Is this compatible with monitor calibrations done by Datacolor's Spyder4 calibrators or is this only compatible with X-Rite Calibrators?
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The ColorChecker is a separate device used in photography and works in your imaging applications like Lightroom, Photoshop, Elements etc and it works independently of any monitor calibration device. You don't need any monitor calibration device to fully use this product. It is a very useful device and X-Rite claims that it is the most photographed subject in the world because so many pros use it. The application is very simple to use. You just place the Passport in your first image and the app will find the color chips in that photo and match the white balance and colors to the standard color values for all your images in those same lighting conditions. It does all the math in seconds and then saves the ICC Profile which you can use over and over and you can even send that profile to fellow photographers. Your monitor and printer will be more useful if they are calibrated of course. I have the X-Rite ColorMunki and I bought it bundled with the Passport from Amazon.
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Yes, I have the Spyder 4 calibrator for my monitor and I also use the X-Rite Color Checker passport to color calibrate all my shots in a photoshoot in Lightroom. Hope this helps.
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Monitor calibrations are just that, they make sure your monitor has true colors. Then when you use the color checker passport to create your own profilel for the shoot your are doing, you can use lightroom or what other editing software you use, to be sure your shoot has colors "true" to the area you were shooting in. These systems work well together as I have both as well.
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No monitor comes color calibrated. I calibrated mine using Displays > calibrate.
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does this work with windows 7 64bt? plz someone answer cause i dont want to have to look through more gamepads with bad calibration problems.
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Possibly, depending on how off your colors are. Remember that sometimes calibration results in a reduction of the brightness of a screen or a projected image. This may detract from the viewing experience.
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I used the Spyder checker with a custom white balance set by this filter. The room was a hotel conference room with horrible mixed light. When I corrected based on the Spyder checker there was a very minimal difference in the correction. It was so minimal that I just went with the custom white balance.
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No problem with windows 8.1 here. Working fine. Anyway, the provided software is really basic and for me did not provide best calibration, had the impression of a green cast. I think the software does not do white balance correctly on this express version. I strongly recommend using argyl with dispcalgui - more complicated to setup but transforms the express into an elite and the calibration is spot on. (it does take at least 1 hour to calibrate, takes hundreds of measurements)
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I do not recall anything about calibration and I no longer have it. After spending two days with very unusual readings, I threw it in the trash. I purchased a used military compass which still works after 30 years.
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Yes that is why I bought it. However it has not worked yet. Have not had time to re calibrate sensitivity settings.
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You can calibrate the monitor once to get them all set up with the color range you need, but monitors degrade with time and usage, so the more you have them running the more often you will need them color calibrated, most people who calibrate thier monitors are trying to get a color profile that matches a print profile so when they print images it matches the screen. In your case of just using it for videos, you may only want to calibrate them once in a while.
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That's like asking Nikon or Canon. They're both professional color products. I already own other XRite products, so I chose the i1 to ensure consistency. However, both the i1 and Spyder4Elite will do the exact same thing. If you have nothing from either company already, you get to choose which brand you will marry.
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It works very well Matt. As Miles have said, performs quite well on non-traditional surfaces surprisingly, you almost dont notice the difference. To get better, the razer software comes with a calibrator surface, with shapes for the own razer mousepad, or you can calibrate according to your mousepad.
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This is the deep and meaningful subject of color management. Basically you need to be aware that all devices do their best to produce consistent colors but all of them have slight differences (mostly unavoidable). Color management is a process that attempts to deal with this. Input devices like cameras and scanners are profiled, imaging software can use that profile to convert it to an independant "color space", and then can convert the colors to profiled output devices so the output is as close as possible to the desired colors. The most common devices in use by most photographers are: - Digital camera...often using white balance instead of a profile (your D200 is like that...I use one too) - Monitor...these can be VERY different (just visit your local TV store...all the models will have subtle differences) - Printer...being subtractive rather than additive color these require a lot of conversion and the profiles are different for each paper on each printer and will change when you renew your ink. Most people accept an averaged profile from the paper manufacturer for the specific printer model they are using. For monitor and printer the only true way to assess the profile is a hardware device (spectracolorimeter) that actually outputs test colors and measures the color. These are very affordable for monitors and HIGHLY recommended (I use a Huey, the Spyder is another example). Mine is hooked up all the time and adusts the profile every couple of minutes to allow for the changing color of ambient light. The printer equivelant is expensive so several alternative approaches have emerged...all using test cards/prints of some type. If you want one of the best solutions at the moment look at PrintFIX Pro...the suite comes with the Spyder included. NOTE: They quite literally write books about this stuff...so expect to invest a little effort to get your head around it. It can be confusing at first (and later too actually...but it is worth it if you want consistent color prints).
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Totally agree. If a person isn't doing monitor calibrations with a colorimeter like the Spyder -- not by eyeball! -- on a reasonable schedule, they can pretty much expect to have color management problems. Folks who are quick-printing snapshots straight out of their point-and-shoots may not be interested in making the effort, but someone who's willing to invest in a nice printer like this, probably ought to be calibrating their monitor. Just my $0.02.
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No it's not pre-calibrated however photography and videography is specifically what I bought this monitor for. Monitors go out of calibration and knowing that ahead of time, I bought the Datacolor Spyder4Elite S4EL100 Colorimeter for Display Calibration a few years back. I calibrate it every 3 months.
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I have the Spyder and it works fine for me. I would make sure both the macbook and the external monitor have the same display type. I understand the display pro is a good calibrator also. You may want to try both. Either is returnable. This way you get to try both and then decide.
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If you mean does it work with "PX" strips, that is what I purchased. I still do not trust the glucose reading from this monitor. Anywhere from 12-20 points higher than our other monitor.
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I believe you can if you have physical buttons on your monitor to change the settings. If it's through software through your computer I don't believe so because the calabration program is running