Monitor Calibration - Try before you buy!

dannyjo22 · 16 Mar 2010 at 16:37

wonder_lander said:
Can you send me the contact details to the e-mail address that was on the trust e-mail I sent you?

Cheers

Done mate, if it's not there yet I will try again.

wonder_lander · 16 Mar 2010 at 17:47

dannyjo22 said:
Done mate, if it's not there yet I will try again.

Hi mate, not got them mate, it's not the paypal address as that belongs to the person who currently has the calibrator.

Maybe send me a trust message from here with your details.

Cheers

dannyjo22 · 16 Mar 2010 at 18:00

Ah sent it to the wrong person Doh!

Just sent the details to your trust

dannyjo22 · 20 Mar 2010 at 16:05

Recieved thanks

If it's ok as I liftshare to work with zooankski we can both get done in one hit. We will still be finished with it way before out 10 days and it will take 2 people out of the queue.

wonder_lander · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:21

Glad it's got to you OK, will update the opening posts and great that you can share it with someone already on the list!

dannyjo22 · 22 Mar 2010 at 10:53

Should be finished with it today and zooanski is having it off me this afternoon. I doubt he will need it longer than a day

One question, I only did the quick calibration for now. The colours are a lot more vivid, I take it my colours are adjusted for my monitor on everything now not just when I use Photoshop and lightroom?

Its just the blue for this forum looks a lot better and I'm not sure If i'm imagining it

dannyjo22 · 23 Mar 2010 at 11:56

Both Zooanksi and I are done with this, still waiting on payment then it is ready to be sent.

zooankski · 24 Mar 2010 at 17:57

sitting here ready to go

tsinc80697 · 24 Mar 2010 at 18:27

Will get the payment sent over now

edit:

Sent and I emailed you my postal address a few days ago, let me know if you need it again

dannyjo22 · 24 Mar 2010 at 19:22

Just got payment mate but no address, try emailling the postal address to zooankski he will be sending it on

wonder_lander · 24 Mar 2010 at 19:30

tsinc80697 said:
Will get the payment sent over now

edit:

Sent and I emailed you my postal address a few days ago, let me know if you need it again

You where supposed to send the postal and mobile to me

Can you send your details to my trust mate.

Ta

wonder_lander · 30 Mar 2010 at 22:30

Now with Tom

tsinc80697 · 30 Mar 2010 at 22:52

Just ran the spyrder2 and my monitor looks really blue. Running dual 2407's so I can see the before and after side by side as I have only done 1 monitor.

I can tell mt uncalibrated screen is too warm and does need toning down but the calibrated screen looks much too cold for my liking. Whites have a slight blue/grey tinge to them. Is the spyder accurate or is it worth tweaking manually (if possible?)

wonder_lander · 30 Mar 2010 at 22:55

Read the few posts below post 194

Has some other software which is said to give better results

tsinc80697 · 30 Mar 2010 at 23:00

Thanks will do

edit:

Just used Spyrder2Pro software and the results are much more what I expected. What I was using was slightly too warm and washed out but the Pro software has given a much nicer result! Will be doing the other monitor tomorrow!

Barno · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:22

I've got the Spyder2 at the mo, had a lot on with work so taken me a few days to get round to using it. The results have been great after initial calibration with the spyder2express software followed by further calibration with ColorEyes Pro as recommended in this thread.

My only problem is with the luminance. On my first run with ColorEyes Pro I had the luminance set to maximum and it ended up at 167. Then I had it calibrate to 120 and it is a lot duller to my eyes. I use my monitor mostly for gaming where I would probably be happy to sacrifice 'correct' luminance for a more vibrant image. Would you recommend cranking it up a bit or do you guys reckon I should stick to 120?

Also is luminance the same as the brightness/backlight setting on my monitor?

And lastly once my trial with ColorEyes Pro runs out can I just use the spyder software to load different profiles?

Thanks again to Jon (wonder_lander) for the kit

Thorien · 15 Apr 2010 at 20:55

OOH, OOH can you add me to the list please!
OP is a star what a great idea!

Hertfordshire!

djkav · 15 Apr 2010 at 21:42

Add me to the list too please

Your awesome

Location: St Helens, Lancs

Which version of the software do u need to download? I see a fair few for Windows.

Da[]San · 15 Apr 2010 at 23:41

djkay, i'm just fown the road from you in Wigan, we could share..email me in trust to arrange.

wonder_lander · 16 Apr 2010 at 23:50

Should be on its way to Da[]San tomorrow.