Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I'll try to answer all your questions in the morning, when I'm at a  
real computer...

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:02 AM, "madigan_bill" <madigan_bill@...>  
wrote:

> Thanks for your quick response. At this point I am leaning towards
> Spyder3 because of your/Datacolor responses to questions from this
> group. (I searched the x-rite site for hours trying to get info about
> Vista 64 compatibility. Found just one sentence - appears their
> latest drivers do support Vista 64 - but I shouldn't have to search
> for so long just to get such inadequate info.
>
> Still not sure about advantage of Elite - Datacolor website appears
> to have little information about the advantage.
>
> You said Elite
>> "offers L* calibration, calibearion to video standards, and more."
>
> QUESTION 1. What is L* calibration?
>
> You said
>> "Pro does allow you to adjust white luminance to an appropriate
> range,  it just doesn't offer numerical targetting of Luminance, as
> it's  philosophy is to avoid numbers where possible"
>
> QUESTION 2. Can you give me more info about targetting luminance, and
> how/why the Elite solution is superior?
>
> QUESTION 3. Can one uprgrade from Pro to Elite? Upgrade from either
> Pro or Elite to the Spyder3 Print package? (IF not, why not? I
> think x-rite offers upgrades from cheaper to more expensive, more
> inclusive solutions)
>
> QUESTION 4. When installilng the Spyder3 software (which I assume I
> will download from your site) do I need to run it in "Compatibility
> mode"? or is the driver native 64-bit?
>
> If you are interested in the website review that mentioned
> Spyder3's "Limited correction of luminance" you can email me directly
>
> Thanks again for your quick response.
>
>
>
>
> --- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I'll see if I can answer this sufficiently from my iPhone...
>>
>> First off: EyeOne Display2 is an older generation of calibrator;
> it
>> has the sensors that were used in Spyder2 in it. Spyder3 has a lot
> of
>> technical improvements, sampling a much larger area of the screen,
> at
>> more color ranges, with more sensitivity, etc.
>>
>> Next: Elite offers a lot more than projector calibration. It
> allows
>> you to custom tune multiple displays to a closer match numerically,
> it
>> offers L* calibration, calibearion to video standards, and more.
>>
>> Pro does allow you to adjust white luminance to an appropriate
> range,
>> it just doesn't offer numerical targetting of Luminance, as it's
>> philosophy is to avoid numbers where possible.
>>
>> Yes, luminance targetting is important with LCDs, as they are so
>> bright, which requires adjustment for differing ambient luggt
> levels.
>>
>> I'm not aware if any way that Spyder3 is limited in it's ability
> to
>> target luminance, within the range of luminance control the
> monitor
>> offers.
>>
>> Spyder3 products are all Vista64 capable; for quite a while they
> were
>> thme only calibrators that were.
>>
>> Sorry my answers are out of order...
>>
>> C. D. Tobie
>> WW Product Technology Mngr.
>> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
>> DataColor.com
>> CDTobie@...
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2008, at 2:14 PM, "madigan_bill" <madigan_bill@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am about to make a purchase - can't decide if I need the Elite
>>> version, or if should use X-Rite Eye-One. I currently use Spyder2
> on
>>> my older machine. My new machine runs Vista 64, will be printing
> to
>>> an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 from CS4
>>>
>>> 1.I do not need projector calibration - is that a large part of
> why
>>> the Elite package is so much more expensive than the Pro?
>>>
>>> 2.Spyder3 Pro cannot change B/W Luminance. How important is that?
>>>
>>>
>>> 3.I read a posoting saying that luminace calibration more
> important
>>> for LCDs - true?
>>>
>>> 4.Why should I get Spyder3 Elite instead of the X-rite Eye-One
>>> Dispaly 2?
>>>
>>> I read a review that says Spyder3 Elite suffers  "Limited
> correction
>>> of luminance" compared to an LaCie Eye-One
>>>
>>> For the price of Spyder3 Elite, I could get the X-rite Eye-one
>>> Display 2 calibrator - version 3.6 of the i1Match software is
> suposed
>>> to be Vista 64 compatible...
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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