On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:46:18 +0100, Niccol? Belli <darkbasic4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I really don't know why so many peoples buy the Spyder3: >- it's slow as hell >- it's terrible with dark patches >- it's as expensive as the Eye-One Display v2 which is alot better I don't own i1D so I can't compare, but I've asked here and there and it looks like Spyder3 and i1D are totally comparable. I bought my Spyder for half the price of i1D so it was no brainer. When it goes to spectro vs colorimeters - after calibration colorimeter should not be worse than spectro for a particular display/colorimeter combination. Of course accuracy of cheap colorimeters may suffer with filter aging, but for my needs it will be enough to check it once a year against reference instrument. -- best regards, darzur