Screen calibration device....

colinuk · 9 Apr 2008 at 16:28

Some one must have tried a few of these. Ive googled them, read reviews and they all say theirs is the best, funny that.

So to any other photoshoppers out there with a TFT, what device do you use to keep your screen colours true.

Is spyder2 device the best one to get??

TYIA

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Adrianr · 9 Apr 2008 at 17:11

Spyder 2 is the worst one to get judging from reviews and research.

www.tftcentral.co.uk has tested all the important ones, Spyder 2 & 3, Panatone Huey, X-rite Eye one and LaCie Blue Eye Pro.

I'l be getting myself an X-rite Eye One.

Baddass · 9 Apr 2008 at 19:54

Eye-One def seems to be the best bit of hardware....then software wise both their own Eye-One Match 3 and LaCie's suite offer excellent calibration results. The latter is also capable of some very nice reporting features which is why it's more expensive.

Adrianr · 10 Apr 2008 at 00:45

Badass: If a monitor uses the same panel (For example some of the DGMs that have been found with panels used in Eizo/BenQ/Dell monitors etc) can they theoretically be calibrated to the same standard? Or is there too much variation in what goes on behind the panel?

Aod · 10 Apr 2008 at 09:13

Adrianr said:
Badass: If a monitor uses the same panel (For example some of the DGMs that have been found with panels used in Eizo/BenQ/Dell monitors etc) can they theoretically be calibrated to the same standard? Or is there too much variation in what goes on behind the panel?

variations in the panels and hardware means that each screen must be calibrated individually, preferably frequently aswell.

Baddass · 10 Apr 2008 at 10:41

the panel itself does have a very key part to play, but panel electronics can also influcence things (monitor LUT, 10-bit processing chips etc). But yes, in theory if you took a good panel from an expensive screen, put it in a cheaper screen, with some good hardware calibration you should be able to get good results still.

Adrianr · 10 Apr 2008 at 17:50

Aod said:
variations in the panels and hardware means that each screen must be calibrated individually, preferably frequently aswell.

I know they have to be calibrated individually, i was just wondering if you put an Eizo Panel in a DGM body (for example) could you make them look the same.

Baddass said:
the panel itself does have a very key part to play, but panel electronics can also influcence things (monitor LUT, 10-bit processing chips etc). But yes, in theory if you took a good panel from an expensive screen, put it in a cheaper screen, with some good hardware calibration you should be able to get good results still.

Which it appears although not exactly, close enough. Cheers!

drussellwilks · 15 Apr 2008 at 13:06

We used to use the Spyer2 at the photography studio I worked at. There were not particulary good and most of the time you could do better colour correction "by eye".

I do find big TFT's can be a pain for Photoshop due to the massive difference in colours from viewing angle (light to dark). Luckily I don't do much work in that field anymore!