All will do a good job, some with more control than others, but in general, you can use any of these devices and have a properly calibrated display. So, with so many options available, and all of them good, why bring out a new device? Like everything, there is always room for improvement. And, with the new DataColor Spyder3Elite, that improvement is both welcome, and visible. The Spyder3Elite is the top of the line version of DataColor's colourimeter products.
The main differentiation in all the Spyder3 products is the level of software functionality you have. With the Elite package, you have total control over the critical settings like colour temperature, gamma, and luminance.
The larger detector makes the Spyder3 more accurate when profiling wide gamut displays, including those that are capable of displaying the AdobeRGB colourspace. Also new to the Spyder3 is an Ambient Light Control which will automatically measure the light in a room at regular intervals to help you keep your display accurate when changes are detected to the ambient light.
Figure 1. On the software side, DataColor has completely reworked the user interface to make it easier to navigate through the various options. Like before, there are two modes. Figure 2. To get started, after you've installed the software and plugged the Spyder3 into an available USB port, launch the Spyder3Elite program to get started. If you have multiple displays, you'll have the opportunity to select which display you want to calibrate the software will profile multiple displays.
To use the Wizard interface, just click the Next button and you'll go straight to the Calibration screen. If you wish to make changes, click on the Change these settings button and you'll be taken into the Expert Console where you can tweak settings to your heart's content Figure 3.
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Unlimited Target Choices: User-defined calibration targets and the ability to customize their own choice of white point and gamma combinations to best match working conditions provides photographers with total control within their digital workflow. Easy-To-Use Dual Mode Software: Offers two software modes to choose from - Assistant-based interface walks you through the process, or an Expert Console is available for the advanced user.
The Display Assistants allows you to enter and store specific device information to save time during future calibrations. Expert Console: Users can set their own expectations by controlling all calibration parameters and actions from one comprehensive window.
It's also got the largest screen sample area or aperture , which increases light sensitivity about percent, according to Datacolor. Couple that with a seven detector color engine which nobody else has except the Spyder2 and the Spyder3 can see things other colorimeters can't. Like its predecessor, it can calibrate multiple monitors but the software has grown up. It's a lot easier to do the trickier things than it ever has been. And there are a few new tricks, too, like recording your monitor's white luminance history.
We never complained about our older Spyders but we never reviewed them either. Each one had some issue that seemed to require duct tape to resolve.
But not the Spyder3. Datacolor seems to have gotten it right this time. Datacolor use the Spyder3 name in a number of packages. This review discusses the Spyder3Elite. It adds the following software features to the Spyder3Pro:. The original Spyder left , the Spyder2 right and the smaller Spyder3 center. The system requirements are rather modest, supporting Mac OS X Your color monitor's resolution should be x or higher with a bit video card but you have a bit card, no doubt.
The Spyder3 sports a new built-in ambient light sensor. Initial calibration takes five minutes and the new ReCAL option only 2. The Spdyer3 can be mounted via its removable suction cup, with a counterweight or a tripod mount for projection systems.
The USB cable is integrated into the device which includes a cradle and a two year hardware warranty. Both monitor calibration software with an extensive Expert mode and a utility to monitor ambient light are included with the Spyder3, which sports a new LED status indicator now. The LED remains illuminated when your system goes to sleep.
A Quick Start Guide and screen cleaning packets are also included. Installation is pretty straightforward. You 1 install the software, 2 plug in the Spyder3 and 3 launch the software. The Quick Start Guide steps you through that, adding that after calibration, you can 4 have the Spyder3 monitor your profiles and ambient light. But there are a couple of other things you might do before that.
The first is to clean your monitor. Datacolor provides a two-step Klear Screen wet and dry screen cleaner to do that. The other thing is to let your monitor warm up. CRTs take about 30 minutes to stabilize while LCDs are ready in just a few minutes but it doesn't hurt to wait half an hour.
Make sure no direct light is falling on your monitor. Monitoring Ambient Light. Very high ambient light being monitored by the Spyder3. Note the blue LED, which remains lit when you put your system to sleep. You should also decide whether you want to use the suction cup or the weight to hold the Spyder3 to the surface of your screen.
We were able to angle our screens so gravity did as well as the suction cup. We don't like sticking anything to our screen.
Finally, make sure you've disabled any screen saver. You don't want the calibration process interrupted by your screen saver just as the last measurements are being made. During the software installation, Datacolor installs Spyder Utility as a Startup Item on your system. Spyder Utility makes sure your display profiles and their matching calibration data are loaded at startup for each calibrated display.
It also checks that they are still in use including the more stringent Spyder Certification standards, if applicable during your session. Spyder Utility's main job is to adjust monitor brightness to compensate for ambient light to the extent that's feasible. You can access it directly from within Spyder3Elite, the calibration program. The age of your monitor is not an insignificant factor, to put it gently. Monitors in use for over five years may profit much from calibration, but that doesn't mean they're capable of correctly displaying the full gamut of colors that a new monitor would.
The Spyder's job is to measure what your monitor is doing and profile it so the specified color is displayed but if your monitor can no longer display that color say the green gun is shot , no profile is going to make it display it. Spyder Certification is an option you can enable during the calibration process that will let Spyder Utility check a number of conditions to confirm your monitor is within the parameters defined for certification or report which parameters are out of spec.
Once you've installed the Spyder software and connected the Spyder itself to your USB port a hub is fine , you're ready to calibrate and profile. There's no need to disable any currently active profile. Calibration, as the Help file explains, keeps your monitor in a consistent state so that it displays colors in the same way, day after day, month after month.
Once the software knows how the display is behaving, it can correct it by loading correction curves into the video card or sometimes the monitor itself , to produce a smooth tone curve and neutral greys.
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