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Originally Posted by seratne
Exactly what madmac said. Monitor calibration is quite cheap, less than $400.And heck if you wanted to get something real cheap there is the pantone huey, while it doesn't do a great job, it should get you 90-95% of the way there. And that costs less than $90. When the holidays roll around send a couple off to your clients that you know are pains in the asses that don't have their monitors calibrated.
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Don't get me wrong, I understand the need/reasons for calibration, though the nature of our work means we don't particularly need it. Lots of business forms, and random spot jobs. We have one client that requires perfect colour, but they always supply print-ready PDFS which have already been proofed - we output a proof - they sign it and we print. Beautiful files that have never failed. Any casual colour work is for clients who supply shit and have low expectations.
I truly think the Aussie market has lower expectations in regards to end product. If it looks good, it's generally OK.
I was more interested in hearing your particular setups and some examples of when a calibrated monitor has saved you. For instance, madmac, tell me when you picked up something on-screen that wouldn't have been noticable on a poorly-calibrated monitor.
