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I just received spyder2 express calibration and I was wondering how many of you use it?

I did try it but I only saw a very small differance in the before and after photos.
Is this a good product for calibrating?
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works good. If you have never calibrated your monitor keep in mind that the image may look different in color aware apps such as Photoshop vs. non color aware apps.
BoosAngel said:
I just received spyder2 express calibration and I was wondering how
many of you use it?
I did try it but I only saw a very small differance in the before and
after photos.
Is this a good product for calibrating?
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Cherish every minute and be kind to others because life is short and
our time is to precious to waste.
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BoosAngel said:
How often do you calibrate your monitor? I know it gives many
reminder options.
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I turned the reminders off. I calibrate every now and then, no set schedule. I might go a month between calibrations, and another time go three months. My understanding is that LCD screens (which is what I have) aren't as prone to color shifts as CRTs are.
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I used the Spyder2 in the past and it is good for CRT, but not much for LCD.
It do not calibrate well wide gamut or LED backlight LCD.
 
My monitor is a 22" wide screen lcd. I honestly could not see much of a differance. I wonder if I should keep it or try a different calibrator.
Which calibrator for a lcd monitor?
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BoosAngel said:
My monitor is a 22" wide screen lcd. I honestly could not see much of
a differance. I wonder if I should keep it or try a different
calibrator.
Which calibrator for a lcd monitor?
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Take a photo/target and print or sent to some lab/graphic bureau if what you

see in the paper is near what you see in the monitor then the Spyder2 is doing its job well.
The light source to view the photo should be +- like the daylight.

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/viewing.html

Some targets for you to print http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/test_images.html

BTW, right now I use a Spyder3 + ColorEyes Display Pro
 
My experience with other calibration units at this price is that they are worse than spider (or the spider is better - whichever way you want)

If you don't see much difference between before and after photos that could mean your monitor had optimal calibration, which is a bit rare.

Calibrated monitor is essential if you do printing since any color adjustment done on uncalibrated monitor will then simply print different way - so there is actually no reason to color correct photos if you don't know what the colors really are.

But a calibrated monitor for images may not be the best way for normal computer operation, so if you mostly do normal stuff and then sometimes view images you may forget it.
 
I have trying to do some checking and also trying to understand this spyder2.
I do know my lcd is flourcesent lite not led.

I found this in my spyder guide:
MONITORS

6500K is the most common choice for White Point because it closely approximates the color of noon.

I read that someone called spyder because this tends to be yellowish....is that ture?

When I run my spyder which should I select backlight or brightness. I do have a brightness button on my monitor.

Thanks
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LaFonte said:
If you don't see much difference between before and after photos that
could mean your monitor had optimal calibration, which is a bit rare.
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My Dell 2005 looked great out of the box. There was a slight difference in contrast between PS and the web.

I had a Dell 3007 wide gamut that was horrible...PS was fine but everything else was way too saturated. There were no menu OSD options on the monitor so I had to use ATI's software.
 
I also calibrated last night with all the light off. I just guess I wanted to make sure the spyder was working with my lcd monitor. I also did try it on a VERY old laptop and there was zero difference between the before and after.
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I hope we are not trying to fix something that is not broken. If your image looks the "same" printed and or viewed off the internet, then it's (monitor calibration) not broken. If you don't like something about the color of the image your getting on your monitor it's the image that needs adjusting. I have been a Spider 2 user for some time (needed to get my viewed images 'CRT monitor & prints to look the same). After getting my monitor calibrated I then needed to get my camera, photo editing software, and printer all on the same format (RGB). Now every one is going to the digital picture frames (LCD's). So I'm now using sRGB format. This whole thing is about consistency of the viewed colors.
 
That's just it I had not seen any difference but had always been told one really needs to calibrate their monitor if they are working on photos......Now I am a little confused and not sure if the kit is not working, or am I doing something wrong, or was it all ok to start with.
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BoosAngel said:
I found this in my spyder guide:
MONITORS
6500K is the most common choice for White Point because it closely
approximates the color of noon.
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Yes, read the links I posted.
BoosAngel said:
I read that someone called spyder because this tends to be
yellowish....is that ture?
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Only when the calibration is not good, but that is not restricted to the spyder.
If that happens using a soft like ColorEyes Display Pro probably will resolve
or even changing to a better puck(Spyder3, Eye One), but looks like
yours are good, what people says do not matter...(yellowish)
Important is that yours are good...
BoosAngel said:
When I run my spyder which should I select backlight or brightness. I
do have a brightness button on my monitor.
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What is your monitor model ?
 
I find it very good on my Dell 24" LCD. After you calibrate print a photo in whatever way you do (ie home printer, Costco etc) and then match the photo on your screen to what is printed and see how close they match. They will never match perfect as your screen is backlit by a light so there is always a little difference but they should be darn close. Youmay also have to calibrate your printer or if you print at a lab download their printer profiles from http://www.drycreekphoto.com and embed the printer profiles into your photo before printing. The instructions to do this are also at the Drycreekphoto site.

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Bert D
 
I did contact them yesterday and so far I have not received a e-mail from them.

Also I have never changed any of my monitors settins I didn't even install the disc that came with it.
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