Thread-topic: Eye One Pro for monitor calibration? [was: Re: NEC 2690 SpectraView]
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On 11/27/07 5:57 PM, "Martin Orpen" wrote:
> Is it just me - or does anybody else think that the Eye One Pro is a
> disaster for monitor calibration?
A Spectrophotometer isn't ideal for display calibration in handling dark
measurements but much better than a colorimeter with filters assuming an
sRGB behavior on a wider gamut device.
> Cheaper devices do a much better job - DTP94 is (was) my particular
> favourite.
In the cases you site, yes, it will be superior. But if you use it on a wide
gamut display, you'll encounter errors in white point measurements (I think
Karl Lang calculated a 500K 'error' with a Colorimeter on the 2690 over what
it should be, based on a $20K Spectroradiometer).
> PS. Who cares if a monitor matches 96% of AdobeRGB anyhow? What kind
> of "standard" is AdobeRGB - the *standard* for lazy Photoshop users
> who don't know any better? That figure is as useful as the scanner
> manufacturers DMAX values...
Like everything else, it has advantages and disadvantages. If you're working
with imagery that largely falls close to sRGB, its actually going to be a
disadvantage. If you're working with very saturated imagery, its useful
since you can now view colors outside sRGB.
As for a standard, who ever said it was a standard?
Andrew Rodney
http://www.digitaldog.net/
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