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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: EIZO ColorNavigator and Spyder3 Setup

2008-11-25 by cdtobie


On Nov 25, 2008, at 1:57:57 PM, Rollin wrote:

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you mean or am not doing it 
correctly as my monitor still has a definite blue cast.  Here is what 
I have done:

1. Run the EIZO ColorNavigator to set the monitor to 6500K, 2.2 gamma 
brightness = 80cd/m2.  Once it has run, I save to result and then 
exit.
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Does it look cool already at this point?

2. I run Spyder3Elite for 6500K, 2.2 gamma.  When it takes the 
initial measurements, it shows that the color is 6877K with a gamma 
of 2.2 and brightness of 77.8 cd/m2. 
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Not usually necessary to define the whitepoint again; you could try calibrating to Native Whitepoint in the Spyder software...
 

3. I tried the tools->colorimeter under Spyder3Elite and it showed 
the color temp as 6876K.

Well, its being consistant. I suppose you could target 6200 in the Spyder software and see if that gives you something closer to 6500k as a result...

This is the point at which confusion sets in.  I need to get the 
monitor set at 6500K.  Basically as far as I can tell, I would have 
to use the Eizo ColorNavigator to make changes to R,G,B values if I 
wanted to try to use the Spyder utility to build a profile for the 
video card.

I am running under Win XP and have disabled WinColor (the color 
control applet).  I have dual monitors off one video card.  I do know 
that I am setting/measuring the correct monitor under both software 
tools.

It would be worth testing: disconnect the second display, and see if anything changes with recalibration of the Eizo...
--
C. David Tobie
WW Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/spyder3

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