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zod96

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Just got my new spyder3express for my Dell U2410. I wasn't expecting much, but man the difference is night and day from factory defaults. All the colors now look so much better, much more alive and vibrant. This was one of the best $80 I spent.......
 
Yea alot of people don't realize how big the difference is. For a decent LCD panel , its truly a big leap.
 
Here are some pictures. The first one is without calibration and the 2nd one is with...



 
Yea the second has more definition , also her chin doesn't blur into her neck like the first kinda shows.
 
Should I get this for my 3008wfp?

I was going to get the Eye One Display 2.
 
You have to be crazy not to have a color calibration device on an LCD. I have been using the Spyder2Pro, it is worlds of diffierence when calibrated.
 
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1521015 - here is an ongoing thread about calibration software and devices.

Toward the end you'll see that I may have stumbled upon an inexpensive calibration setup - I'll be purchasing soon to test it out on a few IPS displays. I'm still a calibration noob, however.

In short: spyder is better than nothing, but most believe the x-rite eye-one D2 to be better.

Edit: and nice before/after comparison... looks more saturated, but still better.
 
I am actually going to return the express to amazon today and I ordered the Pro version for $150. I wanted to use it on at least 3 monitors and the pro version will let you do this I didn't know with the express version you can only do one. I also got Saturday delivery which is cool so I'll have it tomorrow.....it seems the Pro version has alot more things you can calibarate than the express version. I hope its not alot harder to use...
 
Yeah calibration rocks. I got an Eye One Display 2 myself a few months ago. In hindsight, I can't believe I've spend so many years in front of a crappy yellowy tinged, bright and washed-out monitor. My white point is set to 6500K.
 
So, how about save us some cash and let us por people know what settings you have now so we can try them out, see if it helps ;) ;)
 
MrGuvernment said:
So, how about save us some cash and let us por people know what settings you have now so we can try them out, see if it helps ;) ;)
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I don't know how Spyder does it, but it's a lot more than just tweaking the RGB controls on your monitor. Furthermore, since each monitor isn't exactly alike, the target color temp/brightness may differ from one unit to the next.

I think this article from Photo.net describes it best:

Monitor Calibration

The purpose of calibrating your monitor is to compensate for any color and tone inaccuracies caused by the construction of the monitor or the interaction of the monitor with the video card in your computer. No monitor is perfect out of the box—every one will display color in slightly different ways. Monitor calibration measures, then compensates for, these differences by creating a custom ICC (International Color Consortium) profile.

The term “monitor calibration” actually refers to a two-step process, monitor calibration and profiling. The first component, calibration, changes the physical behavior of the monitor to match a known, desired state. On LCD monitors, this is essentially limited to adjusting the brightness of the backlight. Other corrections listed in the monitor’s on-screen display, such as RGB and white point adjustments, perform software corrections to the display without changing the physical behavior of the device. This differentiation is important because hardware adjustments, like altering brightness, do not negatively impact the quality of the image displayed, while software adjustments can cause problems, particularly with gray balance and the smoothness of transitions and gradients.

In profiling, the second portion of the monitor calibration process, a series of colored patches displayed on screen. The monitor calibration software then compares the measured colors against the actual color values stored in the software and builds a look-up table to compensate for the differences.

Together, the two-part process improves the accuracy of photos displayed on your monitor. The calibration process brings the monitor’s hardware controls to a known state, then the profiling portion uses software to correct any lingering inaccuracies. The resulting ICC profile is set as the default monitor profile in your operating system. Any color management-aware applications, like Lightroom, Photoshop or Aperture use this monitor profile to automatically adjust the RGB values of displayed colors. Once you create the profile, there is nothing more you need to do.
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