[argyllcms] Re: Dell U2711 - is it any good?
- From: Pictus <pictus171@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Knut Inge <argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:19 -0300
Hello Knut,
Monday, June 20, 2011, 3:48:07 PM, you wrote:
> I am having problems using this display and a pair of Spyder 3
> express/Spyder 3 sensors + DispCalGui
> (ArgyllCMS based) + Adobe
> Lightroom. When using the default display
> settings (Except seriously
> reducing brightness) and targeting a 6500K
> whitepoint, I end up with a
> lot of gain in the red channel. This puzzles me, as the Spyder 3 is
> supposed to be quite good for Wide-Gamut
> displays, but riddled with
> large sensor-to-sensor variability. Having
> similar (faulty?) readings
> from 2 different sensors would be less likely, I would think.
> I have an old sRGB Dell display beside it, and using the same
> calibration procedure it looks markedly
> different, and to my humble
> eyes (using camera auto-WB or the white-point
> picker in Lightroom on a
> known "white" object), actually more realistic. I am tending to
> believe that this color stuff is just to much work and hazzle, and
> just go with the sRGB-flow and buy newer and better gear...
> -k
Try using a simple matrix profile...
Also look how the reviewers calibrated their monitors:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2711.htm
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2410.htm
http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2010/review-dell-u2410.html
http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2010/review-dell-u2711.html
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Best regards,
Pictus mailto:pictus171@xxxxxxxxx
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