Re: Spyder2 ?
Re: Spyder2 ?
- Subject: Re: Spyder2 ?
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:06:36 -0600
on 9/29/04 1:20 PM, Russell Proulx wrote:
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Anyone care to comment on the new Spyer2 ?
Here's a post on the subject I made at DP review based on the same question:
>
OK, its tomorrow. How is it? Really better? Or worse?
Better in some ways but I was underwhelemed. First, the new instrument is
said to be much more precise and all that. I can't say one way or another
that's true or not. I can say that the process is VERY slow (like 15 minutes
to calibrate and profile an LCD). Even my Sony Artisan is much faster (and
of course better). The new software is nice to look at, wizard based and has
on line help. It's kind of like Eye-One Match or Monaco's wizard type
packages which is good. Many users felt Optical was a bit too difficult for
the market CV is going after.
However, results where not as nice as I'd expect, certainly not on par with
Monaco's Optix XR and the new winner the NEW Eye-One2 Display with Eye-One
Match 3.0. The new Eye-One2 replaces the original, looks the same however
there is a snap on plastic goodie that allows you to measure the ambient
light by the display with a gauge indicating if the light falls within ISO
spec. NICE. Also the ability to set luminance.
I did most of my testing on a Powerbook 15" LCD. It's a bit*h to get good
neutral calibration out of this type of unit. The best was the new Eye-One2
with the Optix XR coming close in 2nd.
I was kind of surprised to see no counterweight on the new Sypder for use
with an LCD but it "held on" and stayed on the Powerbook but the screen is
angled back. Not sure how well it would stay in place on a desktop LCD.
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Note that the speed is significantly faster when calibrating a CRT since the
plastic piece that protects an LCD has some kind of honycomb and a bluish
filter in place that appears to greatly reduce the amount of light that can
strike the sensor. Took about 7 minutes to calibrate and profile my CRT at
100cmd2.
Andrew Rodney
http://digitaldog.net/
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