Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On May 12, 2009, at 9:34 PM, tech4x5 wrote:

> I am having difficulty calibrating with Spyder3 Elite.  I had  
> previously used Spyder2PRO with good results before purchasing  
> Spyder3 Elite.  Whenever I calibrate now, my monitor is flat, not  
> vibrant, dull, pale.  My soft proofing to my photos which I print  
> with profiles I make from PrintFix Pro is also off.  It is not my  
> prints, they are fine.  I just can't get my monitor to calibrate well.
>
> When I go through the new display process using Spyder3 Elite, I  
> think where I am getting into trouble is with the backlight control  
> and the white luminance. I check the backlight control button  
> because the brightness control on my monitor controls the backlight.  
> When I reset to factory default, brightness goes to 50%. If I  
> calibrate at this level, the monitor is much too bright and CIExyY  
> measures about 250. When I check the ambient light recommendations,  
> it suggests 5800 and 125. 125-130 has always been the white  
> luminance value I have used in the past when I calibrated with  
> Spyder2 and my monitor always looked good at this setting. It was  
> recommended to use Colorimeter CIExyY to see my white luminance  
> value and so I have in the past tried to adjust the brightness  
> control to get a CIExyY value of about 125-130 when I calibrated.  
> This way always worked well for me in the past with Spyder2.  When I  
> do that now with Spyder3, my monitor is still pale, flat, not  
> looking as I am used to it looking. So the problem is, do I leave  
> the brightness at factory default, which really looks bad, or do I  
> adjust my brightness control, and if so, to what level?

What OS, and what application and app version are you viewing photos  
in? Have you just changed displays, or do you have profiles from the  
same display from both S2Pro and S3Elite? If so, lease email both to  
me off list in a zip archive. What display make and model? What color  
gamut does it claim, if it claims one?

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...