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Re: Null calibration with Spyder 3 Pro or Elite

2009-05-22 by Doug Kerr

Hi, David [is that appropriate?],

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On May 22, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Doug Kerr wrote:
> 
> > One of my colleagues on several camera forums (a "recognized expert"  
> > in color management) vehemently believes that it is most attractive  
> > to apply no calibration to the monitor chain but rather to allow the  
> > ICC profile to do all the mediation to the monitor's native color  
> > space. 
> 
> I won't name names, since you didn't; but one "recognized expert" has  
> been promoting this rather fringy idea for years... <G>
I'm sure you would recognize of whom I was speaking!

> Spyder3Elite has an Expert Console (designed for "recognized experts"  
> <G>) which allows you to profile without calibration, thus producing  
> the desired (but not necessarily desirable) results you describe; I  
> actually had him in mind when I designed that feature...

Well, how thoughtful.

Thanks for filling in the blanks here.

Best regards,

Doug

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