The Pantone CAPSURE is an impressive little device. Small enough to fit in a pocket or a purse, what it does is capture precisely any color you like. It would be ideal for a designer or artist, and would make it possible to match a particular color out in nature or on a fabric or a wall to a specific paint shade or other design element. It also makes it possible to be sure that the photographic or video image of a given tone or shade matches exactly.
It's a very elegantly designed device, that's also very functional. The slide-on lens cap also doubles as a calibration plate, so that every time you turn it on you can calibrate it to be sure that the measurements are exact. You can record up to 100 different colors at a time before uploading them to the computer, and you can even add a brief audio reference to any given color so that you remember where it came from. When you capture a swatch with multiple colors in it, the screen will give you up to four different options to choose from - and once you have a color the device will display and allow you to record colors that are similar or even complementary in tone. The colors you capture are referenced both by their Pantone names (and there are several Pantone libraries to choose from) as well as their precise number in all of the major color spaces (sRGB, Adobe RGB, HTML, Lab, and XYZ values).
The LCD screen is large enough to see quite clearly the colors you capture (and will also display a photo image of whatever real swatch you have it pointed to). It's got a rechargeable battery, that lasts a long time; it comes with a handsomely designed case. It fits nicely in the hand, and there's a convenient wrist strap. Obviously, this is a high end specialty device. It's well designed and works great. For those who need it, it's well worth the price (especially when the alternative is buying and maintaining expensive libraries of color samples and swatches).