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Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: gdh on October 05, 2013, 09:51:03 pm

Title: MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?
Post by: gdh on October 05, 2013, 09:51:03 pm
MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?  Anyone know the answer?  Maybe a dumb question but I was told a while back that it could not be fully calibrated yet I see so many photographers using it as their primary computer for imaging and printing. My MBP is about 2 years old, if that helps.  Appreciate your answer.
Title: Re: MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?
Post by: Ben Rubinstein on October 06, 2013, 11:23:09 am
Doesn't work very well with the Spyder 4 on a brand new MBP 15" non retina. Moment the angle of the screen changes (tilt) it's all off.
Title: Re: MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?
Post by: elolaugesen on October 06, 2013, 12:30:14 pm
Macbook Pro panels used to be 6 bit giving you only approx..  256,000 colors. Then the millions from dithering.  And apple  do not tell you anything.   You must have min 8 bit panel to get millions of colors....   

What it is today I do not know......

I heard that 13 inch screen is 6 bit still.   ...

Please let me know about 2013 retina screens.....?????

Cheers elo
Title: Re: MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?
Post by: Czornyj on October 06, 2013, 03:23:56 pm
Please let me know about 2013 retina screens.....?????

I love my rMBP13 - well linearized IPS, natively close to D65, with polarizer that reduces black silvering. qualitywise it's light years away from crappy TN displays in former MBPs.
Title: Re: MacBook Pro--can it be fully calibrated with eye1 as the Eizo can?
Post by: elolaugesen on October 07, 2013, 02:17:10 pm
Data color rep comments and measurements 


 http://cdtobie.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/color-gamut-of-retina-display-macbook-pro/

much better than my old macbook pro(early 2008) that died......(not honourably)

cheers elo