[argyllcms] Re: How bad is a wide color gamout measurement with a Spyder 2?
- From: Sam Berry <samkberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:46:22 +0000
I suspect the white point measurement will by way off, and so I'd use the
native white point or do it by eye, but the gamut measurement may well be
usable, if not great. Try it and look at some reference images off the
internet such as http://www.pixl.dk/download/
I'd suggest that buying such a laptop and not using a decent calibrator for
it makes little sense though. A recent spyder3 is probably your best bet
unless you can borrow an i1 Pro for an afternoon. A colorMunki seems a good
investment come to think of it.
If none of these are possible then I have certainly seen many profiles
posted on the internet from Dell RGBLED owners with Spyder3s. I'd give a few
of these a go. But I'd not get my hopes up too much about getting a good
screen-print match.
Finally, I'm pretty sure the LCD is a TN type, and so be sure to look at the
screen from dead on, not from above as 99% of people tend to.
Hope this helps,
Sam Berry
On 19 December 2010 12:14, Christian Mayer <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just got my new laptop that I also want to use for photography work
> (hobbyist, far from professional).
>
> This laptop (DELL Precision M6500) has an wide gamut RGB-LED screen.
> As an colorimeter I've got a Spyder 2.
>
> So how bad would the results be, if I calibrate the screen with it?
> I understand that it's not perfect - but will it be acceptable, or will
> it make things even worse?
>
> My aim is firstly to get rid of the over saturated colours during web
> surfing (FireFox should be able to handle profiles) and my second is to
> get paper prints (done in a professional lab that supplies profiles) of
> my pictures that look like the original file in Bibble during soft proof.
>
> Ubuntu ships only with Argyll 1.1.1 - but I could manually update to
> 1.3.2 to use the correction matrix feature that should help here,
> shouldn't it? But I haven't found a matrix for my display together with
> a Spyder 2, so I guess it won't help me here...
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Chris
>
>
>
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