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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Colour Management => Topic started by: lumines on January 08, 2014, 04:51:13 am

Title: Best value performing calibration
Post by: lumines on January 08, 2014, 04:51:13 am

What is todays best performing, value calibrator? Spyder 3?
(what about alternatives such as Heuy meu101, meu 113?) How will they compare to more recent offerings from xrite, spyder?

I have two laptop screen types,basic calibration. Perhaps in conjunction with argyll, dispccalgui.

Title: Re: Best value performing calibration
Post by: Czornyj on January 08, 2014, 05:37:09 am

X-Rite ColorMunki Display + ArgyllCMS + DispcalGUI. It's more accurate than Spyder 3/4 (not to mention cheaper solutions)

On the other hand I'd consider X-Rite i1Display Pro - it's faster, it has very nice i1Profiler, and it's compatible with NEC Spectraview / EIZO ColorNavigator profilers.

Title: Re: Best value performing calibration
Post by: afx on January 08, 2014, 10:11:09 am

My personal experience tells me to stay away from DataColor products.

Unless you also want to profile printers, get the i1Display Pro colorimeter. Currently the best price/performance ratio.
If you need printers, then use the ColorMunki spectrometer.

cheers
afx
 

Title: Re: Best value performing calibration
Post by: digitaldog on January 08, 2014, 11:09:53 am

What afx said and the 2nd part from Czornyj assuming price isn't a major issue.

Title: Re: Best value performing calibration
Post by: Scott Martin on January 10, 2014, 09:48:30 am

For some people the best value is the device that does a really good calibration for the lowest price. For others the best value is the device that is forward thinking and will work with a larger variety of applications long into the future. The Spyder fits well for the former and the i1Display Pro for the later.