[argyllcms] Re: AW: Re: How bad is a wide color gamout measurement with a Spyder 2?
- From: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:16:52 -0500
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Christian Mayer <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> My recommendation: buy a small or used external high-end monitor which you
>> can hardware calibrate, like an NEC SpectraView an Eizo ColorEdge or a Quato
>> IntelliProof. Those monitors have a "really" wide gamut, the white point is
>> not optimized to NTSC or something, but to suit professional proofing and
>> you won't loose at least a third of the native gamut to the software
>> calibration.
>
> That's not an option - I didn't buy an laptop to carry an external
> display with me... And if there displays have an even wider gamut it'll
> be even worse with the Spyder 2.
>
>> So, it's your decision.. if you want to work professional, then you should
>> use professional equipment.
>
> That's why I already bought an colorimeter - at a time that I had a
> normal gamut display (and didn't know that the Spyder 2 wasn't able to
> handle the new displays).
> For a moment I don't even need to work like a Pro - getting rid of the
> oversaturated colors during web surfing would already be a big help...
> (And did I mention I'm just a hobbyist, far from professional?)
I have a Huey, and it works just fine at making my HP LP2475w
tolerable to surf the web on. It's a bit off but at least reds aren't
eye-popping magenta. (The LP2475w has much wider gamut that sRGB.)
Now if only it could take my extremely-narrow-gamut laptop and make it
display sRGB :)
--Andy
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