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Hi all,

At the last Sydney mini-meet, Glen & I were chatting about Spyders and whether it might be a good idea to share one amongst members.
You only need to calibrate your monitor infrequently and it really doesn't make sense for us all to buy our own Spyder...

Is anyone interested in buying a shared Spyder???

It could be swapped around at Sydney mini-meets, or it could be picked up from whoever has it in his / her possession (logged in a thread here). Depending on how many people are interested in participating in this, we may set up a couple of Spyder-cells (e.g. North of Harbour, South of Harbour)...

If this seems like a good idea and you might like to participate then register your interest here...
Depending on how many people are interested, we will then decide how many units to buy and which model to buy... You are not committing yourself by expressing an interest...

Let me know what your maximum $ amount is and which model of Spyder you would prefer...

John, count me in for a northern cell spyder. Will go with everyone elses desire on model etc

Hi John,

Sounds like an interesting idea.

Count me in for Belmore's cell and Spyder 2 and will lay out $150.00.
I want two units one for share and one for stock, but where and how do you buy them?

I'm in

Birddog114 wrote:Count me in for Belmore's cell and Spyder 2 and will lay out $150.00.
I want two units one for share and one for stock, but where and how do you buy them?

I haven't thought about that yet... I'll take your advice or that of anyone else...

I have a Spyder 2 if anyone wants to borrow it they may but would have to pick up from me

sirhc55 wrote:I have a Spyder 2 if anyone wants to borrow it they may but would have to pick up from me

Chris - what you doing tomorrow?

Imagine if the majority of the D70 Sydney users (and further afield too) all had the same calibrated monitors...now that would be bliss for image reviews/critiques What a splendid idea!

This is a great idea, and well why does everyone need there own when we can share things, hey i think some prices some of these companies want are silly and well i belive in sharing if possible and well we all have the interenet, why did we get it? to learn, download, share files etc...
Ok if you run a business, you need the to have ridgy didge software if you are using it other wise can get in the poo so to speak, but yeh how many here actually buy all there programs and if it was available on the net for free what would you do?

It's like buying a video recorder to tape your favorite tv show that you are not suposed to do even cdr and dvdr drives. So yes great idea either put in and buy it and share it or if you already have or anything to share why not.

When i was at the radio station i would spend money on a cd for 1 song and the rest was crap so when i discovered mp3s on the net many years ago i have not brought a cd for 1 song, i just found it and downloaded it.
Anyhow good idea john
Cheers

sirhc55 wrote:I have a Spyder 2 if anyone wants to borrow it they may but would have to pick up from me

Rick & I also have a Spyder 2 if anyone in the Hills district (or nearby) would like to borrow it.

Didn't even think of spreading the cost around the forum when we bought ours only 2 weeks ago, wish we had of though

Anyway send me a PM if you would like.

W00DY

Geoff wrote:

sirhc55 wrote:I have a Spyder 2 if anyone wants to borrow it they may but would have to pick up from me

Chris - what you doing tomorrow?

I’ll be here

Sounds interesting....am expressing an interest.

Is it easy to use? I am computer literate, but calibrating monitors, gammas, icc profiles, channels etc is all relatively foreign to me....

ozczecho

It is virtually an automated process - I am sure that anyone could do it.

I have a ColorVision ColorPlus - am happy to share with anyone in Newcastle (pippin, flyer etc)

Perhaps we could all throw in a few bucks each for Chris as rental and share it amongst members around the Sydney basin? We could open a special post dedicated to the subject and sort out the logistics from there? Interested members could be given say 2 weeks to register, and a relay type system could be sorted???
Gary are you there? Can this be arranged?
This is obviously dependent on Chris's feelings towards the task. It sounds like a few plp are interested so Chris don't be afraid to say "NO" or name a price. Maybe a one off total or perhaps a price per member/user.
Just an idea. Or maybe I'm thinking too much?

I have a GMB Eye-One Display 2 in the Northern Melbourne area if people are interested. Pretty straight forward & easy to use (tho a bit tricky on my own LCD).

Joolz

stubbsy wrote:I have a ColorVision ColorPlus - am happy to share with anyone in Newcastle (pippin, flyer etc)

Might take you up on that after my two weeks of holidays. What suburb do you reside in? (I'm in The Junction).

I presume the whole calibration process doesn't take long?

What are the real differences between these calibration tools btw? Ie Spyder 1, 2, ColorPlus?

Another Colorvision Spyder 2 owner reporting. I'm in Kingsgrove, Sydney, and am quite happy to lend mine out.

pippin88 wrote:

stubbsy wrote:I have a ColorVision ColorPlus - am happy to share with anyone in Newcastle (pippin, flyer etc)

Might take you up on that after my two weeks of holidays. What suburb do you reside in? (I'm in The Junction).

