Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Thanks for the input.

This afternoon I just installed the Spyder3Elite - haven't installed the Print software yet. Preliminarily, after profiling my desktop monitor I'm liking what I see. Gray looks really gray, and mid gray looks to be mid gray. Before, with the Spyder2 Express, which was a vast improvement over no calibration, most things still had a slightly warm tone if you looked close. Not so now.

I checked the software update menu item on the Spyder3Elite dialog box and I'm told I have v3.0.4 and it is up to date so presumably I'm good there. I'll check the Spyder Print when I install it. You mention checking before I install, but should I maybe install and then check for updates.......? Or should I just ignore the CD and download software from the website and install that?

Anyway, real happy so far with the monitor calibration. Looking forward to see how well the prints match. After all, that's the name of the game - no?

Happy so far. Thanks for the comment on the new software.

Pat


--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, Cdtobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:
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> Be sure to download the latest version of S3Elite, and the S3Print  
> 3.5PB before installing and using your new products.
> 
> C. D. Tobie
> Global Product Technology Mngr.
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor.com
> CDTobie@...
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> On Jun 19, 2009, at 10:15 PM, "a1ncsky2" <mcguipe@...> wrote:
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> > Thanks, somewhat delayed, for the comments and advice replying to my  
> > original note. The thread kind of took off on it's own but that's  
> > just fine.
> >
> > I went ahead and got the Spyder3Studio. It came yesterday. By the  
> > way, I ordered it online from an outfit called Calibration Direct  
> > which had a substantially lower price than most - inexpensive  
> > shipping. Outstanding service, got it about 3 days after the order.  
> > Got a completely sealed up no nonsense brand new product.
> >
> > I'll get everything up and running in a few days when I can get time  
> > and describe my results for your reading pleasure.
> >
> > I have been working on a particularly difficult print that cannot  
> > tolerate any color cast to speak of. But it is a GREAT picture, a  
> > number of years old, from a Velvia slide scanned on a Nikon Coolscan  
> > 4000, that I've printed numerous times and with my latest prints  
> > I've gotten tired of the results being less than the image deserves.
> >
> > I'm printing it on Epson Premium Luster and Epson Velvet Fine Art.
> >
> > Thanks again and I'll let you know,
> > Pat
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