Re: Monitor Calibration
Re: Monitor Calibration
- Subject: Re: Monitor Calibration
- From: Robin Myers <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:08:24 -0800
I have not performed the study about the visual differences between results using the two devices. Perhaps there are some papers by X-Rite or Datacolor on this?
Robin Myers
On Nov 13, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Marco Ugolini wrote:
> In a message dated 11/13/09 7:34 PM, Robin Myers wrote:
>
>> Here are some ideas to help with the decision.
>>
>> 1. If you have a display with a matched colorimeter and software, use it.
>>
>> 2. If you have an older colorimeter with newer, different technologies than
>> the colorimeter was designed for, check if the colorimeter can be updated with
>> new calibrations for the newer displays. Otherwise, get a new colorimeter or
>> switch to a spectrometer.
>>
>> 3. If you have a newer colorimeter and older display technologies for which
>> the colorimeter is not calibrated, change the colorimeter calibrations (if
>> possible), change to newer displays, or use a spectrometer.
>>
>> 4. If you have a mixed set of display technologies, requiring more
>> calibrations than the colorimeter can accommodate, use a spectrometer.
>>
>> 5. If you need one measurement device for any display technology, use a
>> spectrometer.
>>
>> 6. If the highest quality results are desired and cost is no problem, use a
>> tuned colorimeter for each display technology and a spectrometer for
>> everything else. Be aware that you may have to purchase a new colorimeter
>> every few years as display technologies evolve.
>>
>>
>> It comes down to a tradeoff between accuracy in low light measurements, cost
>> and flexibility. Clear as mud?
>>
>> Robin Myers
>
> That was a very clear summation, Robin. Thank you.
>
> As for the mentioned degree of inaccuracy in shadow detail, how degraded do
> the results appear, in most cases, when one compares the
> calibration/profiling produced by means of a spectrometer to those produced
> using a colorimeter specifically tuned for that same monitor?
>
> Would the differences be glaring or subtle? And what visible forms do they
> take? Banding? Color casting/poor neutrality? Color seepage? A combination
> of things?
>
> Thanks again, Robin.
>
> Marco
>
>
>
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