[argyllcms] Monitor calibration questions

  • From: Jon Leighton <j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:42 +0000

Hi there,

I have been trying to calibrate/profile my monitor with argyll. I have a
Colorvision Spyder 2 Express. The monitor in question is a laptop
screen, specifically it is a "Dell 15.4 WSXGA+ with TrueLife".

Basically, my attempts have been pretty unsuccessful. Every calibration
I do ends up having lots of magenta, such that blacks and greys on the
screen have a distinctive colour cast. I presume this is not correct -
it certainly doesn't make photos look very good!

I have read about "dynamic contrast" monitors, and apparently they
aren't any good for profiling unless you can turn it off. I can't really
find any very technical details about the screen, and have no idea
whether it has "dynamic contrast" or not. Also, there are no hardware
controls for the screen, so I can't really adjust it at all before doing
the calibration. Could this be the problem?

Alternatively, I know my colorimeter is a pretty cheap model, so perhaps
it is just not working very well?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Many thanks,
Jon Leighton


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