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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Colour Management => Topic started by: Jan Morales on December 18, 2012, 02:55:32 pm

Title: Better for monitors: colorimeter or spectrophotometer?
Post by: Jan Morales on December 18, 2012, 02:55:32 pm

I have an X-Rite i1Display Pro now and I plan to get an i1Photo Pro 2 in the new year. I understand that the former is a colorimeter and the latter is a spectrophotometer. I read somewhere that colorimeters are more accurate for monitors and spectrophotometers are more accurate for prints. Is that correct?

Title: Re: Better for monitors: colorimeter or spectrophotometer?
Post by: digitaldog on December 18, 2012, 03:00:53 pm

The names of the products are damn confusing!

There's a new Colorimeter and new Spectrophotometer. The i1Display-Pro and similar looking items** are the Colorimeter. The i1Pro is the Spectrophotometer.

**ColorMunki Display

Title: Re: Better for monitors: colorimeter or spectrophotometer?
Post by: Jan Morales on December 18, 2012, 03:07:18 pm

Am I correct that for the monitor I should continue to use the colorimeter, and use the spectrophotometer just for prints?

Title: Re: Better for monitors: colorimeter or spectrophotometer?
Post by: digitaldog on December 18, 2012, 03:08:37 pm

Quote from: Jan Morales on December 18, 2012, 03:07:18 pm

Am I correct that for the monitor I should continue to use the colorimeter, and use the spectrophotometer just for prints?

Ideally (if budget permits), yes.

Title: Re: Better for monitors: colorimeter or spectrophotometer?
Post by: Jan Morales on December 18, 2012, 03:11:04 pm

Cool. Thanks!