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Author Topic: meter suggestions Anhtu Vu Film Handler Posts: 98 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Registered: Jun 2013 posted 10-08-2014 08:02 AM                     I'm looking to buy a meter for calibrating our cinema projector. Someone suggested the Konica LS100 but i believe it does only luminance…how about color, gamma...  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-08-2014 09:00 AM                     http://www.jeti.com/cms/index.php/instruments-55/radiometer/specbos-1201  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-08-2014 09:19 AM                     Is the expenditure justified for calibrating "our cinema projector"? A normal cinema shouldn't need calibration more than annually or maybe semiannualy, and is usually done by a cinema service tech - who needs to have a color meter. There are a range of color meters available. The Specbos is a very nice one but also rather expensive. Many techs use the much more economical USL PCA100 that does the luminance and color measurement OK - but is admittedly not as accurate or flexible as the high end units. How accurate do you need? Is this a studio timing room or a public cinema? What do you need gamma measurement for? This is not usually an adjustment done individually in cinema use. The projectors have preset gamma files for standard color spaces.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-08-2014 09:45 AM                     The USL is as accurate as its calibration. I have done a shoot out with it and our PR-655. They will both get you readings within their calibration specifications. And both will satisfy DCI requirements. The USL is a radiospectrometer unlike some other units...which should tend to allow it to be more accurate than others.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 10-08-2014 10:20 AM                     While this internet dealer is geared more to the custom home theatre installer, they do have some professional units such as the JETI at what seem like competitive prices. Click Here  |  IP: Logged

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