Software monitor calibration tool???

Hi,
We are on a photo production right now and I have to work on pictures with my MBP. Bought a 23 Cinema to have more space to work but can't get a calibration tool. Is there any "good" software tool available beside the Apple built in tool??
What would you recommend to do while we are on the road??
Appreciate your feedback.
Thanks
R

I have used several software calibration tools and find that they are not worth the trouble.
IMO you will do better to let color adjust by the numbers. (i.e. R=G=B is white, gray, black). Also if you make an bit of an effort you will adapt to your monitor.
The adaptability of a human viewer is why things don't look green to you in a flourescent lighting environment. It also makes software calibrations very spotty.
The Apple monitors have some limitations in the LUT (look up table). Most calibrations (even hardware calibrations) wind up shifing your white-point to a warmer balance (a good thing) but at the same time they reduce shadow detail visible (a very bad thing) because they reduce the number of shades/colors that the monitor can display.
A really good package won't try to calibrate your Apple monitor (calibrate means to change), instead it will profile your monitor (profile means to describe).
If you want to try software calibration don't spend too much on your package. You probably won't want to use it for long. My advice is stick to the Apple profiles until you can get a good hardware profiling package.
P.S. If you search this forum you will find some early problems that some users had with Aperture not property interpreting some types of profiles. I recall probelms in v1.1 with large profiles from Gretag Macbeth Profile Maker 5. There may be others

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