Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Support is the right place to sort this out. They are usually quite  
prompt in replying.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:52 PM, 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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