Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I have been working with Spyder3Print SR, using then new strip reading  
mode, and the new EZ targets. I find that I can read a letter/A4  
target page in less than a minute, with full accuracy. That makes  
building standard profiles an absolute breeze. We are adding EZ  
versions of the 729 patch, and 729 plus Grays targets, so that there  
will be a full set of the EZ targets. Its interesting to see that this  
is really quite convenient for building high patch profiles. 729  
patches takes 7 sheets, 729 plus Grays takes 9 sheets, so printing on  
an inkjet can be slow. But I can read the full nine sheets in ten or  
eleven minutes, without getting frazzled the way that long sessions of  
patch reading with a patch-at-a-time reader makes me. So thats very  
encouraging.

We will be demonstrating Spyder3Print SR next week at PhotoPlus Expo  
in New York, and should have the latest software with these functions  
in it there to use. So anyone interested in this should stop by the  
booth for a peek.

We'll also have the new Spyder3Express there. I opened a final release  
version of  S3Express yesterday, and I have to admit its a very nice  
looking product. Hanging next to a Spyder3Elite on the corner of my  
monitors, it does not look like the $89 poor cousin, it really looks  
nice (its shiny black, with a matte black back and front insert, as  
opposed to Elite's dark chrome finish). And the software has an easy  
clean interface, and profiles displays nicely. If I didn't need to  
tune paired displays to match each other, profile projectors, and keep  
an eye on ambient light, I'd see no reason not to use Express for my  
display calibration.

Hope to see a few of you next week at the show. It will be interesting  
to see the response to the new products.

Oh, one last thing; Diane Berkenfeld sent me a link to a SpyderCube  
review that she has just completed, if any of you are interested, its  
at:

http://picturesoup.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/product-review-datacolor-spydercube/

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...