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Re: [datacolor_group] Re: Problem calibrating HP LP3065

2009-06-14 by Pierre-Henri Jondot


Le 14 juin 09 à 16:43, ejc_1@... a écrit :






Well, the latest version for osx seems to be 3.0.5 to which I upgraded. Same (wrong) results.

(Surprisingly enough, when I asked from within spyder3 pro calibration software if there was any update, it answered that the 3.0.4 I had was up-to-date...)

Regards,

Pierre-Henri


--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Pierre-Henri Jondot .> 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 <>, 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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