Camera profiles maker tools

[Orio]

I ordered that ColorChecker Passport bundle of software and hardware tools to create camera profiles.
I was tired to deal with ever changing light conditions and Canon's and Leica's unadequate profiles for some colours (especially reds).
Now I will prepare my own custom camera profiles for the 5D Mark II and Leica M9, to be used in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw (and hopefull in other applications, too).
It should arrive in a couple of days, I will let you know.

[symphonic]

Canon has a (basic) utility for that - Picture Style editor. Works nice enough.

[Orio]

The colours of the 5D (I and II) are good enough most of the times, but could use some more redder reds. But that is not a real problem.
The main reason I ordered this tool is the M9. When I work on the photos a bit, I take out of it really gorgeous colours. But I wish not to have to work on the colours every time, hence the wish of a better profile to start with. The one that is distributed with Lightroom is not sufficient (read=sucks). They say there was a great M8 profile for Capture One, because that was the bundled application for the M8. Now Leica has chosen Lightroom for the bundle of M9 and Capture One Pro has not made a M9 profile.

[poilu]

I don't believe a particular can make better profiles than adobe
If you want nice reds and nice colors, buy a good wide gamut lcd and a eye-one to calibrate it
it was a revelation for me
check http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm to find a good lcd and buy it refurbished half price from ebay

[Orio]

Yes, buying a Eizo monitor is my dream, but at the moment I don't have the business prospect to make such an investment. Let's hope crisis goes away soon. For the meantime, being able to easily make a custom camera profile for every project I work on, is already a great step ahead. The software can make a profile automatically. So for instance at my next mode shooting session in november, I will make a photo of the model with the checker at the beginning of the session, that will calibrate my photos for the whole session perfectly.
Not bad if you ask me!

[Nikos]

[Orio]

I saw an EIZO last April at a camera fair.
I could see pictures on it, at an angle from where I would have seen nothing on my monitor.
And, the image rendition does not change whatever angle you look from.

Really a terrific monitor.

[rukmeister]

NEC make some good monitors too that are close to the eizo league of colour quality etc. A little bit cheaper too I think.

[BRunner]

I use Eizo exclusively for ten years already... It's like Leica or Zeiss lenses... When you try it, you can't go back...

My old 17" L568 with MVA panel still delivers great colors, even latest TN with LED are much worse.