So, who does it? And if you do it what do you use?

A while ago a bought a Hughey Pro calibration kit for work, and set it up and was quite pleased with the results.

http://dk.pantone.co.uk/pages/products/ProductImage.aspx?pid=562&lid=1
http://dk.pantone.co.uk/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=562&ca=2

However it has a tendancy to darken my screen considerably, so I edit my photos accordingly, but then when I view them on other screens they look considerably washed out... so which screens are 'right'? And is there any point calibrating your screen when editing online only photos, if most people will view them on uncalibrated screens?

yeah its a real bugger isn't. my screen is set up so that it looks like what will be printed. i did this by getting something properly printed, having the print next to the screen then getting them looking exactly the same - much easier.

That's a very simple approach gothic, and very good.

The thing is though regular computer monitors are not that good at displaying all the colours, you would need a professional monitor for that and they cost over £1000.

mine cost about 400... were it not for the magicbrite colour enhancement on it then yes, you'd be right and it would be washed out. if you have a samsung with this turn it on, then mess around with the colour to get it right from saturated downwards.

It's a good question. Don't give up on your colour work-flow, but perhaps implement other ways to manage your colour for web production.

How may monitors have you viewd your images on? The truth is no two are going to be the same. But If your images look so washed out perhaps something else is at fault? Not you personally of course! I work in print, but haven't been so alarmed by the quality of my images on uncalibrated displays - it would be too stressful.

Here's a pretty good article, that may help:

http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/graphicarts/archive/tags/calibrate/default.aspx

Chris