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Re: Problem calibrating HP LP3065

2009-06-14 by ejc_1@swbell.net

The latest I have is 3.07.

http://www.datacolor.eu/en/support/downloads/index.html







--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Pierre-Henri Jondot <phjondot@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I bought yesterday a spyder3 pro to calibrate two monitors (both a few  
> weeks old). The results have been unusable so far.
> 
> My setup :
> Mac pro (osx 10.5.7), with ati 3870 mac edition video card, with two  
> monitors connected to it :
> - iiyama prolite E2607WS
> - HP LP3065
> 
> spyder3 pro software is supposedly the current version : 3.0.4
> 
> The buttons on the HP only control the source and brightness (no osd)
> 
> The native color temp on the HP is supposedly 6500K from what I could  
> read on the net.
> 
> I supposed the default target with gamma 2.2 and 6500K for color temp  
> should be ok, but it gives me a very strong reddish/magenta tint.
> 
> No such thing calibrating the IIyama (using same gamma and color  
> temp), and the difference is striking.
> 
> By using gamma 2.2 and native white point as a target for the HP, the  
> magenta tint disappears, but the IIyama and HP are far from looking  
> the same and I can't have any confidence in the colors I see, on  
> either monitor...
> 
> I did write to datacolor support, but I am not sure I will get an  
> answer soon, so, learning about this group, I thought that maybe  
> someone here could enlighten me.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pierre-Henri
> 
> N.B. : browsing the group archives for <<magenta>>, it looks someone  
> else encountered a similar problem, with a 22" dell and a HP 2475w,  
> but I didn't read an explanation...
>

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