Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
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> On May 14, 2009, at 7:15 AM, antonywyeth wrote:
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> > My screen an Eizo L997 has 7 controls-Brightness,Temp Kelvin  
> > presets,Gain,Saturation,Hue,Gama,6 colours and reset.How do I use  
> > that lot correctly within Spyder 3?
> 
> This is a rather old model (its been on the market nearly five years)  
> so I've never used it specifically. But with LCDs there is not a lot  
> of magic. Mostly you are best off avoiding almost all controls, as  
> there are not actual hardware functions for them to control... so it  
> all ends up getting done with the same RGB valves, and as such doesn't  
> do much for you. This display may be an exception, but I'd still start  
> off by trying it the same way as most any other LCD. Reset to factory  
> defaults, then set the Kelvin value to the number closest to your  
> target value (which will either do nothing, or give you a close  
> starting point) leave everything else alone, tell the software that  
> your display has a backlight control (if this isn't hte first time the  
> software has seen the display, this will require running the Edit  
> Display function from the Go menu), and then use either the Ambient  
> Light wizard, or the Measure Luminance mode to define the target  
> whitepoint. This will then prompt you at the appropriate time to  
> adjust the brightness/backlight control to that luminance level. Works  
> great that way with my older Eizo display...
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Global Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> CDTobie@...
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> Datacolor
> www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
>
 David, Thank you for your reply.I think that my screen has more control than a normal LCD( I enclose link to specks.http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l997/spec.asp)and would like to know how to use them with the Spyder 3.
Thanks Tony.