Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 8/20/08 12:46:40 PM, dave@... writes:


> 
> I had considered trying ColorMunki, so I am curious as to the source of
> your belief that Spyder3Studio gives better results than ColorMunki. Is
> 
> this based on personal experience, or reviews read elsewhere?
> 

ColorMunki works with a limited number of color patches. So its results are 
more similar to Spyder3Print at 150 patches (I'm being generous, the ColorMunki 
uses 50 or 100 patches), than what Spyder3Print offers at 225, 729 or other 
advanced target choices. The ColorMunki results are also limited to working 
with the Perceptual intent, unless you are in an Adobe application that offers 
Black Point Compensation. A print made from Relative Colorimetric without 
Adobe's BPC function is severely clogged in the shadows. Actually, ColorMunki 
shadows are a bit too clogged for my taste at ANY setting. The real problem is that 
there are no controls for this; if I want more open shadows in a Spyder3Print 
or PrintFIX PRO profile (or make any number of other adjustments), I move a 
slider, and rebuild the profile in four seconds. There are not adjustment 
options with ColorMunki.

C. David Tobie
WW Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/Spyder3


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