the following conclusions/questions:

1. Colorplus has preset gamma (I assume 2.2) and Photocal has 2 options (I assume 1.8 and 2.2). Here I think Colorplus would be fine since I am using a windows computer and CRT monitor.

2. Colorvision has a preset white balance (I assume 6500) and Photocal has 2 options (I assume 6500 and ??). Here, again, I think Colorplus would be fine since I usually set the monitor to 6500 anyway.

3. Colorvision does not have the Precal function and Photocal does. Here is where ?I think Photocal has a distinct advantage based on Colorvision's description of this function. However, I am not sure how much of this function is real benefit and how much is marketing hype - any experience on what this actually does and how much difference it makes? Is there a similar free software utility that can perform the same function?

Any thoughts are appreciated! Thanks.

ejwebb
3rd of December 2004 (Fri), 12:20
Found this - may help others since there have been no replies on the subject. Looks to me like the Photocal is the best value. Precal does look to be worth the price difference for me but I don't the advanced functions of Optical are.

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/photocal/photocal_1.htm