[argyllcms] Re: Some clarification about profile generation and verification
- From: Roger Breton <graxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:55 -0400
Magnus,
First of all, congratulations on your acquisition of a NEC 2690. I think
it's a fine monitor.
Question: did you own the Spyder before purchasing the NEC?
I assume you did, because a specially optimized i1displayII was offered as a
bundle with the NEC that would have given you peace of mind, as far as
measuring is concerned. I understand from your posts that you are not
satisfied with the results?
/ Roger
> -----Original Message-----
> From: argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:argyllcms-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Magnus Berg
> Sent: 26 août 2010 09:49
> To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [argyllcms] Re: Some clarification about profile generation and
> verification
>
> I'm very interested in this 'Spyder 3' - 'wide gammut display'
> combination to. I just found an article, dated April 28 2010, with the
following
> information:
>
> "Usually if the sensor and software is more than a year or two old it is
filtered
> and configured to respond to the much smaller color gamut of home/office
> monitor and displays; and using it with a new wide color gamut display can
> result in a poor or even skewed, inaccurate calibration and profile. I
have
> found the most recent Spyder3 sensor and software will work very
> effectively with new wide color gamut professional displays and provide
> accurate calibration and profiling, and the latest Spyder3 sensitometer
will
> also work with other brand software effectively like NEC?s Spectraview 2."
> http://blog.shutterbug.com/davidbrooks/new_datacolor_spyder3_elite_ver
> sion_4/
>
> The Spyder 3 is a old one that may have been improved during the years.
> But to believe it a test with a spectrophotometer would be a good thing.
>
> Magnus Berg
>
> P.S. I'm using my Spyder 3 with a Nec 2690wuxi2. On the package to my
> Spyder 3 I see a copyright symbol followed by 2009. But who knows exactly
> then the improvement was made? D.S.
>
>
> 2010-08-26 13:05, andrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx skrev:
> >> And yes, may be it looks correct for you. It's your choice... until
> >> you want to write a review about a display...
> >> May be you will publish erroneous measures and you will judge the
> >> test specimen based on your erroneous measures. So, I feel it is very
> >> dangerous!
> >> (If you care about the quality of your reviews and your integrity, I
> >> would suggest you to check your results with a spectrophotometer
> >> before you would publish that review. Or at least make a note about
> >> this possible issue.)
> >
> > Thanks Janos for your important note.
> >
> > I bought the Spyder3Pro because Datacolor says it's compatible with
> > wide gamut displays. I repeat, I'm not sure if
> >
> > I profiled with in-bundle software and I expect results are correct, I
> > guess inside obvious limits of a cheap colorimeter. Argyll results are
> > similar, better looking to the numbers.
> >
> > I'm an amateur and not a pro, I don't have any heavy color constrain,
> > so I think this is acceptable.
> >
> > The article could be affected by this issue, sure I write a note about
> > it (thanks a lot!), but in any case I think could be a good starting
> > point, even if you use a better colorimeter or a spectrophotometer.
> >
> > I hope I will have the chance to test with another instrument.
> >
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