Many thanks ruggiera. Lens now sold and will be sent out tomorrow

I will take a look at the video as it the program does not at first sight seem to be quite as simple as its creators claim.It is an interesting concept in that purchasers of the software are invited to upload their newly created effects. The downside of this is that the program is likely to have an almost endless of variety of effects from which to choose. Sifting through these might be a bit tedious and as has been said above, many of the effects may not be all that desirable!

I think that I would go for the LG which my first choice originally but I could not find anyone with stock at the time and I needed a new monitor. I may be wrong but I seem to remember reading that LG manufactures the panels for a number of other brands including ASUS but I would have to check that out to be sure. Certainly my monitor gives a fabulous picture and it is worth going for the biggest that you can without raising the cost considerably. I paid about£180 for this 23 inch monitor in December last year but anything above that size was very much more expensive.

I think that the pro model will calibrate a projector if you have one ( I do not) and you are allowed to use it on more than one PC although it works fine on my laptop as well! You just install from the CD and follow the instructions - there is really nothing to it. In my experience it is important to use the printer profile appropriate to the inks which you are using and Canon and Epson both make standard profiles for their papers available for download free of charge. I find that the Canon profile works OK in good quality paper from other manufacturers. Manufacturers of the better compatible inks such as Lyson also offer free profiles for use with their inks, but other 3rd party ink suppliers do not in which case there is no reason why you should not get a custom profile done and I found a firm willing to do this for £15 or so which is very cheap. As I understand it 3rd party inks try to mimic the original ones but are never 100% successful and the profile makes the adjustments necessary to bring them into line. Anyway when you have your monitor calibrated, you might like to look at the

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This site gives a very good test chart to print out and compare with what you have on screen.

Yes it is the IPS version. There is however only one problem in that it has a touch panel for adjustments such as contrast brightness etc which has a mind of its own and it is pretty frustrating to use - at one point I inadvertently changed the language to Russian - fortunately I had sufficient familiarity with the cyrillic alphabet to change it back! My old monitor took an age to repair ( it was under warranty -just) so I could not return the new one. However, having succeeded with some difficulty in setting the ASUS up properly and with the aid of the Spyder, I am inclined to keep it as colours are now spot on.

Looks very impressive and a fraction of the price of other such offerings such as PerfectEffects.
Thanks very much for the link

I am using an ASUS 23" LED monitor which gives pretty accurate colours out of the box but as a camera club member I want to be sure that the colours I see on my monitor are faithfully reproduced on our calibrated club projector. Of course I want the same from my printer output without having to print more than once to get it right. I use a Spyder Express colorimeter to calibrate my monitor and I find it easy to use and relatively inexpensive ( around £60 I think). The printer should also use a profile based upon the ink/paper combination. As I have a Canon printer, I use one of their generic profiles which work well with a variety of papers- not just Canon ones. Alas when you start a quest for absolute precision you open a can of worms and you end up like sad old me buying not only new lenses on an alarmingly regular basis, but striking out in all sorts of other equally expensive directions! I suppose that people like me help to keep the camera industry going, but I sometimes wonder why I could not have been happy with the basics such as the kit lenses. On the other hand all these extra lenses and gadgets are fun and I guess that boys need their toys!

My apologies that I did not think it all through as I should have done. I envisaged a scenario in which someone might want the lens and not the polariser, in which case I am happy to sell the latter separately. ( I ought also to have made it clear that I could only justify RM 1st class at that price for the polariser only).

The other scenario is of course that no-one want the lens and in that case I shall keep it for the time being together with the polariser as it does not make any sense to sell it (least of all at a low price) if I still have the lens.

Apologies if I have mislead anyone.

After some deliberation I have ordered a DA 15mm Ltd to complement my existing set of the same and this means that my Sigma 10-20 ( old version) is now redundant. The lens come with its original box, documentation, case, lens caps and hood. I bought it nearly two years ago from SRS and it is in excellent condition and has seen only occasional use. It is very sharp and is unmarked and has been protected by a UV filter throughout its life. I am happy to include the 77mm Hoya HMC slim frame UV filter (cheapest price I have seen for this is around £1. I believe that £250 would be a fair price to include the UV filter and Royal Mail Next Day Delivery and I would accept payment by Paypal (including fee) or Bank Transfer.

Additionally I have a 77mm Hoya PRO1 Circular Polariser which has a low profile frame which I have used successfully on this lens without any noticeable vignetting. The lowest price I have seen for this filter is around £60 but I would accept £30 which means that the price for the lens with both filters would be £280. I would also be happy to sell the polariser separately.

I am located on the Surrey/ Sussex border and obviously if anyone living within striking distance would like to inspect the lens, I would be happy for them to do so.

I have posted a photo on my flickr acc and hope that the link below will lead there!

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I use the DA 21mm Ltd to places where I think I can zoom with my feet, otherwise I use my Sigma 17-70.