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>
> 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...
>

> 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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> 
> Le 14 juin 09 à 16:43, ejc_1@... a écrit :
> 
> > The latest I have is 3.07.
> >
> > http://www.datacolor.eu/en/support/downloads/index.html
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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  
> > <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...
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>