I presume the whole calibration process doesn't take long?

What are the real differences between these calibration tools btw? Ie Spyder 1, 2, ColorPlus?

Nick
I'm in North Lambton. Differences between the different versions (other than price) is I think the Spyder2 has a little more functionality & some better software. Calibration takes about 5 minutes.

Nick
I'm in North Lambton. Differences between the different versions (other than price) is I think the Spyder2 has a little more functionality & some better software. Calibration takes about 5 minutes.

hehehehe!I don't know how did you go out and bought a surperseded model

Birddog114 wrote:

Nick
I'm in North Lambton. Differences between the different versions (other than price) is I think the Spyder2 has a little more functionality & some better software. Calibration takes about 5 minutes.

hehehehe!I don't know how did you go out and bought a surperseded model

Thanks birddog - not superseded, just cheaper (well it was at the time - paid US$99 I think @ Adorama vs about US$280 for Spyder2)

marcus wrote:Perhaps we could all throw in a few bucks each for Chris as rental and share it amongst members around the Sydney basin? We could open a special post dedicated to the subject and sort out the logistics from there? Interested members could be given say 2 weeks to register, and a relay type system could be sorted???
Gary are you there? Can this be arranged?
This is obviously dependent on Chris's feelings towards the task. It sounds like a few plp are interested so Chris don't be afraid to say "NO" or name a price. Maybe a one off total or perhaps a price per member/user.
Just an idea. Or maybe I'm thinking too much?

Marcus - I am more than willing to lend the Spyder out to any Sydney forum member for FREE, so long as they are willing to pick up and return to me as I am not that mobile.

Im in desperate need of calibrating my LCD monitor.

Happy to take up any offers for borrowing someones kit!

JD

jdear: Are you going to be at the minimeet? I'll bring mine there on Saturday, that's if Chris' isn't more convenient for you.

I will also point something out, sirhc55 uses his in the course of his business, so lets not have just his missing for weeks at a time, lets share the wear between a number of units, maybe one Northisde and one Southside. Generous offer MCWB.

Glen wrote:I will also point something out, sirhc55 uses his in the course of his business, so lets not have just his missing for weeks at a time, lets share the wear between a number of units, maybe one Northisde and one Southside. Generous offer MCWB.

As previously posted I can cover Westside

I just want to have a unit to share with members, though I don't need it, my Misubishi 21" is doing well with the prints on the Epson 2100, and soon the Epson R1800.
I'll buy a unit and keep it here for members who comes to the mini meet can do the calibration of their laptop.

boo hoo!
Weekends are pretty much a right off for me for the next few months... work is having me take mon / tues' off instead

JD?

Glen wrote:I will also point something out, sirhc55 uses his in the course of his business, so lets not have just his missing for weeks at a time, lets share the wear between a number of units, maybe one Northisde and one Southside. Generous offer MCWB.

Absolutely agree Glen... There is obviously a lot of interest in this and it was not my intention to make people feel obliged to lend their units out... Once or twice may be fine, but after that we need to consider wear & tear on the unit and inconvenience to the owner...
If the people who have offered to lend want to restrospectively sell their units back to the group, or want to consider a hire charge I would be ok with that... Otherwise, I think we should look to buy a couple of new units that are purely meant for this purpose...

I think the retrospective sale idea is a good one John. Was only pointing out that sirhc unit is required at his premises every so often before all booked it out on him.

leek,
I have your say in my previously post.
I can only loan to people who can make a commitment return it within few days, though my unit will be on standby for the benefits of other members at the mini meets.

Hmmm..

John

I bought my unit for my use with no expectation of recovering the cost from others. It sits idle in its box 99% of the time. I'm more than happy to lend it for free to someone who returns it within a reasonable timeframe (days).

I guess I'd feel a little guilty trying to charge a forum member for use of something I'd already justified the cost for to myself.

joolz wrote:I have a GMB Eye-One Display 2 in the Northern Melbourne area if people are interested. Pretty straight forward & easy to use (tho a bit tricky on my own LCD).

Joolz

Joolz,

I'd be keen to take you up on this offer. I'm in Ivanhoe and work at Southbank. I can collect and return if this works for you. Are you going to the 17 April Melbourne meet?

I actually suggested this idea of a shared spyder a while ago but got no bites in Melbourne.

Cheers
Dean

It seems that a quite a few members already have a Spyder. How about simply hiring from these members so they can recoup their costs? At say... $15 for a 3 day turn around then the members who have taken the plunge should see a well deserved return on their investment? If each member calibrates his gear 3 times a year and you get 5 people hiring then at the very least the owners could upgrade their Spyders every 2 years or so for a new model.

Hi Dean,
Happy to lend it to you. I'll be going to the meet, so I can bring it then, or if you like, PM me and you can pick it up earlier.

Joolz